Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as President....

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Franklin D. Roosevelt. Typed Letter Signed. One page (quarto), The White House, Washington, November 8, 1940, to Brigadier General Frank T. Hines of Washington, D.C. FDR writes: "My dear Frank:/ I am grateful indeed for your kind letter, and I want to express my heartfelt thanks to you and Mrs. Hines for your good wishes. Your generous words touched me very deeply./ As ever yours,/ Franklin D. Roosevelt." Frank Thomas Hines (1879-1960) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 11, 1879. He was a Republican, and served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War; and a general in the United States Army during World War I. Hines was an alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1924, and later United States Ambassador to Panama, 1945-1948. Hines died in 1960. FDR writes to General Hines just three days after his history-making third election as President of the United States.