[Rarebooks] FS: Eleanor Roosevelt writes to her eldest son about business and makes a payment on a loan

[Charles Agvent]

 From one of the finest collections of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt material 
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ROOSEVELT,  Eleanor. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to her son  James
on  White House stationery. Washington: August 4. A two-page AUTOGRAPH
LETTER  on both sides of official stationery headed "THE WHITE  HOUSE"
with  "Washington"  beneath  that, completely in  Eleanor  Roosevelt's
hand,  to her son James Roosevelt SIGNED as "Mother." Roosevelt  sends
her  son  $200  (not included, obviously) as payment toward  a  larger
loan  and discusses her son's business dealings: "Jud Adams came in to
see  me the other day & asked me to tell you that he thought you could
make  a  success & do well in the new company if the  old  President &
all  his entourage was out. He said no reputable business people would
trust  anyone  or  any  firm  which still was in  any  way  under  his
influence  or control. He did not seem to feel this way about Hale but
wanted  to  know if your lawyer was still the same as before you  came
in.  I  pass this on for what it may be worth to you. Fred thinks  you
are  fine & he backs Father so I think he is trying to be helpful. How
are  you & Bets & Sara & JJr? Much, much love, Mother." Attending  but
not  graduating  from Harvard, James became an insurance  executive, a
position  he  left  in 1937 to become secretary to his father  in  the
White  House.  Most  letters by Eleanor Roosevelt that appear  on  the
market  are  typed. Here is a fine completely handwritten example,  on
White  House  stationery, and to her son. Normal  creases,  occasional
fading of ink. About Fine                                     $2000.00

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