TLS signed “Ike,” one page, 5.75 x 7.75, personal Office of Dwight D. Eisenhower letterhead, July 18, 1952. Letter to Grayson and Marion Kirk, in full: "Mamie joins me in sincerest thanks for your heart-warming message received during the Convention in Chicago. We got a real lift from your wire, and it is certainly encouraging to know that warm friends are with us in the campaign ahead." In very good to fine condition, with light toning and staining in the margins. Grayson Kirk (1903-1997) was a political scientist who served as president of Columbia University between 1953 and 1968. In 1951, when Eisenhower took leave to serve as Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Kirk became acting president of the university and later succeeded Eisenhower 1953 after he was sworn in as president. This letter dates to a week after Eisenhower was voted as his party's presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention, which was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, from July 7 to 11, 1952.
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