Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Melvin M. Johnson, 1951 October 18

Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Melvin M. Johnson, 1951 October 18

A letter from President Harry S. Truman to Sovereign Grand Commander Melvin M. Johnson. Dated October 18, 1951. In the letter, Truman answers Johnson’s request for a commemorative stamp to honor Hungarian statesman and freedom fighter Louis (Lajos) Kossuth. In a previous letter, Johnson had written Truman, "I am making this suggestion merely as one method of the silent preaching of freedom in countries where we would like to reach common people and that a commemorative stamp would do."

Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. SC069

1951 10 18

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English

A2019/001/002

1 item ; 23 x 18 cm

Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library