ALS, in pencil, signed “Jacqueline Bouvier,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, Times Herald letterhead, no date. Letter to Mrs. MacRae sending a column for publication. In part: “Here is the column—I hope you think it’s all right…The editor liked the column so much that now we are going to run it as a Sunday feature—probably in two weeks. We are getting the Senators mentioned to answer ‘What’s it like observing the pages at close range.’ So far I have gotten answers from Nixon and Kennedy. As soon as the others come in I will let you know when the feature will run. Thank you so much for being so kind—and please excuse the pencil. I’m rather slow on the typewriter—and there seems to be no such thing as a pen in a newspaper office.” In fine condition, with some faint soiling.
Born into a socially prominent family, the future First Lady spent 1951 to 1953 working for The Washington Times-Herald newspaper as an “inquiring photographer,” asking random questions of the man-on-the-street and then publishing their response and image in the paper. This column took a different turn, asking members of the US Senate, including a young Massachusetts official named John Kennedy, about pages—young assistants on the Senate floor. Given the timeline of events, John and Jackie had already begun dating at this point, having been introduced in May 1952 at a dinner party. Perhaps it was Jackie’s gentle persuasion that prompted JFK to coax the participation of his Senatorial buddies—including the vice president, future rival Richard Nixon, who would have served in that capacity as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. An early piece of Kennedy mystique with Jackie referring to her then-boyfriend, the future president. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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