A 6 November 1928 telegram from future president Franklin D. Roosevelt to his essential aide, confidante, and de facto chief of staff Marguerite "Missy" LeHand, on the night of the exceptionally close election that made him Governor of New York
New York: 1928. Telegram. This striking piece of ephemera captures a pivotal moment of twentieth century political history and the singular working relationship between the man who would become America’s longest-serving president and the woman who would serve as his de facto chief of staff. This is a 6 November..... More