TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, November 18, 1972. Letter to DeSales Harrison, a board chairman of the Coca?Cola Bottling Company and Nixon's former Naval Reserve bunkmate, in full: "Your letter of November 10 brought back many pleasant memories of the years of our friendship going back to the time when we were bunk mates at Quonset Point. Incidentally, I have forgotten how to make those hospital corners in making up a bunk! I am very proud that your neighbors on Lookout Mountain gave us such an overwhelming majority. I can only assure you that over the next four years I shall do everything I possibly can to make a record which all Americans, regardless of party, will be proud of as we celebrate America's 200th birthday in 1976. Mrs. Nixon joins me in sending our best to Mrs. Harrison and to you." In fine condition, with old mounting residue over the entire back of the letter, in no way affecting the front.After graduating from Duke and working as an attorney for the Office of Emergency Management in Washington, a 29-year-old Nixon accepted an appointment as a lieutenant junior grade in the United States Naval Reserve on June 15, 1942, and soon began aviation indoctrination training at the Naval Training School in Quonset Point, Rhode Island. This letter dates to a mere 11 days after the 1972 United States presidential election, which concluded with incumbent President Nixon defeating Democratic candidate George McGovern in a landslide. Two years later, Nixon would resign in disgrace over the Watergate scandal.Format: TLS