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Follow our special series of articles highlighting the hundreds of remarkable historical documents, manuscripts, and rare books from the Revolutionary period collected personally by Franklin D. Roosevelt at our popular Forward with Roosevelt blog.
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"FDR, Collector"
The personal collecting interests of President Franklin D. Roosevelt were varied and possessed a depth perhaps unrivaled among his Presidential peers. Roosevelt might be most famous for his stamp collecting, but his collections ranged beyond philatelical interests into books, ... MORE
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“…our noble cause has prevailed…”
Last post, we highlighted a document sampled from President Roosevelt’s extensive and remarkable collection of naval manuscripts. Now we will pivot to another of FDR’s personal manuscript ... MORE
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"…Virginia may influence their determination…"
1787 saw the passage by national convention, of a new Constitution, and with it the formation of a new government structure for the United States of America -- four years after independence ... MORE
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"General Washington’s 'Order of March'"
This document is a leaf from General George Washington’s 1781 orderly book; a form of administrative diary commonly used during the Revolutionary War to record orders ... MORE
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"All Paris now talks…"
This month, we feature a letter written by Benjamin Franklin in May of 1779. Already in France for over two years, Benjamin Franklin was vital to the American cause in gaining French financial and military aid. Among his closest friends in France was Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont ... MORE