Description
Highly appealing collection of unsigned handwritten notes from John F. Kennedy as a Massachusetts Senator, consisting of a genealogical outline of his family history, as well as his own personal accomplishments
Two pages, circa 1953, United States Senate letterhead.
These notes were prepared to aid Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, who was introducing Kennedy before an audience. Kennedy’s notes, in part: “Grandfather John F. Fitzgerald, Congressman 55 years ago from same district I represented…later Mayor of Boston. / Ran in 1916 for U.S. Senate—but defeated by Henry Cabot Lodge, grandfather of present ambassador. / Graduated Harvard 1940 cum laude. Served as Commander of P. T. Boat for the Pacific in war. Worked for newspaper—Chicago herald American 1945-6 [where Kennedy covered the United Nations Conference in San Francisco and the elections that ousted Winston Churchill in 1945 from London]. Elected to 80th, 81st, 82nd Congress. Elected this year to Senate, 70,000 votes.” Bayard adds some notes in pencil at the conclusion of the second sheet. Also included is Bayard’s handwritten manuscript summary. In fine condition, with light edge toning.
