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  1. Bess Truman was born Elizabeth Virginia Wallace on February 13, 1885 in Independence, Missouri. She was born to the prestigious Wallace family and grew up in luxury in a Victorian house on Delaware Street. She is best known for being the 33rd First Lady of the United States when her husband, Harry S. Truman, became President in 1945.

  2. Welcome to the Dear Bess/ Dear Harry v-cast for July 7 2023, a service of Harry S Truman National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service. Today’s Dear Bess letter was written by Harry S Truman, Farmer, in this date in 1913, 110 years ago today. Lots of wonderful information in this letter.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dear_BessDear Bess - Wikipedia

    Dear Bess: The Letters from Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959 is a 1983 book edited by historian Robert Hugh Ferrell collecting more than 500 letters from U.S. president Harry S. Truman to his wife Bess, ranging from the couple's early courtship to his post-presidency retirement.

    • Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, Robert H. Ferrell
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    • 1983
    • 1983
  4. Aug 3, 1998 · Once again available is the critically acclaimed Dear Bess, a collection of more than 600 letters that Harry S. Truman wrote to his beloved wife, Bess, from 1910 to 1959. Selected from 1,268 letters discovered in Bess's house after her death in 1982, this extraordinary collection provides an inside look at Truman's life, his thoughts, and his ...

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  5. Jul 1, 1983 · Author 1 book 42 followers. April 9, 2022. This book of selected letters from President Harry Truman to his fiance and later wife Bess Wallace from 1910 to 1959 reflects his experiences in business, World War 1, post-war local, state, and later national politics ending in 1952. He later wrote books on his Presidency.

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  7. Mar 25, 2024 · In this Dear Bess letter, written while Harry Truman was en route to serve in the Great War in Europe, he describes buying some new pairs of eyeglasses, his impressions of New York City, and more. Please note that in this letter, Truman uses racial slurs for Jewish, Italian,and German people. They read and sound shocking us today.

  8. Feb 28, 2020 · Truman, Bess Wallace; Ferrell, Robert H Boxid IA1780315 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Col_number COL-609 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1029010907 urn:lcp:dearbesslettersf0000trum:lcpdf:59990961-962b-4eb2-96a9-ba2fee74dd7e

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