ELEANOR ROOSEVELT SIGNED LTRâe¢1953âe¢FROM VAL-KILL COTTAGE

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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT SIGNED LETTER * 1953 * FROM VAL-KILL COTTAGE * FREE FRANKED ENVELOPE * BACK FLAP HAS SEPARATED FROM THE ENVELOPE * THIS NOTE WAS WRITTEN TO MY FATHER WHO WORKED AT THE FIFTH AVENUE BANK ( NOW THE BANK OF NEW YORK) * Val-Kill is one of a collection of buildings nestled in a 180-acre area that was originally part of the vast Roosevelt family estate. It was Franklin Roosevelt who, in 1924, suggested that Eleanor build a fieldstone cottage on the site so that she and her friends could enjoy a permanent year-round retreat.