TLS, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 4, 1950. Truman writes from Key West to Wilbur J. Abell, a professor at Bowling Green State University. In part: “I can’t tell you how very much I appreciated your letter of April 1st, and the clipping from the Bowling Green paper. Naturally, Mrs. Truman and I are very much interested in the success of our daughter. We have tried to arrange things so that she would attain that success on merit, and not because of her White House connections….” The “success” Truman alludes to may well be related to his daughter’s ill-fated career as a singer. Later in the same year, Truman wrote one of the most infamous letters in the history of the presidency. In attacking a bad Washington Post review of a performance by Margaret, Truman threatened the critic, Paul Hume, that should they ever meet, Hume would “need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a supporter below!” Staple holes, mild handling wear, and a very subtle hint of toning, otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.
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