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Request To Work At Top Cottage As Housekeeper, With Reply

Creator: Ann Scarcella (author)
Date: October 29, 1938
Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library


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2338 Beaumont Ave.
Bronx, New York
Oct. 29, 1938

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Dear President Roosevelt,

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The other day, at a movie house, I saw pictures in the newsreels, of your dream house, which set me to writing you this letter.

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I know this is a very unusual thing for me to do, but I was wondering and hoping if you could give me the honor of helping you keep your home new always. It is not only the thought of a job that makes me write this, but also because I truly love your home, and the quiet and peace surrounding it.

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Please sir, grant me this one wish, and you will make me the most happiest person in the world.

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I am a young girl, a brunette, and I stand 5 ft. 5 1/2 inches without shoes, and I wear glasses. The only reference I can give you in this case is my love for your home and cleanliness, and my urge to serve you in any respect.

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Please do not cast this letter aside, without a second thought. If there is anything else you would like to know, I would be only to glad to write the facts. Any answer from you sir, will be more than welcome. Thanking you a lot I remain,

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Yours sincerely
Ann Scarcella

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P.S.
Please do not let the fact that I am from New York make any difference
Ann Scarcella

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October 31, 1938

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My dear Miss Scarcella:

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This will acknowledge the receipt of your note of October twenty-ninth. Thank you very much in the President's behalf for your kind offer. He will not be in need of any additional service of the kind you mention.

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Very Sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY

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Miss Ann Scarcella,
2338 Beaumont Avenue,
Bronx,
New York.

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