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Here, at last, the conundrum of how the President who is probably the most common in typed letters but among the rarest in autograph ones, is solved. "I am not in favor of holograph letters,” Hoover proclaims. “I would not get through 1/10th of 1% of my mail that way - moreover the typewriter spells better and leaves a record by which you can prove what you did not say, and that is part of one's daily occupation.”
Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pages, recto and verso, on his personal letterhead, no place, December 22, 1937. To Mr. Lampson. Very rare.
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Dec 22 1937
HERBERT HOOVER
Dear Mr. Lampson
I am not in favor of holograph letters - I would not get through 1/10th of 1% of my mail that way - moreover the typewriter spells better and leaves a record by which you can prove what you did not say, and that is part of one's daily occupation.
But the typewriter is a
HERBERT HOOVER
Dear Mr. Lampson
I am not in favor of holograph letters - I would not get through 1/10th of 1% of my mail that way - moreover the typewriter spells better and leaves a record by which you can prove what you did not say, and that is part of one's daily occupation.
But the typewriter is a
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a [sic] poor method of conveying emotion. Therefore, this note is intended to convey more than usual wishes of a happy and prosperous New Year to you and yours.
With Kind Regards of
Herbert Hoover
With Kind Regards of
Herbert Hoover
