ALS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, Roosevelt & O’Connor law firm letterhead, November 9, 1927. In part: “I enclose check for Mr. G. J. Duffy for $1050—purchase price of Lot 14 Subdivision A.—Cooke survey. As soon as Mr. Cooke files his final survey map…we must send to Duffy 2 deeds, a quit-claim deed from Miss Wilkins & a warranty deed from the Meriwether Reserve. At the time we get the deed from Miss Wilkins we must send her $800 from this check…Later, when Mr. Duffy starts to build his cottage…we must send him $50 in lieu of supplying sewer connection, i.e. to cover cost of a septic tank.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature). The land Roosevelt references is in Warm Springs, Georgia, situated in Meriwether county, where he had first gone in 1924 to seek relief from polio. Roosevelt purchased the property from George Peabody in 1926, which had been previously owned by Georgia Wilkins. A beautifully penned letter related to FDR’s personal health struggles that inspired one of his lasting legacies—the fight to eradicate polio. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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