TLS signed “Harry,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, May 3, 1937. Letter to his future secretary of the treasury, Col. John W. Snyder, in full: “I certainly did appreciate your letter of May First, and I have been rather delinquent in writing you since I returned to Washington. I have had a most hectic time, although the meeting in New York was very successful. There must have been four hundred Legionnaires present and they treated me royally. I left Kansas City at three o’clock on Tuesday morning and got back to Washington on Wednesday at noon. So you see I did not get to bed from Sunday night until Wednesday night; almost a Meuse-Argonne Drive for staying up. I will certainly be pleased to attend the gathering at Fort Leavenworth. It would suit me immensely to hold our maneuvers at Captain Billy’s lake. I have been informed we have our choice of going either to Minnesota or Fort Riley; I prefer Minnesota. We will discuss the situation when actual orders come out.” Truman adds a lengthy handwritten postscript below, ”Here is a check for my part of Williamsburg. I’ll let the hootel [sic] offset the gasoline although J.K. only smelled it,” and, in the left margin, Truman adds the total sum, “Hotel 6.00, Tickets 1.50, Dinner 1.50, Lunch 1.00, 10.00.” Includes the referenced Hamilton National Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Truman, payable to Snyder for $10, May 3, 1937. In overall fine condition, with filing holes to the top of both the letter and un-cashed check.
