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- Pre-Presidential (Before Nov. 22, 1963)x
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- Lady Bird is disappointed she did not receive a letter today from LBJ. She took Isabel, Nig, Panky and Willy Floyd to the Fair and while they were there, she saw Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage. She tells LBJ the books arrived but not the…
- Lady Bird writes that she is thrilled LBJ is sending her a book about Nazism, and she evaluates the book, Roosevelt and His America by [Bernard] Fa
- Lady Bird thanks LBJ for the books that he sent her, including the book on Nazism. She comments on Roosevelt and His America by [Bernard] Faÿ. She expresses her love for LBJ, mentions his phone call Sunday, says her letter of Monday was not…
- Lady Bird is seeing Aunts Ida and Ellen [in Montgomery] and then heading for Atlanta the next day to visit Aunt Effie. She discusses how LBJ's mother must feel about their plans to be married and says she would like to tell his mother of her…
- Lady Bird will soon leave [Montgomery] for Atlanta and hopes to depart Atlanta on Wednesday. She alludes to the resistance they are getting from their families about wedding plans but assures him "...everything's going to be alright about…
- Lady Bird writes from the Hotel Georgian Terrace in Atlanta about her visit with Aunt Effie who pleads with her to wait a few months to marry. She says that on her return trip, she hopes to stop in Montgomery to see her Uncle Claude about part of…
- Lady Bird writes on stationery from the New Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans saying she showed her father her ring when she returned from Austin, and they talked. Her father and other family and friends think she should wait before marrying.
- Lady Bird describes her activities at home, how much she misses LBJ, and how much she enjoys his letters. She says the cook commented on what "a fine looking young man" he is.
- Lady Bird writes that she and Dorris [Powell] went to Shreveport for the day and that her Uncle Walter and Aunt Nettie came to supper. She can hear singing from the nearby Negro church and describes walks she would like to take with LBJ. She wants…
- Lady Bird comments that this time last week she and LBJ drove to Marshall and mentions that she is writing by candlelight because their "Delco" is "pfft." She describes finding and cleaning her mother's stone flower pots.…