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TLS letter from Franklin Roosevelt from the White House to his personal friend Morgan H.Hoyt editor of The Beacon Light~ Beacon,New York. The letter dated October 31 1933 brings FDR down memory lane recalling his and Mr. Hoyt's first political rodeo in regard to the Sheehan Fight of 1911. He also laments how Morgan has been one of his oldest friends in Duchess County, and looks forward in showing him the Executive offices when he is in D.C.
Beautiful bold signature by President Roosevelt~Guaranteed authentic
William F. Sheehan: William Francis Sheehan (November 6, 1859 – March 14, 1917) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. A Democrat, he was most notable for serving as the speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1891 and the lieutenant governor of New York from 1892 to 1894.
In the U.S. Senate election of 1911, he was the Democratic candidate to succeed Chauncey Depew as U.S. Senator from New York. Sheehan was nominated by the Democratic caucus, but was successfully blocked by a group of "Insurgents", led by State Senator Franklin D. Roosevelt.
He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915.
He died on March 14, 1917, at his home on 16 East Fifty-sixth Street in Manhattanat age 57. The funeral service was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral and he was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Lackawanna.
NOTE: Newspaper clippings from Morgan Hoyt's personal scrapbook concerning the Sheehan fight and life with FDR, does not come with this lot. You are welcome to make a copy for your records.
Beautiful bold signature by President Roosevelt~Guaranteed authentic
William F. Sheehan: William Francis Sheehan (November 6, 1859 – March 14, 1917) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. A Democrat, he was most notable for serving as the speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1891 and the lieutenant governor of New York from 1892 to 1894.
In the U.S. Senate election of 1911, he was the Democratic candidate to succeed Chauncey Depew as U.S. Senator from New York. Sheehan was nominated by the Democratic caucus, but was successfully blocked by a group of "Insurgents", led by State Senator Franklin D. Roosevelt.
He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915.
He died on March 14, 1917, at his home on 16 East Fifty-sixth Street in Manhattanat age 57. The funeral service was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral and he was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Lackawanna.
NOTE: Newspaper clippings from Morgan Hoyt's personal scrapbook concerning the Sheehan fight and life with FDR, does not come with this lot. You are welcome to make a copy for your records.
