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Eleanor Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as First Lady....
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as First Lady. May 30, 1942. Washington, D.C. One page, 6" x 9.25". White House letterhead. To Lady Dunn. Mrs. Roosevelt writes in a short letter dated just six months after America's entry into World War II: "Dear Lady Dunn: I have your letter and am very glad to hear from you again. I appreciate your feeling about my going to England and wish very much that I could go, but at the moment it is not possible. All good wishes to you. Sincerely yours, Eleanor Roosevelt." Lady Dunn was Marcia Anastasia Christoforides (1910-1994) who had recently married Canadian-born financier and industrialist Sir James Dunn (and who would, after Dunn's death, marry Lord Beaverbrook, former member of Churchill's War Cabinet). With the usual fold creases as well as a couple of vertical creases, else fine.Auction Info
2009 November Grand Format Americana Auction #6032 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2009
17th-18th
Tuesday-Wednesday
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