Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

124 “IT MAY BE SOMETIME BEFORETHE GERMANS ARE BEATEN!” 124 c   ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.Typed Letter Signed, as President, toWade Chance, stating that the newspapers falsely reported a change to his cabinet, expressing interest in quotations by General Morgan, and speculating that overcoming the Nazis may take time. 1 page, 4to,White House stationery, with integral blank; some scattered foxing, faint soil- ing at edges, horizontal fold; matted and framed. Washington, 2 October 1944 [2,000/3,000] “I had hoped that by this time you would have learned not to believe everything you read in the papers. There are no differences in the Cabinet. I am sorry that once again the papers raised up a straw man in which even the straw is synthetic. “I am much interested in the quotations from General Morgan.They constitute a real contribution to some of the things we are about to face. However, it may be some time before the Germans are beaten!” 125 c   ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Zed L.Williams, thanking for the gift of a print entitled “Prayer at Valley Forge.” 1 page, 4to,White House stationery, with integral blank; horizontal fold, light soiling at edges; framed. With the original envelope. Washington, 22 February 1943 [300/400] “I am perfectly delighted to have that old lithograph of George Washington’s ‘Prayer at Valley Forge’ which you were so kind as to send me. . . .” The print referred to might be that by Peter Kramer after the painting by Lambert Sachs, showing GeorgeWashington kneeling in prayer at Valley Forge.