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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Auction Date:2011 Jun 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Very rare handwritten speech, penned and signed as president, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” on an 9.25 x 10.5 heavy stock portion of a clipped manila envelope, headed at the top by Roosevelt, “For the press,” no date, but September 29, 1937. In full (with Roosevelt’s corrections included): “I have had the most delightful [restful crossed out] carefree day–a real family gathering that makes me feel very close to Seattle. This afternoon, all of us drove to the Children’s School, to the P. I. Building, to the Seattle Art Museum, through the Washington University grounds & to the [Lake crossed out] Government locks and Fort Lawton. It is a matter of great regret to me that I cannot visit more of the neighboring communities and especially Bremerton & the Navy Yard, which I knew so well in the old days. But my time is much restricted on this trip and I hope to be able to stay longer on my next visit to my Seattle family.” In very good condition, with uniform block of moderate toning over text and signature from previous display, a bit of scattered soiling, and several creases (a few lightly passing through signature). Accompanied by another 8.75 x 10.75 portion of a manila envelope, perhaps the same envelope as the speech, notated “The President,” and “For reading,” possibly in the hand of FDR’s son-in-law, John Boettiger, as well as an unsigned glossy 9.75 x 7.75 photo of Roosevelt, his wife and children, Boettiger, and his dogs.

The president headed west in September 1937 to get away from Washington politics and visit with his daughter and son-in-law, Anna and John Boettiger, and their children. While there, he issued a statement—this handwritten and corrected statement—that was published by various news outlets including the September 29, 1937 issue of the New York Times. The “P. I. Building” identified here was the home of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of which Boettiger was publisher. Ostensibly, Roosevelt left this speech with him for publication. His visit to the Pacific Northwest was one of many FDR made in his lifetime, including those made to Seattle as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in April 1914; as a vice presidential candidate in 1920; and as a presidential candidate in 1932...as well as familial visits. This one-of-a-kind handwritten speech is among the scarcest of presidential items.
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