Lot 37
Roosevelt, Franklin D. Autograph Letter Signed, on Roosevelt & O'Connor letterhead, Warm Springs, Ga., Sept. 30, 1927. To his law partner Benjamin F. Crowley, asking him to send a check for $5,360.98 to E.T. Curtis, manager of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, to pay for " June accounts payable." He also mentions Mr. Morry, who is "nearly through his work--has been very satisfactory in getting a bad tangle straightened out….I get back the 11th…." Fine; file holes and a couple of edge chips, affecting nothing.
The Georgis Warm Springs Foundation was established in July 1927 by Franklin D. Roosevelt, who suffered from polio, and Basil O'Connor for the treatment of polio victims. FDR remained involved with Warm Springs for the rest of his life; it was there that he died on April 12, 1945.
Estimated Value $700 - 900.
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| Realized $646 |
