[Rarebooks] FS: Eleanor Roosevelt Letter to her son about his ulcers

[Charles Agvent]

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ROOSEVELT,  Eleanor. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) to her  son  James
about  his  ulcers.  Hyde Park: 13 July 1938. A  brief  but  revealing
personal  letter  on Val-Kill Cottages letterhead from the First  Lady
Eleanor  Roosevelt  to  her son James Roosevelt  regarding  his  ulcer
problem  and  SIGNED as "Mother." In full: "Jimmy Dear:  Mrs.  William
Brown  Meloney  tells  me she was cured of an ulcer  by  finding  what
foods  she  could not eat. The man who cured her was Dr. I. P.  Allen,
16  East  90th Street. He is a specialist in diet. Mch Love,  Mother."
Jame  Roosevelt  left  his job as an insurance executive  in  1937  to
become  secretary to his father in the White House. His  relationships
with  other presidential aides were strained, and he was known as "the
crown  prince" and "assistant president." The stress was so great that
James  developed  ulcers  and  in 1938  resigned.  This  letter  bears
directly  on  this  situation.  About Fine  with  envelope  postmarked
Special Delivery.                                             $1000.00

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