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We sold a naval appointment signed by Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Please see details below:
President Woodrow Wilson & FDR Naval Appointment Signed
President Woodrow Wilson and Acting Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt document signed, dated 1 August 1919. Naval commission appoints Vice Admiral Stuart Elliot, who won the Medal of Honor in Veracruz, to the rank of Medical Director of the Navy (equivalent to Captain). Document is signed, ”Woodrow Wilson” and ”Franklin D. Roosevelt / Acting” and measures 16” x 20” with official blue seal intact at lower center. Some toning and scuffing, else very good condition. Sold for $1,511.
The following are some additional autographs we sold:
Fiery speech draft at the height of WWI, hand-annotated by President Woodrow Wilson who would deliver the speech on July 4, 1918. This ”Four Minute” speech was made by Wilson on Independence Day as part of a series of speeches four minutes in length that ran between reels at movie theatres. Wilson makes several corrections to the speech in pencil, inserting words and crossing others out. It reads in part, ”…with all its ancient cruelty and injustice, military autocracy has again armed itself against the pacific hopes of men. Having suppressed self-government among its own people, by an organization maintained in part by falsehood and treachery, it has set out to impose its will upon its neighbors and us…We find ourselves fighting again for our national existence…” Two page speech is mounted to board measuring 14.75” x 11”. Chip to upper left of board, overall very good condition. Accompanied by the final version of the speech, typed and with a printed signature by Wilson. Sold for $1,875.
Franklin D. Roosevelt autograph letter signed ”Your devoted father”, dated 3 November 1927, shortly after he purchased the polio rehabilitation center in Warm Springs, Georgia. Letter is accompanied by a signed envelope, addressed to his son, ”Master Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.” at Groton. Roosevelt writes about the Warm Springs facility in this letter, which he purchased a year earlier in order to treat his polio. Letter reads, ”…It is grand to get your letter & I’m so glad everything is going well & I hope you’ll be on the honor list at the next bi-weeklies…I hope you’ll be well up in the first half…How do you like the foot-ball & what position are you playing? Down here all goes well & we have 34 patients & while there will be a falling off over Christmas & New Years we expect to heave 50 by the time you come down here for the Easter holidays – By the way do drop a line to…Gordon Foster here, care of Mrs. Pierson – he talks a lot about you & Johnny – All well & much much love / Your devoted Father”. Two page letter on one sheet measures 6” x 7”. With cover postmarked from Warm Springs, GA, measuring 6.5” x 3.5”. Toning and light soiling, otherwise both are near fine. Sold for $1,875.
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