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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Typed Letter Signed, as Colonel, to J.S. Van
Duzer, declining an invitation to visit. With a sentence in holograph: “I wish I could see
you.” 1 page, oblong 8vo, ruled paper; folds, even toning, remnants of prior mounting along
top edge verso. (AKF)
“Camp Wikoff, Montauk,” 28 August 1898
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I wish I could accept your invitation, but it is absolutely out of the question. You have no con-
ception of the multitude of calls made upon me. . . .”
DAYS AFTER ASSASSINATION OF MCKINLEY
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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to British
politician Edward North Buxton (“My dear Buxton”), thanking him for his letter and
adding, “I hope you will be on this side of the water before my term is out.”
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page, small
4to, “Executive Mansion” stationery with mourning border, with integral blank; slight fad-
ing to text but signature is bold, minor scattered soiling, horizontal fold. With the original
envelope.
Washington, 27 September 1901
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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Ambassador
to Bulgaria Horace G. Knowles, explaining that he had no power to extend Knowles’s
appointment as it is up to [President-elect William H.] Taft. 1 page, 4to, White House sta-
tionery, with integral blank; slight smearing to text overall but signature unaffected. (AKF)
Washington, 15 January 1909
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. . . I told your friends that I only had the power to appoint you until March 4th. I have
nothing to say about your staying after that; that is for Mr. Taft . . . . [Y]our friends . . . said
that to appoint you even up to March 4th would relieve you of the stigma of retirement from
the service . . . .”
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Theodore Roosevelt. Partly-printed invitation, unsigned, to the Misses Ladd, for a
reception at the White House on February 6, 1908, accomplished in an unknown calligraphic
hand. 12mo. With the original envelope.
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