FIRST LADY EDITH K. ROOSEVELT - FREE FRANK SIGNED - HFSID 272433
Sale Price $510.00
Reg. $600.00
EDITH K. ROOSEVELT
First Lady, 1901-1909.
Envelope addressed and franked: "Free/Edith K. Roosevelt", 6½x3½.
Postmarked Brooklyn, Connecticut, July 11, 1942. Addressed by President
Theodore Roosevelt's widow to: "Mrs Greenwood/Time Slope Farm/Lower Home
Road/Marlborough/Mass.". Connecticut-born Edith Kermit Carow grew up near
the Roosevelts in Manhattan and was a constant companion of the Roosevelt
children. She even attended kindergarten in their East 20th Street home.
Throughout their childhood, Edith and Theodore often went hiking, swimming and
rowing together. They quarreled while TR was in college and shortly thereafter,
he met Alice Lee. When 19-year-old Alice and 22-year-old Theodore married in
1880, a heartbroken Edith attended the wedding. Alice died in 1884 and a
chance meeting of Edith and Theodore in 1885 rekindled their friendship. They
were married in 1886 and had five children. Theodore Roosevelt died on
January 6, 1919. Edith Kermit Roosevelt was granted the franking privilege on
October 27, 1919, on what would have been TR's 61st birthday. On February
25, 1919, by 40 Stat. L. 1530, Congress granted Mrs. Roosevelt an annual pension
of $5,000. Lightly soiled. Slightly frayed at top edge opening. Signed at
postmark. Overall, fine condition.
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