Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed and Signed Check

TLS signed â€Å“Harry,â€Â one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, May 3, 1937. Letter to his future secretary of the treasury, Col. John W. Snyder, in full: â€Å“I certainly did appreciate your letter of May First, and I have been rather delinquent in writing you since I returned to Washington. I have had a most hectic time, although the meeting in New York was very successful. There must have been four hundred Legionnaires present and they treated me royally. I left Kansas City at three oâ€â„¢clock on Tuesday morning and got back to Washington on Wednesday at noon. So you see I did not get to bed from Sunday night until Wednesday night; almost a Meuse-Argonne Drive for staying up. I will certainly be pleased to attend the gathering at Fort Leavenworth. It would suit me immensely to hold our maneuvers at Captain Billyâ€â„¢s lake. I have been informed we have our choice of going either to Minnesota or Fort Riley; I prefer Minnesota. We will discuss the situation when actual orders come out.â€Â Truman adds a lengthy handwritten postscript below, â€ÂHere is a check for my part of Williamsburg. Iâ€â„¢ll let the hootel [sic] offset the gasoline although J.K. only smelled it,â€Â and, in the left margin, Truman adds the total sum, â€Å“Hotel 6.00, Tickets 1.50, Dinner 1.50, Lunch 1.00, 10.00.â€Â Includes the referenced Hamilton National Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Truman, payable to Snyder for $10, May 3, 1937. In overall fine condition, with filing holes to the top of both the letter and un-cashed check.