Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Property from the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang
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Property from the Collection of Elsie and Philip Sang
Kennedy, John F.
Typed letter signed ("John Kennedy") as thirty-fifth President
1 page (171 x 225 mm), to Mrs. Henry H. Stickney, on White House letterhead, Washington, 17 October 1961, with an autograph postscript.
President Kennedy writes to Mrs. Stickney, evidently a Radcliffe alumna, about the dedication of a tree in honor of Dr. Sara Jordon. Kennedy was a longtime patient of Dr. Jordon, who was the head gastroenterologist at the Lahey Clinic in Boston. He was a frequent and long-term patient at Lahey Clinic for his gastrointestinal problems and his chronic backache. In this correspondence Kennedy offers a few personal words about Dr. Jordan to commemorate the Radcliffe College Class of 1905 dedicating a tree in her honor in Radcliffe Yard. JFK notes that Dr. Jordan "was one of the most remarkable people I have ever known", and adds in an autograph postscript, "My affection for her was complete."