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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as New York Governor.... (Total: 2 Items)
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Description
FDR writes about a "...colored swimming pool..." at Warm Springs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as New York Governor. July 1, 1929. Albany, New York. One page. 8" x 10.5". State of New York letterhead. To Basil ("Doc") O'Connor. In this letter to his friend and law partner, "Doc" O'Connor, FDR writes (in part): "I enclose letter from George Foster Peabody in regard to the colored swimming pool. Please note and send it on with the plans to Arthur E. Carpenter." George Foster Peabody (1852-1938) was a New York banker and philanthropist who sold the property at Warm Springs, Georgia, to FDR. It was at Peabody's suggestion that FDR first visited the springs in 1924. Arthur E. Carpenter was the manager of the Foundation at the time of this letter to O'Connor, including FDR's reference to the "colored" swimming pool at Warm Springs, then part of the segregationist South. The Roosevelt and O'Connor dated stamp is at top right. The original envelope is included. Original folds, two-hole punched along left edge, minor wear, else fine.Auction Info
2009 November Grand Format Americana Auction #6032 (go to Auction Home page)
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November, 2009
17th-18th
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