Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Roosevelt, “Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Inc / Patients Aid Fund / Franklin D. Roosevelt Pres,” payable to E. T. Curtis, Manager, for $183.48, December 29, 1927. Bisecting vertical fold, expected holes, and bank stamp over some of Roosevelt’s writing, but not affecting signature, otherwise fine condition. Egbert T. Curtis was manager of The Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. He would routinely send FDR a detailed listing of expenses and Roosevelt would send a check for payment. Bank checks seldom have as much handwriting as this one does: twenty-two words in Roosevelt’s hand. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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