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[TYPED LETTER, SIGNED, WITH SEVERAL PENCIL EMENDATIONS, FROM THEODORE ROOSEVELT AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TO CAPTAIN CHARLES O'NEIL, CHIEF OF THE ORDNANCE BUREAU, DISCUSSING THE DISCRETION NEEDED BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT IN THE WAKE OF THE EXPLOSION OF THE U.S.S. MAINE]

by Roosevelt, Theodore

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 …