congressman Leon Harry Gavin SIGNED 1950 letter to Army Captain Richard H. Lake

Description

This is a signed letter by
Leon H. Gavin
(1893-1963),
who
was a U.S. Representative
from Pennsylvania.
Leon Harry Gavin
was born in Buffalo, New York.
He moved
to Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 1915.
During the First World War Gavin
served in the
U.S. Army as a sergeant in the 51st
Infantry
Regiment of the 6th Infantry Division.
A Republican,
Gavin was elected to the 78th
U.S. Congress,
and later to the ten succeeding
Congresses. He served from January 3, 1943,
until his death on September 15, 1963.
He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
The letter is dated June 7, 1950.
This letter is typed on official Congressional stationery.
The signed letter is addressed to Capt. Richard H. Lake,
of the "Sick Officers Quarters #12, U.S. Naval Hospital,"
in Philadelphia.
The signed letter comes with a certificate of authenticity
from JG Autographs.
The letter and the COA are enclosed in a plastic page,
which is open
at the top, allowing easy access, while
keeping the letter protected.
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