ALS signed "Lee," two pages on two adjoining lightly-lined sheets, 5.5 x 8, June 1 [1961]. Letter to his mother, with spelling and punctuation retained. In full: "I recived your letter about a month ago, but I lost the address, and was not able to write until I recived a letter from Robert yesterday in which he put down where you are living now.
I was really surprised that he has a new son, time really dose fly does'en it?
I suppose he told you I got married last month. My wife's name is Marina. Soon she will be 20 years old. She was born in the city of Leningrad a few hundred miles from here.
Are you working now? How did that business about the injury ever come out?
I guess it must be finelly hot in Texas by now. Do you see much of Robert?
Enclosed are some picture of me and Marina, I hope you like her.
Thanks for the two dollars I showd them too all my friends and then gave them away."
This letter was an official exhibit in the Warren Commission investigation into JFK's assassination and, like most of the exhibits, is protectively and permanently soft-laminated. In fine condition, with uniform light toning and surface marks and usual creases to laminate.
This historically significant letter reveals Oswald's first reference of his new wife to his mother in the United States. In the spring of 1961, he met and soon married 19-year-old Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova, a pharmacy student who was living with her uncle and aunt in Minsk. The courtship lasted just over a month before he and Marina were wed...an announcement that warranted a brief three-sentence mention in this letter to his mother. The honeymoon was short-lived, and just a few month after their wedding, Marina left for an extended stay with her uncle-a top official with the Soviet Union's secret police. Following Oswald's assassination of President John F. Kennedy, that familial connection caught the attention of the Warren Commission, with, US officials investigated whether the president's death involved the KGB. In reality, it was simply a young bride's nerves that led her to reconsider her vows, although this letter clearly shows Oswald's optimism that things will work out, and that "I hope you like her." Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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