Typed letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt, The White House, to Dr. Joseph Q. Adams, Folger Shakespeare Library [manuscript], 1942-1943.
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Title
Typed letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt, The White House, to Dr. Joseph Q. Adams, Folger Shakespeare Library [manuscript], 1942-1943.
Description
3 items ; 24 x 16 cm to 23 x cm
Corporate author
United States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt)
Associated name
Adams, Joseph Quincy, 1881-1946, addressee.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, correspondent.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works.
Tully, Grace, 1900-1984.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, correspondent.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works.
Tully, Grace, 1900-1984.
Scope and content
(1) Dated November 4, 1942, typed and signed by Grace Tully, Private Secretary. Tully regrets to inform Adams that the President does not have any extra copies of Shakespeare to give to the library. (2) Dated April 8, 1943, signed from Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt will give a set of the Temple Shakespeare, which he once gave to his mother, to the Folger Library. He will inscribe it if the Folger will return one of the volumes. (3) Dated April 13, 1943, typed and signed by Tully; the President has had much pleasure in inscribing the two Shakespeare volumes and they are being returned herewith.
Note
Written on letterhead of the White House.
Provenance
(3) Removed from The Temple Shakespeare, 1894-1896, Tempest volume [Folger copy PR2752 1894-1896 Copy 2 Sh.Col.]
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Washington (D.C.)
Item Details
Call number
Y.c.5568 (1-3)
Folger accession
no acc number visible