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“FDR GOES [BY] MOTOR[CARTO] N.Y. TO OPEN [WORLD’S] FAIR IN P.M.”
177 ● ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Autograph Manuscript Signed, as President, thrice
in third person within the text (“ ), itinerary for two days [during his visit to the
1939 World’s Fair in New York]. 11/4 pages, 8vo, written on the first and third pages of a
single folded sheet; few pinholes along upper edge, faint scattered soiling. (TFC)
Np, [April 1939] [1,000/1,500]
“Friday—April 28—3:30 a.m. arrives H[yde] P[ark]. 4 or 5 p.m. Crown Prince
[Olav] & Princess [Martha] of Norway arrive by boat.
“Sunday April 30—Norway leaves by motor about 10.30 a.m. for West Point. goes
motor N.Y. to open Fair in p.m. After that FDR either returns H.P. to welcome the Danes
[Crown Prince Frederik and princess Ingrid of Denmark] or goes by train to Washington to
receive them there.”
Little more than a year after the opening of the 1939World’s Fair, Princess Martha of Norway
and her family returned to America as refugees, because her own country had been invaded and
occupied by the Nazis.
178 ● ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to actress
Gertrude Lawrence, thanking her for her telegram and her support [of the British troops].
1 page, 4to,White House stationery, with integral blank; toning along upper and left edges
of first page, horizontal fold. Washington, 21 June 1941 [300/400]
“. . . I do want you to know how . . . grateful I am for all you have done and are doing for a
cause so dear to both of us. It is most reassuring to know that you are unwearied in well doing
and are determined to carry on to victory.”
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