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Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The Navy Department has today notified the Commandant…to accept Mr. Sherwood’s height, 65 1/4 inches, as sufficient for appointment as a midshipman”

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“The Navy Department has today notified the Commandant…to accept Mr. Sherwood’s height, 65 1/4 inches, as sufficient for appointment as a midshipman”

TLS as president, one page, 7.5 x 9, White House letterhead, August 13, 1940. Letter to a gentleman in New Jersey. In part: “The matter of waiving the physical requirements so that Mr. James Sherwood…may be appointed as a midshipman in the U. S. Naval Reserve, has been given careful consideration. The Navy Department has today notified the Commandant…to accept Mr. Sherwood’s height, 65 1/4 inches, as sufficient for appointment as a midshipman.” In very good condition, with folded bottom and right edge and scattered toning and soiling. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.

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  • Dates: #380 - Ended December 07, 2011





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