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James P. Hosty, Jr. autographed First Day Cover, the FBI agent who investigated Lee Harvey Oswald prior to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The cover features a printed portrait of Hosty alongside the FBI seal, postmarked Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 31, 2007, and bears a Gerald R. Ford 41¢ stamp commemorating the 38th U.S. President and member of the Warren Commission.

A compelling artifact uniting two key figures connected to the investigation of the Kennedy assassination — Hosty, the Dallas-based FBI agent who monitored Oswald, and Ford, the future president who served on the Warren Commission.

Fine condition.

James P. Hosty, Jr. (1924–2011) was a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned to the Dallas field office in the early 1960s. In the months preceding President Kennedy’s assassination, Hosty was tasked with tracking Lee Harvey Oswald due to his defection to the Soviet Union and pro-Castro activities. Following the assassination, Hosty’s destroyed memo concerning Oswald’s movements became a source of intense controversy and speculation. He later recounted his experiences in his 1996 memoir “Assignment: Oswald,” offering an insider’s view of the FBI’s role in one of the most scrutinized investigations in American history.

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