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Lot #76
Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed to Ethel Kennedy

Jackie thanks Ethel Kennedy for her Christmas gifts, including her Elizabeth Arden bag, “Jack’s sweater & Caroline’s automatic bear which was the sensation at Jamaica & equally adored by her & her father!”

Estimate: $400+

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Jackie thanks Ethel Kennedy for her Christmas gifts, including her Elizabeth Arden bag, “Jack’s sweater & Caroline’s automatic bear which was the sensation at Jamaica & equally adored by her & her father!”

ALS signed “Jackie,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Half Moon Hotel and Cottage Colony (Jamaica) letterhead, January 13, 1960. Handwritten letter to her sister-in-law, Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Robert F. Kennedy, in full: “As usual you are so thoughtful, with all you have to do, and so generous as we all know! This is just a very late Christmas thank you letter, but everyone in our family had from you something which gave them such pleasure – my marvelous red bag from Eliz. Arden, which is so perfect to put everything into & still look neat & Jack’s sweater & Caroline’s automatic bear which was the sensation at Jamaica & equally adored by her & her father! A million thanks for such perfect things. XO.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, hand-addressed by Kennedy, “Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, ‘Hickory Hill,’ McLean, Virginia.”

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