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On September 9th

1946 to 1946 — what the record says happened on this date, in the order the years gave it to us.

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    White House

    Truman wrote Bess on September 9, 1946 that knocks woke him and footsteps followed, with nobody visible — a documented report from the most credible possible witness: the sitting president, in his own hand. The White House's ghost file has no better entry than the Truman letter. The letter is the file's anchor.

    Washington, Washington, D.C.