Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Dorothy E. Hessler, payable to Gerald R. Ford for $3.75, January 11, 1971, endorsed on the reverse in ink, "Gerald R. Ford." The memo field notes, "Stationery Account," and the reverse is stamped, "For Deposit with the United States Treasurer, to the Account of Stationery Room, U. S. House of Representatives." In fine condition. Dorothy Hessler (later Dorothy Downton) joined Ford's congressional staff in 1967, remaining as his personal secretary until 1980: during his time as vice president, president, and his first few post-presidential years.
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