AUTOGRAPH LIMERICK SIGNED
7 August 1930. Manuscript. A four-line poem, a limerick, completely in Eleanor Roosevelt's hand on 6" x 3-1/2" Executive Mansion stationery, dated and SIGNED by her. Apparently given to an employee. "There was a young fellow called Joe,/Who thought he was coming too slow,/But he made up his mind to be the whole show/And now there's a corporal named Joe--." Mrs. Roosevelt's understanding and feel for politics was greater than that for poetry. A rare form of the First Lady's autograph. We are aware of only one other example of a poem in her hand which sold for $1000 plus premium at auction, nearly 25 years ago. We sold this piece 16 years ago and offer it now at the same price we sold it for then. Fine. Item #018349
Price: $1,500.00