Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as New York Governor....
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as New York Governor.-May 23, 1932. Albany, New York. One page. 8" x 10.5". State of New York letterhead.
-To: T. E. Markley of Los Angeles.
-Original folds, minor creases, staple holes at top left, some wear along top edge, else near fine.
In this letter written one month before the Democratic Convention, FDR responds to a supporter who has suggested a campaign slogan. He writes (in part): "Thank you for sending me an amusing slogan which might be used at or after the Chicago Convention. I have passed this on to others here, and will keep it on file in case of future need."
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Franklin D. Roosevelt. Typed Letter Signed. One page 4to, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, May 23, 1932 Mr. T. E. Markley of Los Angeles, California, related to the upcoming 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that nominated him for President on July 1, 1932 on the fourth ballot. FDR writes: "My dear Mr. Markley:/ Thank you for sending me an amusing slogan which might be used at or after the Chicago Convention. I have passed this on to others here, and will keep it on file in case of future need./ Yours very sincerely,/ Franklin D. Roosevelt." No specific mention of the suggested slogan by Mr. Markley is referenced in FDR's letter, other than it being humorous, so it probably was not "Happy Days Are Here Again." Nevertheless, a wonderful letter, in which FDR shows his strategizing the month before the convening of the Democratic National Convention that would ultimately nominate him, and his slogan, for the Presidency of the United States of America, a nomination that would lead to victory in the general election of 1932, and commence the longest, and most successful tenure of any President in the history of the United States.
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