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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: (1882 - 1945) Thirty-second President of the United States who instituted...

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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: (1882 - 1945) Thirty-second President of the United States who instituted...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: (1882 - 1945) Thirty-second President of the United States who instituted the "New Deal" programs and who led the United States through most of World War II. An exceptional rarity, a Presidential pardon issued by Roosevelt to a man convicted of the illegal possession and sale of "intoxicating liquor". The document bears a printed heading, 2pp. folio, Washington, Jan. 27, 1934 and pardons one Joseph Winkelstein who had been sentenced in 1931 to four months imprisonment and a $500 fine. Of course, with Prohibition having ended in 1933, Roosevelt must have had some sympathy for the man, commuting his sentence on the condition that the fine be paid. Co-signed by Attorney General HOMER CUMMINGS. Light soiling, else very good. This is the first such Roosevelt pardon we have ever encountered! $2,500-3,500