Letters reveal ‘down to earth, honest’ Jackie Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy’s letters to an elderly priest reveal a delightful person, according to Philip Sheppard, the auctioneer charged with selling them.

Letters reveal ‘down to earth, honest’ Jackie Kennedy
Wed, 14 May, 2014 - 01:00
Evelyn Ring

Sheppard’s Irish Auction House in Durrow, Co Laois, will next month auction 33 letters written by Jacqueline Kennedy to the Irish Vincentian priest, Fr Joseph Leonard.

Written between 1950 and 1964, the letters include details of her engagement to John F Kennedy and his assassination.

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CourtsPlace: Durrow, Co LaoisPlace: IrelandPlace: DublinPlace: New YorkPlace: Raheny, DublinPlace: DrumcondraPerson: Jackie KennedyPerson: Jacqueline KennedyPerson: Philip SheppardPerson: SheppardPerson: Fr Joseph LeonardPerson: John F KennedyPerson: Jacqueline Bouvier KennedyPerson: Fr LeonardPerson: JFKPerson: MassPerson: FrPerson: LeonardOrganisation: Auction HouseOrganisation: VaticanOrganisation: All Hallows College
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