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Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to Vincent Astor, 1914

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration1916-01-10

U.S. National Archives

U.S. National Archives
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FDR writes to Astor about a potential visit to the Roosevelt's summer home in Campobello, New Brunswick. The "Aviation Camp" that Roosevelt refers to is related to Astor's pre-World War I service in the New York Naval Militia, to whom he had donated one of the two Curtiss Model F Flying-Boats available to the Second Battalion. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, FDR Library.

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  • Title: Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to Vincent Astor, 1914
  • Creator: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration
  • Date: 1916-01-10
  • Location: New York, NY
U.S. National Archives

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