Spring Auction 2014
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/27/2014
Franklin D. Roosevelt: LS on letterhead of The Assistant Secretary of the Navy dated July 26th, 1920 to Senator James D. Phelan. Fine political content. In part: “It was awfully good of you to telegraph me on July 6th, and I greatly appreciate your kind thought in wishing me success at the coming election. I am proud to be on the ticket with Governor Co, and I am sure that the young men of the country, and all of the progressive element will not fail to realize that Governor Cox is the best equipped man in the country to cope with the great problems now confronting the nation. It is good to have the support and interest of men like yourself, and I am counting on it during the coming campaign.” Phelan was a U. S. Senator from Washington. Closely trimmed at the top and with tape traces at the upper corners, as well as mounting traces at the top on the reverse. None of this affects the text. The signature is bold, and the future president wrote at the bottom “More power to your arm!” This was an English drinking term of encouragement to one imbibing from a large container slung over his shoulder. A fine example from an important period in FDR’s career.
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