Card, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 1962 or 1963
Title:
Card, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 1962 or 1963Number of Pages:
4Description:
Valentine's Day cardContributor:
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973Collection:
Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird JohnsonCollection Description:
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Post-Courtship LettersSee Also:
See all scanned items from the Personal Papers of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, Box 3; See all scanned items from file unit "January 30, 1961-November 22, 1963 Correspondence between Lady Bird and Lyndon Johnson"Subject:
Lady Bird Johnson personal; HolidaysArchivist's General Note:
Scans are of the originals, but the box numbers refer to the service setRights:
The donor(s) of these records transferred their copyright to the U.S. government and their writings are therefore in the public domain. This file may also contain materials from other sources that may retain copyright.Specific Item Type:
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pp-ctjandlbj-b3-f02-i1Time Period:
Pre-Presidential (Before Nov. 22, 1963)Transcript:
[February 1962 or 1963]My darling –
How can I tell you that I love you on Valentine’s Day? -- a variety of small things that certainly add up to no Sonnotas [sic] to the Portuguese
--make an appointment to get a shorter and less bouffant hair-do; find a box for your watches (2, in fact); order the dining room chair ala Dr. Travell; promise to lose at least an inch in the waist with my exercises; jog up the upholsterer who is doing over the big lounge chair in a less obtrusive color; try to run the house more happily thru clearer instructions and kinder understanding of the “other fellow’s problems.”…most of all, tell you, I think, that I’ve been very proud of you these last two years or so of your dignity and forebearance [sic] and fighting spirit in the face of a “host of arrows” and problems that are really new to you who have ridden the crest of good fortune so much.
My love always, L.B.
[Staff note attached: D: This was in the hall at the Elms, so would assume it is recent. (It brought tears to my eyes—it’s so sweet) A]