Franklin Roosevelt
FDR's letters and historical documents are often interesting, and reflect his leadership and the crises he faced, especially the Depression and World War II. Roosevelt's autograph letters are somewhat uncommon.
FDR Appoints His Wartime Kingpin, Lowell Mellett, to Head a Powerful Office
Two manuscripts included
$4,000.00
Franklin D. Roosevelt Courts Republican Progressives in the 1936 Election
A rare letter as President with political content concerning one of FDR’s presidential election campaigns
$2,500.00
Franklin D. Roosevelt Praises Americans’ “courage, daring, initiative and enterprise”
Continued westward expansion and exploration have made possible “a century of progress that is without parallel”
$6,000.00
Franklin Roosevelt: America Will Fight to Defend Freedom and Democracy
He promises to "maintain, defend and pass unimpaired... those democratic institutions to which we owe all of our happiness"
$15,500.00
Franklin Roosevelt: Tammany Hall and Its Members Are Not "all objectionable"
TLS written as president commenting on the political machinations in New York City
$3,700.00
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt Fights the Depression With Relief and Jobs
He insists “that all public works be pushed ahead as fast as possible to give employment...”
$3,200.00
Roosevelt Lovingly Inscribes a Book to His Wife, Eleanor, Citing Her Great American Lineage
Uncommon piece from one of the Roosevelts to the other
$15,000.00
Roosevelt Personally Writes a Child Hoping She Will Receive Treatment at Warm Springs
"Since you are only eleven years old"
$2,000.00