FDR White House Letter Signed M.A. (Marguerite) LeHand

This is a lot of correspondence between a Delaware author (Harvey Cochran Bounds, who wrote "A Postal History of Delaware") and officials in Washington, D.C.

Included in the lot is a signed letter to Mr. Bounds from M.A. LeHand, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's private secretary.

Marguerite LeHand, nicknamed "Missy" by FDR's children, began her employment with FDR after his defeat as the Democratic nominee for vice president and continued as his secretary and confidant until 1941 when she suffered a debilitating stroke. In 1921, the year after she began their 21-year association, FDR suffered his polio attack, and LeHand often accompanied him to Warm Springs, Ga., where he went for treatment. FDR's wife, Eleanor, disliked Warm Springs. Speculation arose over LeHand's relationship with FDR as they were often alone there as well as in Albany when Roosevelt was governor and later in the White House, where LeHand served as hostess when Eleanor was absent. Not only responsible for FDR's correspondence, much of which she answered herself, LeHand held his power of attorney and managed his accounts, writing checks for his bills.

Also included are two letters from George C. Martin, executive secretary in the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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