TLS signed “Jack,” one page, 6.25 x 8, United States Senate letterhead, January 7, 1955. Letter of thanks to a friend in Massachusetts. In part, “Many, many thanks for your kind message to me when I was in the hospital in New York. Hospitals are gloomy places, I am afraid; and it makes a tremendous difference when friends remember you. I am feeling much better and am looking forward to getting back to Washington around the first of March. Perhaps then I will have a chance to thank you in person.” Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Kennedy’s old back injury still gave him a great deal of pain. Beginning in October 1954 he underwent a series of spinal operations. While he was recuperating in 1955 he decided to write a book he had been contemplating for several years. It was a series of portraits of eight of the most courageous senators in the nation’s history. Entitled Profiles in Courage, it became a best-seller. In fine condition. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
