Harry Truman - Thank You Letter, Proclamation of Germany Surrender

Harry Truman - Thank You Letter, Proclamation of Germany Surrender

Harry S. Truman

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May 12, 1945

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H. Truman A New Find "...Regarding My Proclamation..." Announcing

Germany's Surrender

H. Truman A New Find " .. Regarding My Proclamation..." Announcing Germany's

Surrender

Typed Letter Signed "Harry S Truman" as President with eight word handwritten postscript, 1p, 7" × 8.75. On pale green White House stationery, May 12, 1945. To Martin A. Lewis, Jr., Jefferson City, Missouri. With original White House envelope. Fine condition.

In full, "My dear Martin; Your kind message regarding my Proclamation is indeed greatly appreciated. My warmest thanks to you!" Truman's friend, Martin A. Lewis, Jr., had served as Chief of Missouri Parks and Refuges from 1929-1932. Truman handwrites a postscript: "Why don't you come in and say hello?"

Martin A. Lewis, Jr., first met with President Truman at the White House on June 25,

1947. The Presidential Appointments Calendar at the Truman Library records that Lewis met the President in the White House three more times, in 1949, 1950, and 1951. Each meeting was "off the record" as was usual when the President saw his friends.

An ideal accompaniment to President Truman's letter "regarding my Proclamation" is the signed multicolored lithograph of his Proclamation of May 8, 1945, which he read at a White House news conference held in his office beginning "The Allied armies, through sacrifice and devotion and with God's help, have wrung from Germany a final and unconditional surrender. " While these gorgeous signed souvenir proclamations exist on the market, we show no other letters of Truman with reference to the Proclamation.