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Kennedy, John F. Typed Letter Signed on United States Senate Stationery. March 26, 1960. (Signed) - A typed letter signed (TLS) by John F. Kennedy as a United States Senator, dated March 26, 1960. The letter is composed on official United States Senate stationery for the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. The letterhead lists Lister Hill as Chairman and includes a roster of committee members, notably including John F. Kennedy, Barry Goldwater, and Strom Thurmond. The letter is addressed to Professor William Nash at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Robinson Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The text of the letter acknowledges Professor Nash for meeting with Professor Wood to discuss urban problems, stating that it is an area where Kennedy is anxious to receive expert opinion. The letter is signed in blue ink above the typed name John F. Kennedy. Accompanying the letter is a matching business envelope with a printed return address for Nash and Vigier, Planning Consultants, 45 Linnaean Street, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts. The front of the envelope bears a handwritten pencil notation reading J. F. Kennedy letter. The letter is a single sheet with two horizontal fold lines.