LETTER SIGNED BY FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK

Typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as governor of New York. Albany, New York, 21 July 1932. 1 page, 8 x 10 1/2 in., framed to 9 1/2 x 12 in. On "Executive Mansion" letterhead. 

A typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as governor to Col. Frederic J. Paxon, president of the department store Davison-Paxon Company. In the letter, Roosevelt is thanking Paxon for his "awfully nice letter," the former letting the latter know "how much I appreciate your writing to me as you do and how happy it makes me to have you as my friend." 

It's unclear how these two were introduced. There are exchanges between Paxon and Theodore Roosevelt in the latter's presidential center from 1910 and 1911, so perhaps Franklin was introduced to Paxon this way. Additionally, FDR's Little White House is located about 80 miles south of Atlanta, so perhaps he met Paxon organically while on his way to his personal retreat. 

At the time of writing, FDR was near the end of his second term as New York's governor. During this term, he established the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration, New York State Forest system and Seabury Commission. 

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