TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, County Court, Jackson County, Missouri letterhead, August 9, 1934. Letter to Colonel John W. Snyder at the Grand National Bank in St. Louis. In part: “It certainly was a pleasure to me to read your good letter this morning when I got a chance to sit down and do so, and it is one of my sincere regrets that I couldn’t be with you at camp, but I was working harder than I ever worked in my life trying to win the senatorial nomination. I know you had a wonderful time and I hope I will not have to be absent again.” In fine condition, with tiny edge separations to mailing folds, light toning, and filing holes to the top. Backed by St. Louis political boss Tom Pendergast, Truman had won the Democratic primary just two days earlier on August 7 after a bruising three-way race that was marred by widespread ballot-stuffing. He went on to defeat the incumbent Roscoe Patterson by a landslide margin of twenty percent, holding the seat for a decade before becoming vice president. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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