NIXON, RICHARD Document signed as President, with Watergate connection. Washington: 16 September 1969. Printed document with...
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NIXON, RICHARD
Document signed as President, with Watergate connection. Washington: 16 September 1969. Printed document with wafer seal, accomplished in manuscript appointing Fred C. LaRue of Mississippi Special Consultant to the President of the United States of America, signed in ink at lower right "Richard Nixon" as President and countersigned by William P. Rogers as Secretary of State, with the imprint of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to the lower margin. 19 x 23 inches (48 x 58 cm). Some light soiling to extremities, else fine, acquired from Stephen S. Raab Autographs, Ardmore, PA, in 1998.
In this document with a connection to the scandal that led to his resignation, Richard Nixon appoints Fred C. LaRue Special Consultant to the President. In Washington, LaRue was an mysterious figure who apparently held no rank, title, salary, or listing in the White House directory. The son of a wealthy Mississippi oil man, Fred LaRue accidentally shot his father dead in a hunting accident in 1957. After failed efforts in the casino business, LaRue yielded some political influence and was associated with Senators Barry Goldwater, James Eastland, Strom Thurmond and came to promote Richard Nixon. LaRue was present at the March 30th, 1972 meeting in Key Biscayne, Florida with recently resigned United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and Jeb Magruder, all three members of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President (often mocked as CREEP). LaRue vehemently denied for the rest of his life that at this meeting the groundwork was laid for Operation Gemstone, a campaign of "dirty tricks" against Democrats, and also that President Nixon himself approved the burglary at the Watergate Hotel over the telephone. LaRue was known as the "Bagman" for his role in delivering cash to keep conspirators and attorneys quiet in the wake of the burglary and became the first administration official to plead guilty to obstruction of justice, serving several months in prison in late 1973. Of LaRue, the New York Times wrote in 1973: "'He was an elusive, anonymous, secret operator at the highest levels of the shattered Nixon power structure ... He is a man of personal mystery, too--a latter-day character, it sometimes seemed, out of a Southern gothic novel.''
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Estimate $800-1,200
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NIXON, RICHARD
Document signed as President, with Watergate connection. Washington: 16 September 1969. Printed document with wafer seal, accomplished in manuscript appointing Fred C. LaRue of Mississippi Special Consultant to the President of the United States of America, signed in ink at lower right "Richard Nixon" as President and countersigned by William P. Rogers as Secretary of State, with the imprint of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to the lower margin. 19 x 23 inches (48 x 58 cm). Some light soiling to extremities, else fine, acquired from Stephen S. Raab Autographs, Ardmore, PA, in 1998.
In this document with a connection to the scandal that led to his resignation, Richard Nixon appoints Fred C. LaRue Special Consultant to the President. In Washington, LaRue was an mysterious figure who apparently held no rank, title, salary, or listing in the White House directory. The son of a wealthy Mississippi oil man, Fred LaRue accidentally shot his father dead in a hunting accident in 1957. After failed efforts in the casino business, LaRue yielded some political influence and was associated with Senators Barry Goldwater, James Eastland, Strom Thurmond and came to promote Richard Nixon. LaRue was present at the March 30th, 1972 meeting in Key Biscayne, Florida with recently resigned United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and Jeb Magruder, all three members of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President (often mocked as CREEP). LaRue vehemently denied for the rest of his life that at this meeting the groundwork was laid for Operation Gemstone, a campaign of "dirty tricks" against Democrats, and also that President Nixon himself approved the burglary at the Watergate Hotel over the telephone. LaRue was known as the "Bagman" for his role in delivering cash to keep conspirators and attorneys quiet in the wake of the burglary and became the first administration official to plead guilty to obstruction of justice, serving several months in prison in late 1973. Of LaRue, the New York Times wrote in 1973: "'He was an elusive, anonymous, secret operator at the highest levels of the shattered Nixon power structure ... He is a man of personal mystery, too--a latter-day character, it sometimes seemed, out of a Southern gothic novel.''
C The Julius and Theodore Cohn Library
Estimate $800-1,200
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
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