HARRY HOPKINS
(1890 - 1946) Close advisor to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, one of the architects of the New Deal and the WPA, and Roosevelt's chief diplomatic adviser and troubleshooter. Fine content T.L.S. on his personal letterhead, 1p. 4to., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Mn., Mar. 25, 1944 to a Marine. In part: "It was good of you to write me such a warm and comforting note when you learned of Stephen's death in the Marshalls. He was, indeed, a fine boy and I get great comfort from the sure knowledge he lived his short life well… and died ever so bravely for his country…" Hopkin's son Stephen was killed in action serving in the Marines during the landing on Kwajalein Atoll.