ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Typed letter signed to Judge Alphonse T. Clearwater on family history mentioning his cousin "T.R." Ne...
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ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.
Typed letter signed to Judge Alphonse T. Clearwater on family history mentioning his cousin "T.R." New York: 30 December 1921. Single page typed letter signed "Franklin D. Roosevelt" on one sheet of Roosevelt's personalized Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland stationery. 11 x 8 1/2 inches (28 x 22 cm). Extremities lightly toned, a few small punctures and creases to edges, usual folds.
A fine letter from Franklin Roosevelt on family genealogy, a favored subject, written early in his convalescence. At this time in December 1921, Roosevelt was still recovering from a debilitating illness that had struck while vacationing at Campobello Island that August. Thought to be polio, the disease left him permanently paralyzed from the waist down. We trace few letters from this period when the determined Roosevelt not only taught himself to walk but insisted on a future in public life. Roosevelt here reports that he is "getting on extremely well" and that he is able to receive visitors. Most of the letter is devoted to the "interesting conversation" that his brother, James Roosevelt, had with Judge Clearwater one day on a train, and expresses interest in his "cousin's remark to you that the Roosevelts came up to Ulster the year the British hauled down the Dutch flag on Manhattan Island. This is a point in the family history which I have in vain sought to shed light on, and I cannot imagine where T.R. got the idea." He continues offering some known 17th century history of the family and his attempts to trace when Nicholas Roosevelt moved to Ulster County. Judge Clearwater was a frequent correspondent with Theodore Roosevelt (see other letters in this section). We trace very few letters in which Franklin mentions his fifth cousin and fellow American President, Theodore Roosevelt.
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Estimate $800-1,200
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ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.
Typed letter signed to Judge Alphonse T. Clearwater on family history mentioning his cousin "T.R." New York: 30 December 1921. Single page typed letter signed "Franklin D. Roosevelt" on one sheet of Roosevelt's personalized Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland stationery. 11 x 8 1/2 inches (28 x 22 cm). Extremities lightly toned, a few small punctures and creases to edges, usual folds.
A fine letter from Franklin Roosevelt on family genealogy, a favored subject, written early in his convalescence. At this time in December 1921, Roosevelt was still recovering from a debilitating illness that had struck while vacationing at Campobello Island that August. Thought to be polio, the disease left him permanently paralyzed from the waist down. We trace few letters from this period when the determined Roosevelt not only taught himself to walk but insisted on a future in public life. Roosevelt here reports that he is "getting on extremely well" and that he is able to receive visitors. Most of the letter is devoted to the "interesting conversation" that his brother, James Roosevelt, had with Judge Clearwater one day on a train, and expresses interest in his "cousin's remark to you that the Roosevelts came up to Ulster the year the British hauled down the Dutch flag on Manhattan Island. This is a point in the family history which I have in vain sought to shed light on, and I cannot imagine where T.R. got the idea." He continues offering some known 17th century history of the family and his attempts to trace when Nicholas Roosevelt moved to Ulster County. Judge Clearwater was a frequent correspondent with Theodore Roosevelt (see other letters in this section). We trace very few letters in which Franklin mentions his fifth cousin and fellow American President, Theodore Roosevelt.
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Estimate $800-1,200
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
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