Letter to Kenesaw M. Landis
Letter
By: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Date: January 15, 1942
Source: Roosevelt, Franklin D. Letter to Kenesaw M. Landis, January 15, 1942. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Reproduced online at http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/education/primary%5Fsourc... ; website home page: http://www.baseballhalloffame.org (accessed March 19, 2003).
About the Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) was born at Hyde Park, New York. Educated at Harvard, Roosevelt was elected to the New York Senate in 1910, and served as assistant secretary of the navy from 1913 to 1920. After losing a bid for vice president in 1920, Roosevelt contracted polio, leaving his legs permanently paralyzed. Returning to politics, Roosevelt was...
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