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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as New York Governor....
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FDR refers to himself as "...a veteran of the great war."
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as New York Governor. June 25, 1932. Albany, New York. One page, 8" x 10.5". Gold embossed Executive Chamber letterhead. To Joseph P. Omlor of Amarillo, Texas. This letter was written just two days before the start of the 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Roosevelt, the party's nominee, promised in his landmark acceptance speech, "...a new deal for the American people." FDR writes: "It was pleasant to hear from one who, like myself, was a veteran of the great war. I appreciate the militant [the word "militant" is corrected in FDR's holograph] spirit of your letter and your desire to fight through to the finish. Whatever the outcome at Chicago, the past weeks have shown me how many warm friends I have throughout the country, and I am glad to add you to their number./ Very sincerely yours..." Roosevelt apparently thought it proper, in order to impress a voter from opponent John Nance Garner's home state, to elevate himself to "veteran of the great war." He did not serve in the armed forces but rather as a civilian Assistant Secretary of the Navy. FDR knew how his distant cousin Teddy Roosevelt's path to the White House was assisted by military heroics in the Spanish-American War and desperately wanted a Naval Commission in 1918. He was reminded by Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels thought that his service in Washington was much more important to the war effort than anything he would do in the Navy. One can imagine what would happen today if a candidate claimed to be a veteran like Roosevelt does here! Mailing folds, two tiny stains, else fine.Auction Info
2009 November Grand Format Americana Auction #6032 (go to Auction Home page)
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November, 2009
17th-18th
Tuesday-Wednesday
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