Letters from Lyndon Johnson and Gerald Ford, 1960, 1975.

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Letters from Lyndon Johnson and Gerald Ford, 1960, 1975.

A letter from Johnson to Sam A. Cousley, 1960 October 19, sends a "Johnson for President" button. The button and a magazine photograph of Johnson are included. A letter from Ford to Emery Davis, 1975 January 28, thanks him for a letter and gift of a biography of Harry Truman. The letter is accompanied by a clipping from the New York Times which mentions Ford as owning a copy of the biograpy.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7274568

University of Virginia. Library

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