Handwritten Manuscript - Partial Draft from 1955 Speech

by John F. Kennedy

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One page handwritten manuscript from John F. Kennedy in 1955 while senator from Massachusetts. Unfortunately not autographed but clearly written in JFK's hand. The document appears to be a partial draft for the speech Kennedy delivered October 27, 1955 at the Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Fraternity dinner in Boston. The paragraph from the official transcript of the speech is extremely close to the text in the manuscript. In the speech, Kennedy was quoting MA senator

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