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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Document Signed as New York Governor....
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Document Signed as New York Governor. August 7, 1931. Albany, New York. One page, 8.5" x 11.75", on State of New Executive Chamber letterhead with large New York state seal. Appointing Harry E. Lewis, Kings County, New York. A judicial appointment of the Honorable Harry E. Lewis, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial District, to preside over a special session of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York, concerning the case against the City Trust Company. The document reads in part: "It appearing to my satisfaction that the public interest requires it;/ THEREFORE, In accordance with the statute in such case made and provided, I do hereby appoint an Extraordinary Special and Trial Term of the Supreme Court for the County of Kings to be held at the Court House, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, on the ninth day of September, 1931, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day and to continue so long as may be necessary for the purpose of trying any or all indictments now pending in the Supreme Court, County of Kings, arising out of the management and affairs of the City Trust Company, its predecessor and allied or related institutions, and for such other and further proceedings as may be necessary or incidental to such trial or trials; and I do hereby designate/ Honorable Harry E. Lewis/ of the County of Kings, who is a Justice of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial District, to hold the said Extraordinary Special and Trial Term as hereinbefore described...". This special proclamation and appointment of Justice Lewis is very historic because it concerns a major banking scandal during FDR's tenure of office as Governor of New York. Following an investigation of the collapse of the City Trust Company and the conviction of the former Superintendent of Banks, Frank H. Warder, FDR took action and created the Banking Board in 1932 to advise and cooperate with the Banking Department in the formulation of banking standards and to exercise power to approve or disapprove the issuance of bank charters and licenses and the establishment of branch banks, again highlighting FDR's progressive policies as Governor of New York. Three filing holes in the left margin and a large penciled "x" across the face of the document not affecting FDR's signature. Weakness at the folds and a couple of light tears at the top. Slight smudge to the last few letters of the last name, else very good.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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