Dwight D. Eisenhower 1964 Typed Letter Signed - To His Brother - Humorous Content

34th President.

Typed letter signed “Ike”, October 16, 1964, personal stationery from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, sent to his brother Edgar in Tacoma, Washington, in full:

Many thanks for your thoughtful message on my birthday.

It’s a bit shocking to me to realize that I am not entering my seventy-fifth year. I heard a comedian say on television the other evening, ‘I am getting no younger.’ His friend retorted, ‘Who is!’

With affectionate regard

Small handling wear, mailing fold, two punch holes at top.

The two brothers (there were five Eisenhower brothers in all) were very different. Edgar, who held very strong politically-conservative views, felt that the federal government was usurping power from the states.  Because of his strong feelings against centralization, Edgar appears to have avoided Washington throughout his brother's administration, even refusing to attend his second inauguration. Yet according to letters between them, the brothers' relationship was usually amicable, often lighthearted.

Part of a small archive of letters from Ike to Edgar that we recently acquired - most fresh to the market.