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TLS signed "Mark," one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, February 8 [1977]. Letter to longtime FBI official John P. Mohr, forwarding him a copy of his 28-page typescript entitled ‘End of an Era,’ writing: "Enclosed is a copy of 'End of an Era' which deals not only with the funeral but with the 'Hard-Headed Dutchman.' If there is anything that needs correcting, I would appreciate your advice. If there is anything you want added or deleted, it will be done. Give me a call when you have read it." Mohr adds a brief signed notation at the bottom: "Felt was advis'd of my suggested changes by phone. 2/16/77. JPM."
Includes the complete 28-page working typescript of “End of an Era,” Felt's firsthand account of the death of J. Edgar Hoover and the events surrounding his May 1972 state funeral. Prepared for Mohr's review, the manuscript is annotated throughout in Mohr's hand with factual corrections, editorial revisions, and explanatory notes drawn from his own intimate involvement as Hoover's Assistant to the Director. The narrative recounts Hoover's final day, Mohr informing Felt of Hoover's death, arrangements for the state funeral, Hoover's lying in state at the Capitol, President Nixon's eulogy, tensions surrounding Acting Director L. Patrick Gray III's arrival at the FBI, and the memorable exchange in which Mohr declared himself "a hard-headed Dutchman." In overall fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott R. Mohr, grandson of longtime FBI official John P. Mohr, stating that the material descended directly from his grandfather’s personal holdings and remained in the family until its present offering.
This 28-page typescript was later adapted as 'Hoover Is Dead' and published as the 14th chapter in Felt’s 2006 autobiography, Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House, which was made into a 2017 film starring Liam Neeson in the title role.
Mark Felt (1913–2008) spent more than three decades with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, rising through its ranks to become Deputy Associate Director in 1971 under J. Edgar Hoover and, following Hoover's death in May 1972, Associate Director, the Bureau's second-highest-ranking official. As one of Hoover's most trusted deputies, Felt oversaw much of the FBI's day-to-day operations during Hoover's final years and played a central role in the Bureau's leadership transition after the director's death.
Passed over for the directorship in favor of Acting Director L. Patrick Gray III, Felt grew increasingly disillusioned with what he viewed as political interference in the FBI and the Watergate investigation by the Nixon administration. Believing the Bureau's independence was being compromised, he secretly provided information to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein under the pseudonym ‘Deep Throat.’ His identity remained one of modern journalism's greatest mysteries until 2005, when, at age 91, Felt publicly acknowledged his role, transforming the once-anonymous career FBI official into an unlikely public figure and cementing his place in both FBI history and the story of the Watergate scandal.
John P. Mohr (1910–1997) was one of J. Edgar Hoover's closest and most trusted aides during the final decades of his tenure as FBI director. After joining the Bureau in 1933, Mohr rose steadily through the ranks, ultimately retiring in 1972 as the FBI's fourth-ranking official. A favorite of both Hoover and Associate Director Clyde Tolson, he played a key role in the Bureau's administration and was entrusted with numerous sensitive responsibilities. Following Hoover's death in May 1972, Mohr was selected to notify Acting Attorney General Richard Kleindienst and was charged with sealing Hoover's personal office, reflecting the extraordinary confidence Hoover and his inner circle placed in him.
