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Tue, Jun 26, 2018 08:30PM EDT
Lot 362

Nixon-Era U.S. Presidential and Political Correspondence Archive.

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Nixon-Era U.S. Presidential and Political Correspondence Archive. 1965?75. Addressed to Major Robert H. Becker, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), on numerous issues including nominating a woman to the Supreme Court, foreign policy, military benefits, land use, the press, taxes, and more, including four White House letters or cards with Nixon?s auto-pen signature or signed by staff assistant Noble Mellencamp (2); twenty-one letters from U.S. senators, including Charles Percy, Adlai Stevenson III, J.W. Fulbright, Strom Thurmond, Barry Goldwater, Edward Gurney, and others; nine letters from U.S. congressmen; six other letters from national governmental agencies (departments of State, Treasury, and Defense); and about a dozen other letters from editors or representatives of national newsmagazines, colleges, and civic or military organizations. Most with original mailing envelopes.