March 31, 2017

This is a hand-written letter from President Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill, 20 January 1941. Below is a transcript of the text.

Dear Churchill

Wendell Willkie will give you this – He is truly helping to keep politics out over here. I think this verse applies to your people as it does to us:

“Sail on, oh ship of state!

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Sail on oh union strong and great.

Humanity with all its fears,

With all the hope of future years

Is hanging breathless on thy fate”

As ever yours

Franklin d Roosevelt