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1953 Bouvier-Kennedy Wedding.... (Total: 4 Items)
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1953 Bouvier-Kennedy Wedding. Comprises: (1) Invitation, 6" x 4.25". "Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dudley Auchincloss/request the honour of your presence/at the marriage of Mrs. Auchincloss' Daughter/Jacqueline Lee Bouvier/to/The Honorable John Fitzgerald Kennedy/United States Senate/on Saturday, the twelfth of September/at eleven o'clock/Saint Mary's Church/Spring Street/Newport, Rhode Island." (2) Original envelope postmarked New York, August 14, 1953, with "Hammersmith Farm/Newport, Rhode Island" embossed on back flap, addressed to "Miss Grace Comans/Miss Porter's School/Farmington/Connecticut". (3) Saint Mary's Church admission card, 3.75" x 2.5", engraved "Please present this card at/Saint Mary's Church/on Saturday, the twelfth of September." (4) Hammersmith Farm reception card engraved "Reception/following the ceremony/Hammersmith Farm/Newport, Rhode Island/the Favour of a reply is requested." Fine condition. Miss Porter's School, a preparatory school for girls, was founded by education reformer Sarah Porter in 1843. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier attended the Farmington, Connecticut, school from 1944-1947.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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June, 2008
4th-5th
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