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In the summer of 1929 Mrs. Roosevelt, visiting Montreal with her two youngest boys, received a curious telegram from her husband: “Hope you had a good trip. What shall I do with your casket?”

Mrs. Roosevelt puzzled over this for some time, until finally it dawned on her that she had forgotten one piece of luggage: a lunch basket.

The typographical error was a family joke for many years, quoted whenever members of the family were planning trips.


Source:

Boller, Paul F. “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Presidential Anecdotes. New York: Oxford UP, 1981. 266. Print.

Original Source Listed:

Eleanor Roosevelt, This I Remember (New York, 1949), 57.


Further Reading:

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

>In the summer of 1929 [Mrs. Roosevelt](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Eleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg), visiting Montreal with her two youngest boys, received a curious telegram from her husband: “Hope you had a good trip. What shall I do with your casket?” >Mrs. Roosevelt puzzled over this for some time, until finally it dawned on her that she had forgotten one piece of luggage: a lunch basket. >The typographical error was a family joke for many years, quoted whenever members of the family were planning trips. ______________________________ **Source:** Boller, Paul F. “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” *Presidential Anecdotes*. New York: Oxford UP, 1981. 266. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Eleanor Roosevelt, *This I Remember* (New York, 1949), 57. ______________________________ **Further Reading:** [Anna Eleanor Roosevelt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt)

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