President Truman Letter

Harry Truman was one of many US presidents who banked at Riggs National Bank, convienently located near the White House. On his last full day in office, Truman wrote a letter directing bank president Robert Fleming to take his wife’s name off their joint checking account but leave her power to sign checks. It’s unclear why. In a letter the next day, he informed Fleming that he would keep his personal account at Riggs even though he was “out of a job.”