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Document 4955
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Autograph Endorsement signed:
"Paid/FDR" at bottom of typed bill to Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Ga.
"B.M. Hall & Sons/Civil and Mining Engineers/", Atlanta, Georgia,
1927 April 16. Bill for "Examinations, Computations & Report on Water
Supply and Electric Light Plant for Warm Springs Resort." The bill is for the
services of B.M. Hall, B.M. Hall, Jr. and J.E. Means for a total of $400.00.
In August 1921, Roosevelt had been stricken with infantile paralysis at his
summer home in Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada. In April 1926, he bought
the resort at Warm Springs, Georgia which he had been going to for exercise
and treatment. For Roosevelt, Warm Springs continued to be his one great hope of
walking again. This led him to purchase the property with two-thirds of his
personal fortune and establish the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation on July 28,
1927. By 1928, FDR was able to discard his crutches and, with the aid of a
cane and the occasional arm of a companion skilled in such matters, Roosevelt
would swing himself along on iron-braced legs. He continued to say and perhaps
believe that he'd be able to throw his braces away one day. Folds, vertical fold
touches the "R" in FDR. Lightly creased.
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