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Lot #115
Harry S. Truman

Truman thanks the head of the Manhattan Project

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Truman thanks the head of the Manhattan Project

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 18, 1962. Letter to General Leslie R. Groves, in full: "Thank you very much for the advance copy of your book Now It Can Be Told. I am looking forward to reading this book with the greatest interest and more than appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending it to me. I am also deeply grateful for the warm and friendly inscription which you added on the flyleaf." In fine condition. Accompanied by a later printing of Now It Can Be Told. Groves was a career Army officer (1896-1970) who headed the Manhattan Project and oversaw the construction of the Pentagon.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #555 - Ended May 08, 2019





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