Help with this autograph!

[mr2686]

Richard, it's not my intention to argue with you, because I respect the heck out of you and your expertise...which is why you are the only person I would send autographs to for authentication. But to your point "Think about it,,, think how many of these he would have had to have signed". Well, this was signed on June 1st, 1945...just 1.5 months after Truman became President. Considering the bomb was then dropped in August, my guess is that the "majority" of the 300,000 - 500,000 American deaths (depending on who's figures you're going by) had already occurred. Now, that still would leave a lot of deaths, but it doesn't seem unmanageable especially when you consider how many autographs get pushed out in a 2 hour period by todays athletes and then you consider the character of that particular President. I know absolutely nothing about Roosevelt's signing habits, but I would bet a good sum that he would never be able to sign most of those types of letters due to the sheer volume that would have had to be signed before his death. My suggestion to the person asking the original question would be to make arrangements for Richard, or someone equally as knowledgeable, to take a look at the document in person.