Price
$495.00
Condition
used
Product Condition
Very fine, bold and clear signature
Size
7" x 9.25"
1952 Rare J. Edgar Hoover Signed Letter Thanking National League Baseball President for Season Pass. Wow! Remarkable intersection of sports and political history: an original April 14, 1952 FBI letter on official Bureau stationery, personally signed by Director J. Edgar Hoover and addressed to Warren C. Giles, President of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs. Hoover expresses appreciation for a complimentary season pass, hoping to attend games that year. The letter bears the National League’s April 17, 1952 date stamp. A superb display piece linking two major 20th-century institutions—the FBI and Major League Baseball—and illustrating the courtesies exchanged between prominent public officials and sports executives of the era.
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Modern ethics restrictions (like the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, or today’s strict rules regarding gifts from those with business before an agency) did not yet exist. Federal officials—including J. Edgar Hoover—routinely received modest courtesy items such as baseball season passes, theater tickets, and honorary memberships.
$495.00
used
Very fine, bold and clear signature
7" x 9.25"