[Rarebooks] FS: FDR letter to his son: "don't bring back too many horses--no more stable room till Bobby dies"

[Charles Agvent]

 From one of the finest collections of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt material 
offered in many years, part of our catalogue of SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL material 
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signed and association copies of LBJ, Harry Truman and Theodore Roosevelt.

ROOSEVELT,  Franklin  Delano. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS)  to  his
son  James  and his wife. Horseneck Beach [MA]: August 10. A  two-page
AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  on both sides of Roosevelt's Fidelity  and  Deposit
Company  of  Maryland's stationery, completely in FDR's hand,  to  his
son  James  Roosevelt and his wife "Bunny" SIGNED as "Father." At  the
top,  FDR  has written "Horseneck Beach," a place in Massachusetts  on
Buzzard's  Bay  where he spent part of the summer in 1925  with  Louis
Howe.   Roosevelt  underwent  treatments   for  his  paralysis  with a
neurologist nearby who was experimenting with rehabilitation of polio-
wasted  muscles  by a combination of swimming and exercise.  Roosevelt
was  treated  with some success and returned the following  year  with
great  hopes for a recovery that was never realized. He would purchase
Warm  Springs  in  1926.  In this letter, FDR is  attempting  to  make
rather  complex travel plans for his son and daughter-in-law. In part:
"Mother  has  been here three days & we have had a lovely time.--  She
goes  on to N.Y. tonight & then up to Geneva to get here on the 15. It
seems  a  long time not to see you till Sept. 11 -- Lots of love  take
care  of  yourself & don't bring back too many horses--no more  stable
room  till  Bobby dies! Your devoted Father." After attending but  not
graduating   from  Harvard,  James   Roosevelt  became  an   insurance
executive,  a  position  he left in 1937 to become  secretary  to  his
father  in  the  White House. He was decorated for  his  service  as a
Marine  in  World  War II. Autograph letters  completely  in  Franklin
Roosevelt's    hand  are  quite  scarce;   those  to  family   members
exceptionally so. Normal creases from folding. About Fine     $4000.00

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