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<object xmlns:xs="//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><field label="PrimaryMedia" name="primaryMedia"><value>/internal/media/dispatcher/4059/full</value></field><field label="Title" name="title"><value>Letter sent to Jack Ruby from Grace Bevers</value></field><field label="Date" name="displayDate"><value>11/14/1965</value></field><field label="Dimensions" name="dimensions"><value>12 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (31.4 x 20 cm)</value></field><field label="Medium" name="medium"><value>Paper</value></field><field label="Credit Line" name="creditline"><value>Dallas County Sheriff's Department Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza</value></field><field label="Object number" name="invno"><value>2005.010.0217</value></field><field label="On View" name="onview"><value>0</value></field><field label="Description" name="description"><value>Letter and envelope sent to Jack Ruby in jail from Grace Bevers of Mineral Wells, Texas.

Letter is hand-written in blue ink on yellow lined legal paper and reads as follows:

"Mineral Wells, Texas
November 14, 1965

Dearest Jack:
     Last week went by and I didn't write you. I have been so busy - But I thought about you. As always.
Hope you're O.K. Dear?
     I send word to you by Eva. Hope she doesn't forget to tell you. It's the best I can do.
                     God bless you Jack-
                             your friend,
                                      Grace Bevers.

P.S:
 I could write volumes, yes I could write a book. but for now this will have to do."

Envelope is hand-addressed to:

"Mr. Jack Ruby
505 Main St.
Dallas, Texas."

Envelope is postmarked: "MINERAL WELLS TEX. / NOV 17 AM 1965" and stamped with a 5 cent U.S. postage stamp depicting Adlai Stevenson.</value></field><field label="Classifications" name="classification"><value>Documents</value></field><field label="Id" name="id"><value>64769</value></field><field label="Width" name="width"><value>20.0025400051</value></field><field label="Height" name="height"><value>31.4325628651</value></field><field label="Source ID" name="sourceId"><value>29252</value></field><field label="Object" name="culture"><value>Letter</value></field><field label="Depth" name="depth"><value>0E-10</value></field><field label="Description" name="labelText"><value>Letter and envelope sent to Jack Ruby in jail from Grace Bevers of Mineral Wells, Texas.

Letter is hand-written in blue ink on yellow lined legal paper and reads as follows:

"Mineral Wells, Texas
November 14, 1965

Dearest Jack:
     Last week went by and I didn't write you. I have been so busy - But I thought about you. As always.
Hope you're O.K. Dear?
     I send word to you by Eva. Hope she doesn't forget to tell you. It's the best I can do.
                     God bless you Jack-
                             your friend,
                                      Grace Bevers.

P.S:
 I could write volumes, yes I could write a book. but for now this will have to do."

Envelope is hand-addressed to:

"Mr. Jack Ruby
505 Main St.
Dallas, Texas."

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