Raynors HCA 2015-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/21/2015
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor (1884-1962). Longest-serving First Lady of the United States, holding the post from 1933 to 1945 during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office. Archive of (6) Typed Letters Signed, (2) with “Eleanor Roosevelt” and (4) with her initials “E.R.” all 7” x 5”, five from New York City and one from her Hyde Park personal stationary, all Fine. All six Letters are of a personal nature and written to “Tiny,” her dear friend Mayris Chaney Martin. They are all dated, with the earliest being May 14, 1953 and the last one August 23, 1962. Four Letters have the letterhead “Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt / 202 Fifty-Sixth Street West / New York 19, N.Y.” One has “Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt / 211 East 62nd Street / New York 21, N.Y.” and one has “Val-Kill Cottage / Hyde Park, Dutchess County / New York”. Two also have Handwritten notes. (6 Letters).
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