FIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/17/1960 - HFSID 18271
Price: $300.00
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
The former First Lady sends her regret that she does not send
photographs anymore.
Typed Letter Signed: "Eleanor Roosevelt", 1p, 6x5. New
York, New York, 1960 March 17. On her personal imprinted Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt letterhead to Mrs. White. In full: "Thank you very much for
your kind letter. I so wish I could send you a picture but deeply regret to say
that I have long since stopped giving out any photographs. I hope you will
accept this note as a substitute for your collection. With every good wish, very
sincerely yours". Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) had married her distant
cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1905 (her uncle, President Theodore Roosevelt,
gave her away). She would serve as First Lady for 12 years and 39 days
(March 4, 1933 until her husband's death of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12,
1945), longer than any other woman.Eleanor, who had previously been
First Lady of New York when FDR was Governor of the state (1929-1933),
later became known as "First Lady of the World" for her humanitarian
efforts, including getting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted
by the United Nations. Appointed by President Truman, she
had been a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations from
1945-1952. On November 7, 1962, 78-year-old Eleanor Roosevelt died at her New
York apartment, the address of which is imprinted on this letterhead. She was
buried next to her husband in Hyde Park four days later. Irregular edges. Glue
remnant at upper left. Otherwise, fine condition.
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