Two TLSs as president, both signed "DE," one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead. The first, dated February 5, 1953, addressed to Ernest "Tex" Lee, in part: "Thank you very much for your nice note. I am sorry that I didn't get a chance to chat with you, at least briefly, at the Inauguration"; and the second, May 12, 1955, addressed to New York Congressman Stuyvesant Wainwright, in full: "Enclosed is a copy of a letter I have just dictated to Mr. Hughes. But I do want to tell you personally and sincerely that both Mrs. Eisenhower and I are pleased beyond words with the flagpole that has been installed up at Gettysburg." In overall very good to fine condition, with creasing to the top half of the 1953 letter, and irregular toning to the 1955 letter. As a first lieutenant at Fort Sam Houston, Lee became an aide to Eisenhower, who served as Chief of Staff of the Third Army during the Louisiana maneuvers in the summer of 1941. When Eisenhower was reassigned to the War Department in December 1941, he invited Lee to accompany him to Washington, D.C. He served as Eisenhower’s military aide throughout the whole of World War II, and along with naval aide Harry Butcher, he was responsible for managing Eisenhower’s personal affairs.
