Typed Letter Signed by Harry S. Truman (1884-1972).
Independence, MO: No publisher, 1964. No edition. Unbound. Quarto (4to). Near fine condition. Item #005605
One page typed letter on personal stationery "Harry S Truman Independence Missouri" signed by Harry S. Truman. It reads "Gentlemen: Thank you very much for the record which has just been received, entitled "Mood Amor." I more than appreciate your thoughtfulness in remembering me with it. Sincerely yours, [signed] Harry S. Truman." It is addressed to Amor Publications in New York. Americana, U.S. President. Attempted assassination: Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist group, Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo, tried to shoot their way into Blair House, temporary residence of the President, as part of an attempted assassination, November 1, 1950. Torresola and a guard, Leslie Coffelt, were killed. Collazo, wounded, was arrested, tried, and convicted of murder; he received a death sentence, but Truman commuted the sentence to life in prison in 1952; President Jimmy Carter freed him in 1979.
Price: $340.00