Interesting ADS, signed “F. D. Roosevelt” in the text, one page, 8.5 x 11, Roosevelt & O’Connor law firm letterhead, November 22, 1928. FDR pens a list titled “File, Warm Springs, personal, Paid cheques for the following bills,” showing five names and amounts, including himself ($438.39), his daughter-in-law (Mrs. James Roosevelt; $434.33), and Miss M. A. LeHand ($346.62). In 1923, FDR embarked on an affair with his young secretary, Marguerite A. LeHand (1898–1944), that was to last for the remainder of their lives. Though it was scarcely whispered about in the press in the pre-Watergate era, the liaison was an open secret among FDR’s associates and family. Roosevelt’s son, Elliot, later wrote that FDR’s friends “accepted it as a matter of course” and that FDR himself “made no attempts to conceal his feelings about Missy.” In fine condition, with usual folds and small hole to blank portion, tape-repaired from the reverse. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
