TLS, MAYOR FIORELLO LA GUARDIA, January 2, 1942

by Fiorello La Guardia

$125 · Offered by Johnnycake Books

Signed

New York City: 1941. Soft cover. One sheet, six paragraph, typed letter signed, dated January 2, 1941 on embossed City of New York Office of the Mayor letter head in which Mayor La Guardia replies to someone representing another New Yorker who was denied housing by the Housing Authority. With absolute clarity, La Guardia explains why the subject did not qualify and recommends some low-rent options. A real time piece in that it exemplifies old-fashioned constituent service and how the buck stops

• Binding: Softcover

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