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The First Proposal or What a Future President of the United States Did When He Was Rejected by the Woman He Loved URL: http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2007/winter/proposal.html Description: This article describes the early relationship and almost nine-year courtship of Harry Truman and Bess Wallace Truman. Includes discussion of their correspondence and a copy of a 1911 letter "in which he asks a very surprising question: 'Speaking of diamonds would you wear a solitaire one on your left hand should I get it?" They were not married until 1919. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Prologue magazine. LII Topics: Correspondence, Love Letters, Presidential, Presidents by Name, Truman, Harry Author: Geselbracht, Raymond H. Publisher: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) LII Database Information: Record 27760 created by Maria Brandt on 01/14/2009 Last modification on 02/02/2009 Published: 02/12/2009 LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27760 |
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