Scarce vintage 7.25 x 9.25 matte-finish photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Dr. Sterling Ruffin, with the warm regards of Edith Bolling Wilson 1919”; and a TLS, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, White House letterhead, March 31, 1920. Letter to Mrs. Colby, presumably the wife of Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, extending a lunch invitation. In part: “Now that the President is better it will be delightful to get our ‘official family’ together again, so I am asking all of the ladies of the Cabinet.” Moderate silvering and trimmed edges to photo, as well as Wilson writing over her last name again, and some mild toning to letter, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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