PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/09/1918 - HFSID 153511
Sale Price $1,195.00
Reg. $1,400.00
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
During World War I, FDR sends thanks for spy-glasses which the Navy will use
in the war effort.
Typed Letter Signed: "F.D. Roosevelt" as Wilson's Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 7¾x10¼. Navy Department, Washington, 1918 May
9. To Mr. Fredrick A. Blank, Richmond, Virginia. In full: "Your
prompt and patriotic response to the NAVY'S call for binoculars, telescopes, and
spy-glasses, 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. Very respectfully,"
Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1913 until he became
the Democratic candidate for Vice President in 1920. On April 2, 1918,
President Wilson asked for a Declaration of War and subsequently directed the
mobilization of American forces and resources. The American people responded by
donating items to the military, including the spy-glasses mentioned in this
letter. Fold creases not at signature. Fine condition.
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