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32rd President of the U.S. Book “The Democratic Book 1936”. FDR has boldly autographed a superb watercolor of the White House in this limited edition. This is a large handsome book 14 ½ x 11”. It devotes a section to each cabinet office and other agencies, with full-page photos of the officers. Laid in are a number of autographed items, as shown below.
JOHN NANCE GARNER, VP —LS dated March 6, 1928 as a Congressman- JAMES A. FARLEY, Chairman of the Democratic party - LS dated August 17, 1983 as Chairman of the Coca Cola Export Corporation ALBEN W. BARKLEY, VP - LS dated November 8, 1941 as Senator CORDELL HULL, Sec. of State — LS dated July 21, 1939 as Sec. of State HENRY MORGENTHAU, Sec. of Treasury - LS dated June 28, 1938 as Sec. of Treas. GEORGE H. DERN, Sec. of War - LS dated April 26, 1934 as Sec. of War HOMER CUMMINGS, Attorney General - LS dated Dec. 12, 1935 as Atty. Gen. JAMES A. FARLEY (AGAIN), Postmaster General — LS dated Sept. 8, 1972 as CocaCola chairman CLAUDE A. SWANSON, Sec. of Navy - LS dated Feb. 13, 1930 as Senator HAROLD L. ICKES, Sec. of Interior — LS dated May 8, 1936 as Sec. of Interior HENRY A. WALLACE, Sec. of Agriculture - LS dated May 17, 1962 (from his farm — probably in retirement). Wallace later became Vice-President. DANIEL C. ROPER, Sec. of Commerce - LS dated Feb. 15, 1935 as Sec. of Commerce FRANCES PERKINS, Sec. of Labor — LS dated July 2, 1930 as Industrial Commissioner of the New York Dept. of Labor to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. JESSE H. JONES, Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation - LS dated January 19, 1944 as Sec. of Commerce. HARRY L. HOPKINS, Works Progress Administrator - LS dated June 19, 1939 as Sec. of Commerce ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, First Lady - ANS (signed “Mrs. Roosevelt” on Hyde Park letterhead — undated, but with the mailing envelope (in her hand), which is postmarked Oct. 3, 1907.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed "The Democratic Book" Embellished
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