Miscellaneous documents relating to Franklin D. Roosevelt's legal career, 1925-1943.

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Miscellaneous documents relating to Franklin D. Roosevelt's legal career, 1925-1943.

Photostatic reproduction of 5 leaves of FDR's notes taken while a student at Columbia Law School; Roosevelt signed the original notes in 1943. Two printed cards, one announcing the formation of the law firm of Roosevelt & O'Connor (1925) and one announcing Roosevelt's retirement from the firm (1933).

7 sheets (7 p.)

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