August 2014 Auction Ends Thursday, August 28th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/28/2014
Rare invitation from President and First Lady Johnson, requesting ''the pleasure of Mr. & Mrs. Robinson's Company to Dine on Friday next at 6 o'clock Mch. 14th 1868''. Elegantly printed invitation measures 6'' x 5'', with a large embossed ''J'' on the upper blank portion. The likely invitee, William E. Robinson, was a Democratic representative from New York who in the 1840's wrote for the New York Tribune under the name ''Richelieu.'' Minor wear and mounting remnants on verso, else near fine.
President Andrew Johnson Invitation to Dine at the White House -- Rare Invitation from the Johnson Administration
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