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John F. Kennedy Western Union telegram, sent from Washington, D.C., on September 3, 1960, congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Scatena of White Plains, New York, on the occasion of their 35th wedding anniversary. The message reads in part: “May this your 35th wedding anniversary be a day to remember and may it lead to many years blessed with life’s good things. My sincere congratulations and very best wishes to you,” and is signed in type at the conclusion, “Senator John F. Kennedy.” The telegram was transmitted during the height of Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign, just two months before his election.

Age wear to edges and corners; paper is slightly fragile.

This telegram dates to the final weeks of John F. Kennedy’s service as United States Senator from Massachusetts and offers a personal glimpse into his customary practice of acknowledging constituents and supporters with warm, handwritten-style sentiments conveyed via Western Union. Issued only weeks before the pivotal 1960 election, the piece captures Kennedy balancing the demands of a national campaign with traditional senatorial correspondence, making it a desirable and intimate artifact from the closing chapter of his Senate career and the dawn of the Camelot era.

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