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Lot #71
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (2) Typed Letters Signed as President

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Two TLSs from Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, both signed as president:

The FDR letter, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 23, 1938, sent to North Dakota Congressman Usher L. Burdick: “Thank you ever so much for that nice letter you sent me on May twentieth. It is heartening to receive messages of this kind and I sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness in writing as you did.”

The Truman letter, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, March 29, 1946, sent to California Congressman Albert E. Carter: “I have just learned that you have been in the hospital for the past six weeks, and I am certainly sorry to hear it. I hope you are well on the road to recovery and that you will soon be around as usual.” In overall fine condition.

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