Collection Of Letters To Former First Daughter Esther Cleveland, The Only Child Born In The White House

ESTHER CLEVELAND

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ESTHER CLEVELAND (1893-1980). Cleveland was the second child of President Grover Cleveland and his wife Frances Folsom Cleveland. This archive is a collection of correspondence belonging to Esther Cleveland. Cleveland, the second child of President Grover Cleveland, was the recipient of these 23 letters between the years 1910-1919. Most of the letters include the original mailing envelope. The letters reveal the private side of Cleveland, one of the most famous first children, including her social and love lives. Notable letters in the collection include: a.ALS. 3 pg. 4 x 6. 1915. Baltimore. An autograph letter signed Gordon to Esther: May I get down and crawl around for a while so you can see what I think of myself. I thought I had sent you those pictures from Biddeford Pool until you reminded me about them and found them with a lot of stuff in my desk. Please forgive me. Will you?.When are you coming down to visit us again? Just name the day and Mother will write youI am going to write a long letter soon. Am very busy at present. My love to your family. Am I forgiven? Please. Biddeford Pool is a large tidal pool, located off Saco Bay on the south coast of Maine. The small harbor has been popular with vacationers since the middle of the 19th century. b.ALS. 5 pg. 4 x 6. November 3, 1915. Cambridge. An autograph letter signed Nick to Esther: It was a welcome sight, that handwriting of yours and the letter was more welcome when I read its contents. I do appreciate your thought of me at thisof fame time and as we get on in years, these thoughts are the ones that count, after all, and they are the ones which make you feel that this world is pretty good after all. In short, dear Esther, ss usual your thoughtfulness has scored heavily. But I shall not be in Princeton this gay week-end. Time is too precious just at this time and besides I rather dislike Princeton when it is throbbing with a big game crowd, unruly because one sees nobody and the quieter more fraternal Princeton is the one I have always likedEsther, your foot is still troubling you and I can not help feeling quite worried. Please do take care of yourself, for I hate to think of your suffering. I liked your sentiments about self-sufficiency. It is a pleasure to tell that there are those on whom you can rely and that is how I feel concerning you This letter provides a window into when Princeton University was a leader in national athletics and the surrounding town on game weekends filled up like a large state school does today. c.ALS. 1 pg. 4 x 6. 1916. South Orange, New Jersey. An autograph letter signed Ray Biglow to My dear Miss Cleveland: I will be at Mrs. Hastings, 15 West 50th Dt, at 6 P.M. on Wednesday Feb. 9th. I will come prepared to go Mrs. Binnell to dinner, absolutely informally, and will bring my skates. The sender is most likely Lucius Horatio "Ray" Biglow III (1885-1961), a three-time All-American football player at Yale, and later a publisher and decorated World War I soldier. A subsequent letter by Biglow to Cleveland references her hero worshipIm afraid I acted towards my visit very much as a debutant does towards her first party after she gets to bed. d.ALS. 6 pg. 1916. Harrisburg. An autograph letter signed Jack to Esther: I hope you have been able to make up your lost sleep by this time. Do take awfully good care of yourself and dont get run down before going to Europe. Its {sic} only fair you know. I can hardly wait to know what your mother said but I hope nothing will happen to make things harder for youI wonder why I cant write you a letter without telling you I love you. I think I will this time if youll take it for granted that I do, Esther, more than I can ever tell you or show you, but Ill always try and show you in the very biggest and best way I know I can. P.S. I know youre cynical & I also know youre not really cynical and I just hate my brain for the thoughts that come into it. I just read this letter over and of course annalized {sic} i. Seller Inventory # 6295

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