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ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano (1882-1945). Correspondence consisting of eight autograph letters signed (“Father”, “Dad”, “Pa”, four of which signed as President), to his son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., various places (New York, Warm Springs, Ga., Washington, San Diego, “In the Pacific,”) c.1927-1938; two autograph notes signed (“F.D.R.” as President, and “Pa”), to Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., n.p., n.d.; typed letter signed, to Eleanor, Sarah Delano, Anna, Elliott, Franklin, Jr. and John, Washington, 23 September 1935.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano (1882-1945). Correspondence consisting of eight autograph letters signed (“Father”, “Dad”, “Pa”, four of which signed as President), to his son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., various places (New York, Warm Springs, Ga., Washington, San Diego, “In the Pacific,”) c.1927-1938; two autograph notes signed (“F.D.R.” as President, and “Pa”), to Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., n.p., n.d.; typed letter signed, to Eleanor, Sarah Delano, Anna, Elliott, Franklin, Jr. and John, Washington, 23 September 1935. Together 16 pages, 155 x 80mm to 260 x 182mm, with five original transmittal envelopes addressed in his hand. A warm and lively correspondence from F.D.R. to his son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., dating from his years at Groton through the birth of his first son (and namesake), Franklin D. Roosevelt III. Featuring four rare autograph letters signed as President. A wide-ranging series of letters between father and son, beginning while F.D.R. was still a private citizen. The early letters cover his son’s years at Groton. Soon after sending his son off to boarding school, F.D.R. writes from Warm Springs: “Do send me a line to tell me how everything is going — I used to be the prefect in your dormitory when I was in the 6th Form – How do you like the class work – are you playing football? Write me lots & lots of things...” In November, F.D.R. advised his son, whom he often addressed affectionately as “Brother,” and later “Brud”, “Soon will come your first regular report & I hope you’ll be well up in the first half of the form. How do you like the football & what position are you playing?” Toward the close of his son’s first semester, F.D.R. sends his thanks for “writing regularly,” and expressing his hope that “the marks are improving & that you’ll be defiantly in the first half of the form...” Much of the balance of the correspondence dates from Roosevelt’s presidency, and concerns everything from his son’s allowance while studying at Harvard to the birth of his son, Franklin Roosevelt, III. The latter event, gave F.D.R. enormous joy. Writing “In the Pacific,” on green White House letterhead, he writes in August 1938: “I’m so thrilled at the grand news – & not only about His Majesty the Baby – but that Ethel [DuPont Roosevelt] is all right too... We opened a bottle of champagne & drank your health & the baby’s... & had an uproarious time – six of us, on one quart! And at that we broke the Navy Regulations! ... tell Eugene I’m still ahead of him on grandchildren...