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Jewish Foundation Buys Franklin D. Roosevelt’s home in Manhattan for Hunter College Signed Check by FDR!
With this check, Jewish businessman and organizer of the Anti-Defamation League Aaron C. Horn purchased the Roosevelt double townhouse on East 65th Street for Hunter College from President Franklin D. Roosevelt for $50,000! The house went on to serve as a headquarters for various student religious and cultural groups and later the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute.
Partially printed document signed, check from A.C. Horn Trustee, for the Hillel Foundation, for $50,000 to Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 24, 1942, New York, New York; Endorsed and signed on the verso by Roosevelt.
Dimensions: 6.5 x 2.75 in.
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Authentication: James Spence Authentication (JSA) Letter of Authenticity and a Gotta Have Rock and Roll Certificate of Authenticity.