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[TRUMAN DEFEATS DEWEY; POLITICAL MEMORABILIA] TWO 1948 LETTERS from a Champlain College student Chris (male) to a Wheaton College woman Ruth with references to the Truman upset of Dewey in the 1948 presidential election, the first letter is written on the day of the election; (1) Nov. 2, 1948, "It seems rather odd to see you so enthused about Dewey. I am listening to the election returns now. Truman is ahead with 154 out of a needed 206 electoral vote. Dewey will win of course, not that I approve, but I am faced with no alternative…"; Nov.4, 1948 (from postmark), "The election certainly was a surprise for everyone. Truman really deserved it though because if anyone ever fought tooth and nail for anything, he did. It was uphill all the way…"; folded with envelopes /// CONDITION: well-preserved; negligible wear.

[WWII TREASON CASE; JAPANESE-AMERICAN CITIZEN KAWAKITA; JAMES WILLARD HURST] HARVARD LAW REVIEW ON TREASON IN THE UNITED STATES [handwritten title on label on front cover of heavy manila binder for Harvard Law Review article disbound pages or offprints], bound in pages from three issues of Harvard Law Review with the issue's cover– (1) Volume 58, Number 2 [numbers in red ink], December 1944, Treason in the United States –1. Treason Down to the Constitution (a) Prior to the Revolution, etc. (to be continued), by Willard Hurst, pages 220-272, footnotes, (2) Volume 58, Number 3 [numbers in red], February 1945, Treason in the United States – II. The Constitution (a) General Policy: a Restrictive Definition, etc., (to be continued) by Willard Hurst, pages 395-444, footnotes, (3) Volume 58, Number 6 [numbers in red], Treason in the United States – Under the Constitution (a) General Policy, etc., by Willard Hurst, 1945, pages 806-853, footnotes…bound in following the issues are 4 letters in… Read More

[ANNOTATED BOOK MANUSCRIPT "THE VOLUNTARY STATE"] THE VOLUNTARY STATE by Mildred McLearn, about 240 original ribbon typed pages bound into a spring binder, 3 parts as follows: (i) original ribbon, 92 pages double-spaced, much edited in pencil typed manuscript of a stage of "The Voluntary State" book-in-progress; (ii) original ribbon, 50 pages single-spaced, a few pages covered with pencil annotations of general notes, no textual editing of a stage of "The Voluntary State" book-in-progress; (iii) essay "Voluntary Taxation – The Answer to Communism Presenting a New Political Concept," by Mildred Adams McLearn, copyrighted 1954, original ribbon, double-spaced 60 pages double-spaced, no annotations, published in the June 1958 issue of "National Review" /// AUTHOR NOTE: Mildred Adams McLearn: Mildred Adams McLearn (d. 2015 at age 102) was a long-time noted resident of Bronxville, New York, who played an active and influential part in the state Republican Party; as a student at New York University, she… Read More