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HOOVER, HERBERT, President. Autograph letter signed ("Herbert Hoover") to Rufus C. Dawes, n.p. [Palo Alto?], 5 November 1934. 1 1/2 pages, small 4to, on Hoover's personal stationery, written on pages one and four only of a four page sheet, second leaf neatly inlaid.
A RARE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED: THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION
Herbert Hoover sends his thanks to Rufus C. Dawes, the Chicago businessman who presided over the Century of Progress International Exposition of 1933-1934. "This is just by way of expressing my admiration for the tremendous service you have given to Chicago and to the country through the organization and direction of the 'Century of Progress.' I could dwell at length upon it but it is enough to say that it required the utmost courage to initiate it and that the conduct of it has been superlative..." This exposition celebrated the one-hundreth anniversary of the city of Chicago and was financially successful in spite of the Great Depression.
Autograph letters signed by Hoover are extremely scarce as he adopted the typewriter for virtually all of his correspondence from about the turn of the century. In fact, in April 1930, in a handwritten letter solicited by a collector, Hoover wrote that "...I haven't written half a dozen long hand letters in the last quarter century..."
A RARE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED: THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION
Herbert Hoover sends his thanks to Rufus C. Dawes, the Chicago businessman who presided over the Century of Progress International Exposition of 1933-1934. "This is just by way of expressing my admiration for the tremendous service you have given to Chicago and to the country through the organization and direction of the 'Century of Progress.' I could dwell at length upon it but it is enough to say that it required the utmost courage to initiate it and that the conduct of it has been superlative..." This exposition celebrated the one-hundreth anniversary of the city of Chicago and was financially successful in spite of the Great Depression.
Autograph letters signed by Hoover are extremely scarce as he adopted the typewriter for virtually all of his correspondence from about the turn of the century. In fact, in April 1930, in a handwritten letter solicited by a collector, Hoover wrote that "...I haven't written half a dozen long hand letters in the last quarter century..."