TLS signed “R. E. Byrd,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, June 27, 1936. Letter to Philip Kind. In part: “Through some inadvertence, your telegram to the Platform Committee of the Republican party has just reached me…It is very encouraging to have a man of your type ready to go into action behind me…I am way up here in Maine where I am ordered to take three months rest by my physician…I am still suffering from the fume poisoning I received at Advance Base.” A uniform shade of toning, staple hole to top left, and some scattered light creases and wrinkles, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.