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Letter. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. Letters. 4 pieces- Notable Americans - Autograph Material: Roosevelt, Theodore [III]. Typed letter signed. Washington, June 25, 1923. 1p, 4to; light horizontal creases along old folds. To William C. Dantz, city editor, The Daily Republican, Vineland, NJ, on his Assistant Secretary of the Navy letterhead. * Roosevelt, Edith Kermit. Autograph letter signed. Sagamore Hill, May 23, [1925]. On both sides of her Sagamore Hill card, with addressed envelope. Framed. * Whittier, J[ohn]. ALs. Amesbury, 1863. 1p, 8vo. Writing to secure "a little better position than a common soldier ..." for Mr. Briggs. * John J Winn autograph letter to Mr Charles K Landis Vineland NJ [founder of Vineland and major landholder]. .

New York, 1918. Theodore Roosevelt, typed letter signed, January 24, 1918. Metropolitan letterhead, Office of Theodore Roosevelt, to E.T. Marsh, Rochester, NY. Roosevelt thanks Marsh for his nice letter, "pressed for time though I am, I must send you this line of thanks and acknowledgement." Included is a photo of Theodore Roosevelt. Clear signature.

New York, 1929. 1p., on personal "Oyster Bay" letterhead. 8vo. Old folds, toning, minor chipping at the bottom of the page not affecting text, else fine. 1p., on personal "Oyster Bay" letterhead. 8vo. The Most Perilous Time in My Life. Reading in part: "I don't know what the most perilous time in my life was, but I suppose it must have been various times during the war. The hunting trip that was the biggest success was the one we have just finished, because on that we got the giant panda, which has never been shot by a white man before... Neither Kermit nor I really enjoy fully exploring or hunting unless we are together. On this last expedition he had to leave two months before the end, and I missed him greatly..." The eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt, Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt III, known as Theodore Jr., grew up listening to his father's stories of wars and great battles and the expectations that every man should do his part. After graduating from Harvard… Read More

Washington, D.C., February 28, 1898.. [2]pp. typed letter, signed, on Navy Department, Office of the Assistant Secretary letterhead. Original mailing folds, mild wrinkling, light even toning. Very good. A rare look behind the scenes of the United States Navy Department after one of the most notorious incidents in its history, an event which led directly to the Spanish-American War. On February 15, 1898, as it sat in Havana Harbor just off the coast of Cuba, the U.S.S. Maine exploded. The ship sank quickly, killing 260 of the 400 American midshipmen on board. The Maine had been sent to Cuba to protect American interests following a rebellion that had broken out against Spanish colonial rule on the island. Almost immediately, blame for the explosion was aimed squarely at Spain, though the American government never said so directly. Still, most Americans citizens, as well as those in Congress, laid responsibility at Spain's door. By April 1898, just two months after the present letter was written, Spain… Read More