Lot 1098
Franklin Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the U.S. (1933-45).
Typed Letter Signed as President, 26 Mar 1941, six months prior to formal entry into the war, to a close friend in London, Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., thanking her for her "women's defense information", which he turned over to "Mayor LaGuardia who is hard at work setting up the Office of Civilian Defense". Also mentions the poor health of his personal secretary Marguerite "Missy" LeHand, with whom he is rumored to have had an affair, and who had had a stroke in 1941 from which she never fully recovered.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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