Autographs
“Herbert Hoover” Typed Letter to (Rabbi) Allen Wolsey
HERBERT HOOVER (1874-1964). Thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933).
June 4, 1940-Dated, Typed Letter Signed, “Herbert Hoover,” on personal stationery, 1 page, measuring 10.5” x 7.25”, The Waldorf Astoria, New York, Extremely Fine. To [Rabbi] Allen Wolsey thanking him for his kind words about his "preparedness speech." Normal folds. Together with a small card engraved, "Stanford University, California" signed in full by Hoover. Few remember that Hoover saved millions of lives during World War I as Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, administering over two-and-one-half million tons of food to nine million war victims. (2 items).