PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - AUTOGRAPH ENDORSEMENT SIGNED 08/20/1927 - HFSID 4958

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
His initialed endorsement of an insurance statement covering the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Autograph Endorsement signed: "FDR" on lower center of TLS: "WH", 1p, 8½x11. Columbus, Ga., 1927 August 20. Stationery of "Wm. Hart/Insurance Office/22 Thirteenth St./Telephone 269/Columbus, Ga." To "Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt,/#55 Liberty Street,/New York City." Hart has crossed out "Sir" in the salutation and has penned "FDR". In full: "Herewith find policies renewing $2500. expiring on the hotel on August 2nd and 6th which I trust you will find acceptable. I overlooked this $2500. when I said the last batch I sent you was everything expiring until the big line next December. Herewith find statement of insurance account. I will ask that you kindly let me have balance of $1068.59 by early mail." Roosevelt has handwritten: "Paid/Aug 20=/$1068.59 in full to/Aug 6=/FDR". In August 1921, Roosevelt had been stricken with infantile paralysis at his summer home in Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada. In April 1926, he bought the resort at Warm Springs, Georgia, which he had been going to for exercise and treatment. For Roosevelt, Warm Springs continued to be his one great hope of walking again. This led him to purchase the property with two-thirds of his personal fortune and establish the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation on July 28, 1927. This note relating to the insurance policies on the hotel at Warm Springs was sent to FDR just 23 days later. By 1928, FDR was able to discard his crutches and, with the aid of a cane and the occasional arm of a companion skilled in such matters, Roosevelt would swing himself along on iron-braced legs. He continued to say and perhaps believe that he'd be able to throw his braces away one day. Paper clip impression and staple at upper left. Creased. Overall, fine condition.