Letter from President Ford
RecipientIssued to
Rio Grande High School
(founded 1959 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1974
Mediumink on paper
Dimensions10 3/4 × 7 in. (27.3 × 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Margaret and Kenneth Wright
Object numberPC2021.63.22
DescriptionThis is a signed, typewritten letter from President Henry Ford to a U.S. History class at Rio Grande High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The letter is on a faded brown paper, with black printed ink. The top of the paper has the name of the White House and the address in blue ink, as well as the date the letter was written. There are four paragraphs that explain Henry Ford's reasoning for his pardon of President Richard Nixon, and his appreciation to the students of the class for writing to him. The bottom is signed with the signature of Henry Ford, and the address of Rio Grande High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.On View
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