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Dwight D. Eisenhower

On turning seventy-one: “These days [birthdays] seem to come far too rapidly”

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On turning seventy-one: “These days [birthdays] seem to come far too rapidly”

TLS signed “D.E.,” one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, October 16, 1961. Ike writes to Rosalind and Frederick Brisson in Beverly Hills. In full: “I am grateful to both of you for remembering my birthday. These days they seem to come far too rapidly.” After signing, he adds a handwritten postscript, signed “D”: “Mamie & I are off for a N.Y. week—mostly, for me, speeches.” Accompanied by an original unpublished 4.75 x 3.5 candid photo of a smiling Ike waving from the back of a railroad car. In very good condition, with glue remnants to reverse lightly staining front of letter. LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #316 - Ended December 13, 2006