ALS as president, signed “Ron,” penned at the bottom of a TLS from his friend, Oscar-winning screenwriter Douglas Morrow, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Morrow’s personal letterhead, February 18, 1981. Reagan’s handwritten draft message: “It was good to get your note. Knowing your love for bureaucracy, I was afraid you might have turned against me. (That's a joke) We're hard at it and while the opposition groups & re-groups I'm enjoying the battle. Thanks for your encouragement & best regards.” Morrow’s brief letter, which is in reference to Reagan’s congressional address on the Program for Economic Recovery, reads: “You keep going this well and you might even get John Wilkes Booth off the hook! Great presentation.” In very fine condition.
Accompanied by photocopies of Reagan’s final typed version of the letter, dated February 26, 1981, images of a photo and letter signed by Reagan and sent to Morrow, and a stapled packet containing a transcription of Reagan’s ‘Economic Recovery’ speech.
Douglas Morrow was a Hollywood screenwriter and film producer (1913-1994) who earned an Academy Award for his script for 1949's The Stratton Story, a biography of baseball player Monty Stratton, who was disabled in a hunting accident. Friends with Reagan dating back to his days in Hollywood, Morrow, and his wife, Margot, received a personal letter from Reagan, during his Presidency, following the loss of their daughter. Morrow was also a visitor to the White House on several occasions during Reagan's presidency.
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