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TWO PRESIDENTS RESPONDTO SAME AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR
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KENNEDY, JOHN F.; AND (LYNDON B. JOHNSON).Two White House let-
ters to collector Samuel Herbert McVitty: Kennedy. Typed Letter Signed, as President *
Johnson.Typed Letter, with secretarial signature.The Kennedy letter, sending his autograph
and expressing appreciation for his sentiments of approval. The Johnson letter, expressing
regret that he would not accept the autograph sent previously by his secretary and explain-
ing that matters of state prevent him from attending personally to all his mail. Each 1 page,
4to,White House stationery; horizontal fold. (TFC)
Washington, 29 April 1961; 13 March 1964
[3,500/5,000]
JFK:“I am delighted to send you this note to add to your collection of Presidential letters dating back
to GeorgeWashington. . . .”
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LBJ:“I am sorry you would not accept the card my secretary sent to you . . . .
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As you can well understand, if I took time to answer personally more than the very important mail
that arrives among the thirty-five thousand pieces we have been receiving each week in the White
House I would have little time to attend to the affairs of state.”