Mother of Lee Harvey Oswald (1907–1981) who unsuccessfully crusaded to clear her son of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. ALS signed “Much love, Mother, XX,” one page, 5 x 8, January 22 [postmarked 1960]. Mrs. Oswald writes to Lee at the Hotel Metropole in Moscow. In part: “After receiving your note about not being able to cash the check I sent you, I sent $20.00 cash (a bill) on the 5th of Jan. I sure hope that you have received it. After receiving the letter you should receive a draft for $25.00 which can be cashed at the bank (foreign exchange). Please let me hear from you and if you receive these monies. I am feeling fine and plan to go back into the insurance business as soon as the weather warms up. But it is pretty cold there. Hope you are well and happy. If you need anything don’t fail to let me know.” In September 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald departed from New Orleans to the Soviet Union, via France and England, and arrived in Moscow on October 16. Within days he visited the American embassy, declaring that he wanted to renounce his U.S. citizenship, and applied for Russian citizenship, for which he was ultimately rejected. Settling in Minsk with a comfortable (by Soviet standards) apartment and a secure job in an electronics factory, Oswald met Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova (born 1941) at a dance hall in March 1961, and they married less than six weeks later, on April 30. In June 1962, months after the birth of their first daughter, June Lee, the Oswalds moved to the Dallas area with official and financial assistance from the U.S. government. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Mrs. Oswald’s hand. Two pinholes, tiny chip, partial fingerprint (possibly LHO’s), and light handling wear, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
