Roosevelt, In Warm Springs But Planning His Political Comeback, Handwrites A Letter About Attending A Memorial Day Activity In Rhinebeck
by FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Price: $1,900.00
- Bookseller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 2585
Book Description
ALS. 1pg. 7 ‰¼" x 10 ‰ˆ" . No date [circa early April 1927]. Warm Springs, Georgia. An autograph letter signed " Franklin D Roosevelt" to Mr. Van Neet of Rhinebeck, New York. Roosevelt wrote on " Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland" letterhead: " Your letter has been forwarded to me down here, and as I fully expect to be home again by the middle of May I shall be very glad to come to the exercises in Rhinebeck on Decoration Day [Memorial Day]. Write me please what the hour is & where the exercise will be held. Sincerely yours Franklin D Roosevelt" . In 1927, Roosevelt was recovering from his polio bout and planning his political comeback; in 1928, he was narrowly elected Governor of New York. The letter has two pinholes in the upper left corner, dark ink and two mailing folds. The condition is fine.
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