TLS as president, one page, 7 x .75, White House letterhead, May 20, 1938. Letter to Basil O’Connor’s wife, Elvira, at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. In part: “I have been thinking of you much since you have been at Warm Springs, and I want to send you this line to tell you that I do hope things are going well and that you are being made comfortable.” Toned areas to edges, otherwise fine condition; a fabulously bold presidential signature. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. In 1924, FDR traveled to Warm Springs, Georgia, where he found that immersion in the area’s mineral-rich warm water was one of the few things that provided relief from his polio-induced paralysis. Shortly thereafter he partnered with Basil O’Connor to purchase the resort and develop it into a world-famous polio treatment center—the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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