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Franklin D. Roosevelt letter signed with full ''Franklin D. Roosevelt'' signature on 21 December 1926, addressed to Helena Mahoney, Roosevelt's physical therapist who famously helped design and implement the polio treatment facility at Warm Springs, which launched earlier in 1926. Helena Mahoney had worked under polio expert Dr. Leroy Hubbard, and was recruited by Roosevelt, along with Dr. Hubbard, after Roosevelt contracted the disease. Warm Springs was built under her guiding influence and she is credited as the person most instrumental in helping FDR transition to life post-polio, both physically and mentally.
In this letter, Roosevelt sends holiday greetings to Mahoney and shares his excitement for the opening of Warm Springs which, based on this letter, was gearing up to take patients in the spring of 1927. Written on Roosevelt's custom stationery, letter reads in part, ''This is just a line to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. / Do let me know when you are coming north. I hope that by the time you get here, our plans will be definitely mapped out. At all events, we can count on a big and successful spring opening...[signed] Franklin D. Roosevelt''. Single page letter measures 7.25'' x 10.5''. Folds else near fine.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Letter Signed From 1926, With Full ''Franklin D. Roosevelt'' Signature -- FDR Writes of the Warm Springs Institute, ''...we can count on a big and successful spring opening...''
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