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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02202 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 |
| Title | Franklin D. Roosevelt to Arthur Carpenter regarding mosquitoes and the Meriwether Hotel |
| Date | 3 September 1929 |
| Author | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945) |
| Recipient | Carpenter, Arthur |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes a witty letter to the business manager at Warm Springs, Georgia, where Roosevelt founded the Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation in 1927. Jokes about mosquitoes briefly. Discusses the sprinkler system for the Meriwether Hotel. Signed with initials "F.D.R." with a correction on page two. Typed on Executive Chamber stationery. Marked confidential. |
| Subjects | President Humor and Satire Health and Medical Building Construction Disease Hospital |
| People | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945) Carpenter, Arthur (fl. 1929-1930) |
| Place written | Albany, New York |
| Theme | The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Roosevelt used to visit Warm Springs to obtain the therapeutic benefits swimming in the warm spring water had on his polio paralysis. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |