ALS signed “Father,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland letterhead, postmarked January 21, 1928. Letter to his son James about attending the Democratic National Convention. In part: “By the way find out when you can leave Cambridge in the Spring—what do you say to you & Elliot going with me to the Houston Convention which starts June 26th? I ought to get there the 24th at the latest. Hope the exams are coming all right.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature). Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Roosevelt’s own hand. The 1928 Democratic National Convention was held from June 26 to 28 at Sam Houston Hall in Houston, Texas, and resulted in the nomination of Alfred E. Smith to run as the party’s candidate in the presidential election. In October, Roosevelt was elected as governor of New York by a narrow margin. Four years later at the next DNC, Roosevelt was named the party’s candidate and soon elected to the first of his four terms as president. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA.
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