HOOVER, Herbert C. (1874-1964). Typed letter signed ("Herbert Hoover"), as former President, to Curtis E. Gillis, 10 December 1941. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery. "WE HAVE BEEN INVADED BY JAPAN," Hoover writes to Curtis E. Gillis from his home at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on 10 December 1941, just three days after the Pearl Harbor attack. "Our purpose now must be to resist with every power we can bring to bear. In the meantime, we must need consider the principles upon which a lasting peace can be brought to the world." -- HOOVER. Typed letter signed ("Herbert C. Hoover") to Ruth Young, 17 November 1943. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery. On 17 November 1943, Hoover grumbles to Ruth Young that "...The New York gentleman from Indiana [Wendell Willkie] is making progress downward--in fact very fast during the last thirty days. If he can keep up this pace in the same direction we will not be concerned with him..." After giving FDR a run for his money in the 1940 Presidential election, Willkie served Roosevelt as a globetrotting good will ambassador. His 1942 trip around the world led to his runaway 1943 best-seller, One World. In the last years of his life (he died of a heart attack in 1944), Willkie adopted increasingly liberal positions that irritated Hoover: he became an out-spoken critic of anti-Semitism, racial discrimination, and even urged Federal intervention to protect the voting rights of blacks. -- HOOVER. Document signed ("H. C. Hoover"), 17 July 1902. 3 pages, 4to. HOOVER'S COMPENSATION CLAIM FOR DAMAGES TO HIS MINING BUSINESS DURING THE BOXER REBELLION OF 1900. Hoover asks the United States Claim Commission for reimbursement of $52,707 for personal and business losses suffered as a result of the Rebellion. He lost a $48,000 mining contract, as well as "one race pony...books, goods and clothing..." and "furniture, brics-a-brac [and] silverware..." Together 3 items. (3)

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HOOVER, Herbert C. (1874-1964). Typed letter signed ("Herbert Hoover"), as former President, to Curtis E. Gillis, 10 December 1941. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery. "WE HAVE BEEN INVADED BY JAPAN," Hoover writes to Curtis E. Gillis from his home at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on 10 December 1941, just three days after the Pearl Harbor attack. "Our purpose now must be to resist with every power we can bring to bear. In the meantime, we must need consider the principles upon which a lasting peace can be brought to the world." -- HOOVER. Typed letter signed ("Herbert C. Hoover") to Ruth Young, 17 November 1943. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery. On 17 November 1943, Hoover grumbles to Ruth Young that "...The New York gentleman from Indiana [Wendell Willkie] is making progress downward--in fact very fast during the last thirty days. If he can keep up this pace in the same direction we will not be concerned with him..." After giving FDR a run for his money in the 1940 Presidential election, Willkie served Roosevelt as a globetrotting good will ambassador. His 1942 trip around the world led to his runaway 1943 best-seller, One World. In the last years of his life (he died of a heart attack in 1944), Willkie adopted increasingly liberal positions that irritated Hoover: he became an out-spoken critic of anti-Semitism, racial discrimination, and even urged Federal intervention to protect the voting rights of blacks. -- HOOVER. Document signed ("H. C. Hoover"), 17 July 1902. 3 pages, 4to. HOOVER'S COMPENSATION CLAIM FOR DAMAGES TO HIS MINING BUSINESS DURING THE BOXER REBELLION OF 1900. Hoover asks the United States Claim Commission for reimbursement of $52,707 for personal and business losses suffered as a result of the Rebellion. He lost a $48,000 mining contract, as well as "one race pony...books, goods and clothing..." and "furniture, brics-a-brac [and] silverware..." Together 3 items. (3)