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Scarce TLS letter from Franklin Roosevelt working as Vice-President of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland~ 55 Liberty Street New York City to Morgan Hoyt  of Mt. Dora,Florida.

FDR congradulates his friend Morgan on his venture of starting a newspaper in Mt. Dora,Florida located in Lake county. Mr. Roosevelt states he wishes he could get to Mount Dora when he is in Florida this coming winter,but will be on a house-boat in the Keys south of Miami.


Nice early tight signature




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.

*Please take a moment to examine all my Franklin Roosevelt signed letters from the estate of Morgan H.Hoyt currently in my listings.

Morgan H.Hoyt later became the editor of the Beacon Light/Standard Newspaper of Beacon,New York and a personal friend of FDR throughout their adult lives.