War-dated ALS signed “Ike,” two lightly lined pages, 8 x 10.5, January 18, 1945. Eisenhower writes to his wife, Mamie, whom he addresses as “Darling.” In full: “Hal Potter brought in two letters from you—one that you gave him to bring, another that you apparently sent to Stack. At Wardman you must have found several notes from me—unless someone attempts to forward them while you were still in Benning. I am distressed that rumors got about that can disturb you so much. It was fine of Benny Hobson to protect you so well. I must write to him. I know what a burden you have to carry—and I must say I wouldn’t put it past a fanatical Nazi prisoner to try to harm you. I should think his problem would be identification. Anyway, do be careful. How I hope this new Russian offensive keeps right on going into the heart of Germany. In any event its initial successes must be a shock to the d— Germans. Someone sent me a box of maple sugar. Just who, I don’t know. Most things I just send right on to the hospitals but this box (about a pound, I think) I’m going to keep. I haven’t tasted it in years. John [the Eisenhowers’ son, born 1922, then serving in the Army] seems to have a most sensible gal & in the pictures I have I figure her to be the tall one—but I have nothing to base that on just hunch. I’m afraid my effort to make sure he had a few French Francs in his pocket, which he should come this way, has mis-fired. Funny, I sent it long before X-mas; a thousand francs (20 bucks) in a dark wallet. Oh, well— Please take care of yourself. And try to figure out where we—just you & I—can run off and hide for weeks or months as soon as I’ve seen my mother. All my love—always your Ike.” Subtle block of toning from prior display and small edge tear (away from text), otherwise fine, clean condition. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
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