FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WRITES “I TOO HAVE FOR MANY YEARS ACCUMULATED AUTOGRAPHS”

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (1882-1945).  Roosevelt was the Thirty-Second President. 

ALS. 1pg. 7” x 8”. April 22, 1913. Washington.  An autograph letter signed “Franklin D. Roosevelt” on “The Assistant Secretary of the Navy” letterhead.  He wrote to George C. Hale of Brooklyn: “My dear Sir: I have a fellow feeling for you, as I too have for many years accumulated autographs. Very truly yours Franklin D. Roosevelt”.  This was written when he was in his first Federal job for only a month.  This letter is reproduced in Charles Hamilton’s book American Autographs (volume 2, page 533).  There are minor mounting remnants on the verso but the blue ink is bright.