ALS in Russian, signed “J. Stalin,” two pages, 5.25 x 7.75, October 8, 1935. Letter to his daughter. In full, “My dear owner, I received your letter and postcard. It's very good that you are not forgetting your daddy. Send you a little bit of granates. In ample days I would send you tangerines. Eat, be happy. I am not sending anything to Vasily because of the bad rating in school. The weather is good here, but it's boring without you, my owner. All the best, my dear owner. Secretary of Svetlana - the owner, poor man.” His son, Vasily, who receives a scolding from his father in the letter, was killed in World War II by the Germans, because his father would not agree to exchange him for a German prisoner. In fine condition. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
