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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Extradition Document Signed as New York Governor.
-November 3, 1930. Albany, New York. One page. 11" x 8.5". Partly-printed, completed in manuscript, 2.5" diameter gold state seal affixed.
-To: the Governor of Massachusetts.
-Original folds, one affecting the seal, else fine.

FDR honors a request to surrender the fugitive from justice Albert Clark, issuing a warrant for his delivery to John A. Kelley, agent of Massachusetts. Also signed by Counsel for the Governor Samuel I. Rosenman. Interestingly, Rosenman would later become the first official White House Counsel (then called Special Counsel) and was one of Roosevelt's key speechwriters. He also served as Special Counsel under Harry S. Truman for a time, continuing as a speechwriter even after leaving his official White House position.


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