PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/13/1918 - HFSID 3251
Sale Price $1,190.00
Reg. $1,400.00
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Franklin D. Roosevelt sends a typed letter of thanks for the
binoculars for the war effort.
Typed Letter Signed: "Franklin D. Roosevelt" as Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 8x10½. Navy Department, Washington, 1918
February 13. Ten months after the United States entered WWI, 36-year-old FDR
writes to Mrs. Arthur G. Brisbine, Lincoln, Nebraska, in full: "Your
prompt and patriotic response to the NAVY'S call for binoculars is most
appreciated. The glasses will be very useful in the prosecution of Naval
Operations until victory is won. At the termination of the war, if possible,
every effort will be made to return them to you when it is hoped that you will
feel compensated for any evidence of wear by the knowledge that you have
supplied 'Eyes for the NAVY' during a very trying period. On behalf of the Navy,
I wish to thank you most heartily." Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was appointed
Assistant Secretary of the Navy by President Wilson in April 1913,
resigned from the post on April 6, 1920. Just five months after he wrote this
letter, FDR toured European naval bases (July-September, 1918). The
following year, after the Allies won WWI, he returned to Europe to supervise the
dismantling of those bases. Folds. Vertical fold touches 3 letters of signature.
Lightly creased, overall fine condition.
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