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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Roosevelt, “Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Inc., Patients Aid Fund, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pres.,” payable to E. T. Curtis, Manager, for $183.48, December 29, 1927. Encapsulated in a plastic PSA/DNA authentication holder. In fine condition. Egbert T. Curtis was manager of The Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. He would routinely send FDR a detailed listing of expenses and Roosevelt would send a check for payment. Bank checks seldom have as much handwriting as this one does: twenty-two words in Roosevelt’s hand.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs And Artifacts
  • Dates: #485 - Ended October 12, 2016