PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 11/11/1991 - HFSID 277540
Sale Price $2,550.00
Reg. $3,000.00
RICHARD NIXON
Rare handwritten letter, signed "RN" and dated by Nixon in 1991, about "The
Former Evil Empire & The Renewal of America" in his second-to-last book
Seize the Moment.
Autograph letter signed "Richard Nixon". 1 page, 6¾x9, on Nixon's
personalized stationery addressed 577 Chestnut Ridge Road, Woodcliff Lake, New
Jersey. Nov. 11, 1991, stamped "Nov 21 1991" in black ink in upper right
corner.Addressed to "Bill". In full: "I am enclosing the page
proofs of my new book which will come out the last week of December - In view of
the recent developments in the international front & our recent telephone
conversation I thought you might find the chapter on The Former Evil Empire
& The Renewal of America particularly interesting - Regards". Seize
the Moment was the second-to-last of Nixon's many books before his death.
Nixon (1913-1994) was elected 37th President (1969-1974) of the U.S.
in 1968 after representing California in the U.S. House of
Representatives (1947-1951) and U.S. Senate (1951-1953) and serving
two terms as Dwight D. Eisenhower's Vice President. Nixon lost (1960),
then won (1968), extremely close Presidential elections (facing John F. Kennedy
and Hubert Humphrey, respectively), then won re-election by a landslide
against George McGovern in 1972. His re-election triumph rapidly turned sour,
however, as the burgeoning Watergate scandal claimed more and more of his
key aides and finally compelled his own resignation. A pragmatic conservative
who gained an early reputation as an anti-Communist, Nixon would achieve
diplomatic triumphs in relations with China and the Soviet Union. On
January 23, 1973, he made the historic announcement that a cease-fire on January
27 would end American involvement in the long and devastating Vietnam
War. At home, Nixon initiated plans to improve the environment and added
four conservative justices, including Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, to the
U.S. Supreme Court. The first President to employ the 25th Amendment, he
chose Gerald R. Ford to replace the resigning Spiro T. Agnew as his Vice
President. On August 9, 1974, eight months after Ford was sworn in (December 6,
1973), Nixon resigned his office due to the Watergate scandal. He was pardoned
by his successor on September 8. Nixon's prolific writings in his retirement
years helped repair his reputation and hastened his re-emergence as an elder
statesman. Lightly creased. Staple in upper right corner. Crease in upper left
corner. Letter has been folded twice horizontally and unfolded. Otherwise in
fine condition.
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