Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Note Signed "FDR"...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Note Signed "FDR"-July 13, 1926. New York City. One page. 7.25" x 9.75". Vice President of Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland letterhead.
-To: Basil O'Connor.
-The signature is slightly "brushed", else fine.
FDR humorously writes to his law partner, in full, "Dear Basil:/ Read the enclosed at your leisure - it may be of interest when we get some rich female client who is about to marry an Englishman./ Sincerely..." Mentioned item not included.
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July 13, 1926 signed letter to his law partner Basil O'Connor with humorous content: mentions getting "a rich female client." FDR writes: "Dear Basil:/ Read the enclosed at your leisure – it may be of interest when we get some rich female client who is about to marry an Englishman./ Sincerely,/ FDR."
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