ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO, President . Typed lengthy letter signed ("Frankin D Roosevelt") as President to Marshall Field III, Hyde Park, New York, 10 August 1939. 1 full page, integral blank, with original envelope, 4to . THE PRESIDENT MENTIONS HIS OWN POLIO: "...the net total sum raised throughout the country on my 57th birthday is $1,329,100.36. This delights me tremendously, and I am filled with deep gratification that the American People are so determined that the disease known commonly as Infantile Paralysis must be controlled. Even more than this, it must be destroyed. Having suffered the ravages of Infantile Paralysis, my first thought will always be for the immediate care of those who find themselves stricken with this dread mysterious malady and who, too, with the help of loving hands and medical science must fight their way back to as much health and physical power as they can achieve."
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO, President . Typed lengthy letter signed ("Frankin D Roosevelt") as President to Marshall Field III, Hyde Park, New York, 10 August 1939. 1 full page, integral blank, with original envelope, 4to . THE PRESIDENT MENTIONS HIS OWN POLIO: "...the net total sum raised throughout the country on my 57th birthday is $1,329,100.36. This delights me tremendously, and I am filled with deep gratification that the American People are so determined that the disease known commonly as Infantile Paralysis must be controlled. Even more than this, it must be destroyed. Having suffered the ravages of Infantile Paralysis, my first thought will always be for the immediate care of those who find themselves stricken with this dread mysterious malady and who, too, with the help of loving hands and medical science must fight their way back to as much health and physical power as they can achieve."
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