The First Proposal or What a Future President of the United States Did When He Was Rejected by the Woman He Loved
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Subject:
Correspondence
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Presidents by Name
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Truman, Harry
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Love Letters
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Presidential
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Description:
This article describes the early relationship and almost nine-year courtship of Harry Truman and Bess Wallace Truman. Includes discussion of their correspondence and a copy of a 1911 letter "in which he asks a very surprising question: 'Speaking of diamonds would you wear a solitaire one on your left hand should I get it?" They were not married until 1919. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Prologue magazine. |
Creator:
Geselbracht, Raymond H.
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Publisher:
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) |
Language:
English
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Source:
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2007/winter/proposal.html |
PID=
res:lii-27760
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