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THE ROOSEVELTSWERE READERS
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ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Partly-printed Document accomplished and
Signed, bookseller’s postcard order form, ordering three items from Pierce & Scopes in
Albany. 1 page, oblong 12mo; cancelled two-cent GeorgeWashington stamp on verso. (MRS)
[Hyde Park?], 28 October 1924
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21 Naval Battles 2.50 / 52Valentine’s Manual 12.50 / 62 Ladies Companion 2.50.”
FDR SEEKSTITLETOVACATION RETREAT CAMPOBELLO
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ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Typed Letter Signed, to real estate agent Gorham
Hubbard, Jr., inquiring about the joint ownership of land on Campobello Island and, in a
postscript, asking what has been done to reassess the value of the property, since the pur-
chase price is only 10% of the $50,000 assessment. 1 page, 4to, “Fidelity and Deposit”
stationery; marked marginal discoloration, horizontal folds. (MRS)
NewYork, 28 May 1928
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Mr. Merriman writes that you are ready to close the title to the property of the Campobello
estates.
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I enclose my check to your order for $1,000. Please let me know exactly in what capacity pur-
chasers are taking title, I suppose we are joint owners.Also, what is the situation in regard to Fred
Adams taking a separate title to the land between the Glenseven and the old Herring Cove?”
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ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR. Group of 5 letters Signed, including Two Autograph
Letters and Three Typed Letters, one as First Lady, to various recipients, inviting to Hyde Park,
sending a contact at the United Nations, thanking for a gift, etc.Together 7 pages, each 8vo;
generally good condition. 1944 letter and another with the original envelope. (MRS)
Vp, vd
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5 December 1944, onWhite House stationery:“My opinion would not count as I have little time
to listen to the radio. I should think, however, that invalids would welcome such a program.”