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| Lot # 129 HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 08/31/2000 - Document 268885 |
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HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. TLS: "Hillary" as First Lady, 1p,
6¼x9½. The White House, 2000 August 31. To Frankie Hewitt, Ford's Theatre,
Washington, DC. In full: "I am glad you understand that is it (sic, it
is) because of the APEC Convention that we are unable to participate in the
Ford's Theatre gala in November. Each year, the President and I have looked
forward to and thoroughly enjoyed this splendid event and were honored to host
the receptions at the White House. You have done a magnificent job as Producing
Artistic Director, and your leadership is widely acknowledged and appreciated.
We wish you continued success in all your endeavors. With warmest regards and
gratitude always for your friendship." Twelve days after writing this
letter, Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first First Lady to run for
office, winning the New York Democratic Primary for U.S. Senator. In
November, she soundly defeated Republican Rick Lazio, taking her seat in the
Senate on January 3, 2001 while still First Lady. The APEC
Convention, the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation summit, opened on November 15, 2000 in Brunei. APEC members are
Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia,
Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore,
South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. FRANKIE
HEWITT (1931-2003) was the driving force behind Ford's Theatre, first
lobbying single-handedly in 1965 to restore the structure as a working theatre
and museum, then shaping the theatre's future by raising production funds,
building new audiences and developing new American theatre works. Hewitt had
served as a speechwriter for John F. Kennedy and an assistant to U.N. Ambassador
Adlai E. Stevenson. After speaking with Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall,
Hewitt formed the nonprofit Ford's Theatre Society and negotiated a ten-year
contract with the Department of the Interior under which the Society would
produce live theater at Ford's Theatre. The theater reopened on February 12,
1968, the 158th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, with a production of
John Brown's Body. After two theater companies failed to garner
critical or financial success, Hewitt herself became the producing artistic
director and held that role until her death. On February 27, 2003, a day
before she died, she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President
Bush. Light transference of type in lower blank margin when folded. With
original postmarked White House envelope opened across top. Two items. Fine
condition.
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