A letter from the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon, March 19, 1968, in the midst of the early ...

A letter from the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon, March 19, 1968, in the midst of the early presidential elections

A letter signed by President Richard Nixon, March 19, 1968. It was written in the midst of the tumultuous early election campaign the United States knew, After Nixon realized that he had won in the New Hampshire State the incumbent  President Lyndon Johnson.

In his letter, Mr. Nixon thanks Mr. Babcock for his helping victory in New Hampshire and adds that he sees this as a statement of intent to continue supporting victories in the coming August and November of that year. It was the very early presidential campaign of the United States, in which Nixon confronted President Lyndon Johnson in a seemingly hopeless contest.

At the beginning of January 1968, when Nixon began his campaign, the polls showed that, in the face of President Linden Johnson, Nixon received 41% of the vote, compared with 50% for Johnson. On February 1, Nixon announced his entry into the race and the need for new leadership. Immediately thereafter he began his campaign. Nixon made a particularly aggressive campaign in which he claimed that the state can not afford another four years with a failed president like Johnson, Although he seemed to win in New Hampshire easily, he still had a well-organized campaign .Indeed, at the end, Nixon defeated Linden Johnson in New Hampshire, a victory that signaled his rising power, after Johnson announced his retirement from the race following the failed defeat. This letter was written after that local victory and during the same campaign, with a strategy of victories planned in other districts as well. At the end of that election that ended in his August victory after his election, Nixon raised his hands in the air with the V mark, which became his personal sign, and delivered the triumphant speech.

Richard Milhauz Nixon (1913-1994) was the 37th President of the United States, 1969-1974. Became the first and only American president to resign following Watergate. A number of historical achievements are registered in his name: Nixon was the president who ended the Vietnam War in 1973 and also the compulsory military service of the United States Army. His visit to the People's Republic of China in 1972 eventually led to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries after decades of disconnection and hostility.

 In the Israeli context, he ordered the shipment of an airlift of military equipment and ammunition to assist Israel in the Yom Kippur War and removed Egypt from the Soviet sphere of influence.

[1] leaf 27x19 cm. Attached the original envelope in which the letter was sent. very fine condition.