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HISTORY - ROOSEVELT Eleanor (1884 - 1962) - Typed letter signed

HISTORY - ROOSEVELT Eleanor (1884 - 1962) - Typed letter signed

Lot 420 · The Langer Collection · 29 April 2024
Sold for £70
In 1905, she married her second cousin, Franklin Roosevelt. She supported him throughout his political career, particularly after 1921, when he contracted poliomyelitis. After his death in 1945, she was the US delegate to the UN Commission on Human Rights.

Signed printed photograph applied to cardboard in-16, to Paul Langer and a typed letter signed dated New York, 21.02.1949 to Paul Langer:"... I have no signature or card to send you …”