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Franklin D. Roosevelt typed letter signed ''F.D.R.'', dated 29 May 1928 regarding the polio treatment center at Warm Springs, with highly detailed content showing his involvement in running the center. Roosevelt writes to his physical therapist Helena Mahoney, who developed the treatment protocol at Warm Springs alongside Dr. Leroy Hubbard. On Roosevelt's custom business stationery, letter reads in part, ''...It is fine that both of the houses were moved into last Thursday. I don't remember the bedroom plan in A-1. The door must, of course, be changed so as to allow for putting in two beds. I am pretty sure that if my one-quarter inch to the foot plan was literally followed, there was plenty of room for the door to open inward. It is ridiculous that the cost on A-1 and B-5 should run $400 over the estimate...It is fine that the shop is going so well...Isn't it great that we have the money to go ahead with the winter pool. Mr. Hubbard has a building superintendent who will arrive July 1st to undertake the job and they are getting bids for materials and for the greenhouse roof, etc. / Thanks for letting me see the enclosed letters. I think Miss Merrill will be a very valuable ally with all of the Boston crowd. / I have to dash back to the country as my Aunt-in-law, Mrs. John Roosevelt, has died. She has been practically unconscious for weeks and was ninety years old...[signed] F.D.R.'' Single page letter measures 7.25'' x 10.5''. Folds and minute creasing, overall near fine.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Letter Signed From 1928 Regarding Warm Springs -- ''...Isn't it great that we have the money to go ahead with the winter pool...''
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