Lot 42
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- Signed Typescript Draft of FDR's Acceptance Speech For His Second Nomination as President (1882-1945) 32nd President of the United States (1933-45). Typescript draft of FDR's address to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, June 27, 1936, accepting his second nomination for President, signed "Franklin D. Roosevelt" at the end of the address, 5pp, 14x8". Typed on recto of five separate sheets, stapled together at upper edge; cellophane tape at upper left edge of first and last pages, abrasions at upper edge of last page; a few corrections in an unknown hand with a blue pencil, np, circa 1936.
Here are a few excerpts addressed to a nation still in the midst of the Great Depression: "We meet at a time of great moment to the future of the Nation….America will not forget these recent years….In our strength we rose together, rallied our energies together, applied the old rules of common sense, and together we survived….In those days we feared fear….And today, my friends, we have won against the most dangerous of our foes -- we have conquered fear. But I cannot with candor tell you that all is well with the world. Clouds of suspicion, tides of ill will and intolerance gather darkly in many places….here in America we are waging a great war. It is not alone a war against want and destitution and economic demoralization. It is a war for the survival of democracy. We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world….I ACCEPT THE COMMISSION YOU HAVE TENDERED ME. I JOIN WITH YOU. I AM ENLISTED FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR."
This lot sold for $9600 at Christie's on Nov 15, 2005, lot 200. Estimated Value $5,000 - UP
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