Hammersmith Farm Guest Book, 9/1961 - 10/15/2008

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Hammersmith Farm Guest Book, 9/1961 - 10/15/2008

This series consists of one guest book from Hammersmith Farm, Newport, Rhode Island beginning on September 1961 to October 15, 2008. Attached to the first page of the guest book is a handwritten letter from Jacqueline Kennedy to her mother, Janet Lee Auchincloss, thanking her for hosting the First Family. Notable signatures in the guest book include President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Indira Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, John Kerry, Allen Dulles, and Robert McNamara.

8 linear inches

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SNAC Resource ID: 11613881

John F. Kennedy Library

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Kerry, John F., 1943-

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Kennedy, Caroline, 1957-

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