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| Lot # 59 FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT: WORLD WAR I - Document 265642 |
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DURING WORLD WAR I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT THANKS A LADY FOR LENDING
BINOCULARS TO THE NAVY. THEN, AFTER THE WAR, FDR RETURNS THE BINOCULARS.
BINOCULARS INCLUDED!
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Comprises three items:
1) TLS: "Franklin D. Roosevelt" as Wilson's Assistant Secretary
of the Navy. On official letterhead. Washington, D.C., 1918 January 28.
To Miss Pauline Davison, Tyrone, Pennsylvania. In full: "Your
prompt and patriotic response to the NAVY'S call for binoculars is most
appreciated. The glasses will be very useful in the prosecution of Naval
Operations until victory is won. At the termination of the war, if possible,
every effort will be made to return them to you when it is hoped that you will
feel compensated for any evidence of wear, by the knowledge that you have
supplied 'Eyes for the NAVY!' during a very trying period. On behalf of the
NAVY, I wish to thank you most heartily. Very respectfully." Fine condition.
2) TLS: "Franklin D. Roosevelt" IN TYPE (not signed in ink) as
Assistant Secretary of the Navy. On letterhead of Navy Department, U.S.
Naval Observatory. Washington, D.C., no date but after the November 11, 1918
Armistice ending World War I. In full: "SUBJECT: Return of
articles, in connection with the NAVY's call for binoculars, telescopes,
spyglasses, and other navigation instruments. 1. There is being returned to you
by registered mail the article received from you in response to the
NAVY'S call. 2. An engraved certificate evidencing the participation of
this article in the war, is now being prepared and will be forwarded to you at a
subsequent date. [not included] 3. It is hoped that any evidence of wear
or damage will be compensated for by the fact that a great service has been
performed and that historic interest has been added to the article
returned." Pinhead-size spots in blank areas. Fine condition. 3) VINTAGE
BINOCULARS, brown and black, 3¾x4½x2. Manufactured by Marchand of Paris.
Lanyard clips on each side for attachment to cord. Moderate wear to surfaces
from normal use. Fully functional. Fine condition. Illustrator Gordon Grant's
"Will You Supply Eyes for the Navy" poster urged Americans to send "binoculars
and spy-glasses" to Roosevelt at the Naval Observatory in Washington, asking:
"Will You Help Us 'Stand Watch' on a Destroyer?" Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1882-1945) resigned his seat in the New York State Senate to become President
Wilson's Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913-1920), serving throughout World
War I. A unique opportunity to own binoculars actually used by the navy in
World War I with provenance signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt! Three items.
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