J. Edgar Hoover Typed Letter Signed--May 22, 1958

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J. Edgar Hoover Typed Letter Signed--May 22, 1958

Federal Bureau of Investigation letterhead measures 8 x 10 1/5 inches. Previously folded. No envelope. Very Good condition.

Typed letter from FBI Director Hoover to constituent in Missouri responding to request to appear before the Cathedral Luncheon Club and Ambassadors Club of St. Louis.  "The great volume of work facing me makes my schedule so uncertain...I do not see how I can plan so far in advance to be in St. Louis for the Ambassadors Club meeting next April...."

J. Edgar Hoover first served as the final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) before being appointed as the first director of the newly organized Federal Bureau of Investigation. He served from 1924 to 1972.