TLS twice-signed “Nelson A. Rockefeller,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, November 1, 1978. Letter to Carl Haverlin with a contribution for a book of tributes to Bruce Catton, with both the letter and tribute signed. In part: “While I was Governor of New York it was my honor to appoint Bruce Catton Chairman of the New York Civil War Centennial Commission. No appointment could have been more appropriate, for no one did more than Bruce Catton to bring alive, for contemporary Americans, those tragic years of the 19th Century when our Nation was torn asunder. Nor could anyone have done more than Bruce Catton, by his writings as a historian and by his service on the Commission, to bring understanding of the hopes and the realities, growing out of those terrible times, on which has been built the American future. Bruce Catton was a superb writer and a great American. All of us are blessed that he passed our way.” In fine condition, with mild scattered creases. RRAuction COA.
