Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

SHIP’S LOG FOR FDR’S “FLOATINGWHITE HOUSE” 126 c   ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Log of the President’s Inspection Trip and Cruise on Board U.S.S. Potomac: 19 March-1 April 1941. Signed and Inscribed, to a member of the Secret Service detail aboard the ship,“For Mike Reilly / from FranklinDRoosevelt,” on the title-page. 20 pages. 4to, publisher’s wrappers, stapled binding, upper right corner of front cover nearly torn away, faint toning to edges. Np, [1941]; inscription: Np, nd [2,000/3,000] In March of 1941, Roosevelt took a trip fromWashington, DC, to the Bahamas and back.The present log records the noteworthy events of the trip, many of which describe the fishing exploits of FDR and his entourage.