ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Printed check signed on endorsement line on verso ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), Washington, D. C. 29 February 1936. 1 page, oblong, with engraving of Treasury Dept. seal at left edge, check no. 48,877. A PRESIDENTIAL SALARY CHECK FROM FDR'S FIRST TERM, in the amount of $6,250, constituting one-twelfth of his $75,000 annual salary. FDR salary checks are relatively scarce. Only four others have come to auction in the last 25 years, according to American Book Prices Current. The holograph notation above Roosevelt’s signature, “Pay to order of Guaranty Trust Co.,” is in the hand of FDR’s secretary, Marguerite (“Missy”) LeHand.

ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Printed check signed on endorsement line on verso ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), Washington, D. C. 30 April 1934. 1 page, oblong, with engraving of Treasury Dept. seal at left edge, check no. 48,877. A PRESIDENTIAL SALARY CHECK FROM FDR'S FIRST TERM, in the amount of $6,250, constituting one-twelfth of his $75,000 annual salary. FDR salary checks are relatively scarce. Only four others have come to auction in the last 25 years, according to American Book Prices Current. The holograph notation above Roosevelt’s signature, “Pay to order of Guaranty Trust Co.,” is in the hand of FDR’s secretary, Marguerite (“Missy”) LeHand.

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ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Printed check signed on endorsement line on verso ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), Washington, D. C. 29 February 1936. 1 page, oblong, with engraving of Treasury Dept. seal at left edge, check no. 48,877. A PRESIDENTIAL SALARY CHECK FROM FDR'S FIRST TERM, in the amount of $6,250, constituting one-twelfth of his $75,000 annual salary. FDR salary checks are relatively scarce. Only four others have come to auction in the last 25 years, according to American Book Prices Current. The holograph notation above Roosevelt’s signature, “Pay to order of Guaranty Trust Co.,” is in the hand of FDR’s secretary, Marguerite (“Missy”) LeHand.

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