Reagan, Ronald. Exceptional and heartfelt Autograph letter signed ("Dad")...

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Reagan, Ronald. Exceptional and heartfelt Autograph letter signed ("Dad") Reagan, Ronald. Exceptional and heartfelt Autograph letter signed ("Dad"), 2 pages (7 ¼ x 10 ½ in.; 184 x 266 mm.) on personal "Ronald Reagan" letterhead with embossed Presidential Seal, from Los Angeles, California (ca. 1991, written to his daughter, Patti Davis. Comes with original transmittal envelope with autograph address panel penned in Reagan's hand reading, "Miss Patti Davis, 2210 Wilshire Blvd., #178, Santa Monica, Calif. 90403". Slight creasing. After reading unfavorable statements made by Patti concerning family "failures" for her yet-to-be-published biography, Reagan reaches out with this letter. Reagan pens in black ink in full: "Dear Patti, With myself going on 81 yrs. I just can't sit back and make no effort to change our family situation. I've heard and read statements by your about the biography you are working on and how you plan to expose what you say are the failures of your family. Patti you are hurting us-your parents but you are hurting yourself even more. We were not a dysfunctional family. Was it dysfunctional to man the hot dog stand at our every year affair at your school? Was it dysfunctional to have trips every summer at Coronado and Trancas Beach? I wish you would sit down with me and look at photos of these occasions and many others. Was your mother dysfunctional when she planned your wedding? Patti in our meeting at the office you said your mother didn't like you. That's not true. Yes, she's unhappy about the way things are but again I can show you photos in which the love between you is unmistakable. And those photos are at virtually every stage of your life. Pictures don't lie. Well I could go on like this but Patti as I wrote at the beginning of this my years are limited. I can tell you what it's like to have regrets over things I did or didn't do before my parents left this earth. I don't want you to face that. But most important Patti is that you realize your Mother & Father have great memories of our 'first born'-a beautiful little girl who used to come into our bedroom early in the morning before we were up and slip into our bed between us. That is just one of many memories we cherish and treasure. Please Patti don't take away our memories of a daughter we truly love and who we miss. With Love, Dad".