Lot 98
Reagan, Ronald - Signed, Autograph Draft of a Good-Content Letter (1911-2004) 40th President of the United States (1981-89). Draft of an autograph letter signed "Ron", one page, on yellow legal paper, 8¾ x 8½", no place (12/12/67 date in another hand). To Mrs. Benjamin D. Gilbert, Greenaway Island, Stamford, Conn. In part: "It was wonderful to see you again and to at least get to say hello to Ben. You'll never know how much I appreciate all of you coming up to Hartford to sit through my speech--which I fear was too lengthy. Your thoughts and mine run parallel in so many ways. I'm keeping your suggestions in my desk. I was very interested to see where McChesney Martin advocated an immediate balancing of the budget but felt we could delay in starting to reduce the debt. In fact his whole point was to the concern you expressed that we could return to fiscal sanity without violent ec. [sic] upheaval…." Fine condition; upper right edge is uneven, affecting nothing.
Ronald Reagan was Governor of California from 1967-1975. He often wrote letters by hand, putting his thoughts down on legal paper, and gave the draft to his secretary to type. The draft was often then thrown away, but occasionally they were saved, as in this instance. Governor Reagan's secretary at this time was Kathy Davis and it was probably she who typed the letter from this draft. The red, diagonal mark through the letter indicates that the letter has been typed. Estimate Value $600 - 800
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