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| Lot # 39 PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/11/1908 - Document 16469 |
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The President cannot attend the dedication of the McKinley Memorial
Organ.
TLS: "Theodore Roosevelt" as 26th U.S. President, 1p, 7x8¾.
The White House, Washington, 1908 December 11. To Rev. John Wesley Hill,
131 West 118th Street, New York City. In full: "I regret that I can
not be present with you on the occasion of the dedication of the McKinley
Memorial Organ. With all good wishes for the success of the occasion, believe
me, Sincerely yours." It is ironic that a musical instrument would be
named in memory of President William McKinley, who was assassinated in the
Temple of Music at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1901.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, who had succeeded McKinley and completed the three
and a half years left in McKinley's term, was elected to a full four-year term
in 1904 but decided not to run for reelection in 1908. He supported his
Secretary of War, William H. Taft, who was elected 27th President on November 3,
1908, five and a half weeks before Roosevelt wrote this letter. Slightly shaded
at areas and at signature. "4" penned in unidentified hand at upper right.
Lightly creased at edges and at mid-horizontal fold. Fine
condition.
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