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Typed letter, Signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), as president, on White House stationery, to C. Suydam Cutting
by (Tibet) Roosevelt, Franklin D
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- Condition
- Framed and glazed
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: White House, 1937. 4to. Framed and glazed. 4to. Like FDR, Suydam Cutting, who came from a prominent New Jersey family, was a graduate of both Groton and Harvard (they graduated 5 years apart). Cutting went to Turkmenistan with TR, Jr., and Kermit in 1925 and travelled to Tibet on several occasions between 1928 and 1937. He visited Lhasa with permission of the Dalai Lama to whom he presented gifts. Cutting acted as de facto American representative there (as this letter suggests), and published a memoir of his experiences, The Fire Ox and Other Years (1947).
A remarkable letter recording the ambivalent American position on Tibet in the 1930s.
A remarkable letter recording the ambivalent American position on Tibet in the 1930s.
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Typed letter, Signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt"), as president, on White House stationery, to C. Suydam Cutting
- Author
- (Tibet) Roosevelt, Franklin D
- Format/Binding
- 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Framed and glazed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- White House
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Presidential | Politics | Military | World War II | Tibet | Franklin D. Roosevelt
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- Americana; History, Travel & Geography;
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