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SIGNED BY TR, HIS WIFE, AND FOUR OF HIS CHILDREN
396 ● BOOS, JOHN E.; compiler. Three unique compilations of manuscripts and
graphics relating to Theodore Roosevelt, including original signed letters, typescripts,
and printed matter. 8vo, original 1/2 morocco, minor wear.
Albany, NY, compiled 1927 [1,000/1,500]
1. The Stampede of the Moose Herd in 1912. 71 leaves. An unusual bound compilation by
Albany autograph collector and newspaper reporter John Boos. The highlight is a print of
Roosevelt signed by the ex-president in 1913 (page 17). Also included are signed tributes to
Roosevelt by his 1912 running mate Hiram W. Johnson (pages 21-22) and 1916 running
mate John M. Parker (page 26), and signed tributes to Abraham Lincoln by First Lady Edith
Kermit Roosevelt (page 42) and children Theodore (page 46), Kermit (page 50), Ethel (page
52), and Archibald (page 57).
2. Tributes to a Rough Rider, A-D. 118 leaves. Includes signed sentiments regarding Roosevelt
by Michael Mansion, Henry Couden, Forrest Prettyman, Lyman Abbott, William Barnes,
William Borah, William Cary Brown, Alexander Brodie, Lytle Brown, Omar Bundy, Champ
Clark, Joseph Cannon, William Calder, Ledyard Cogwell, John Chidwick, George E.
Chamberlain, Con Cronin, Charles Crawford, Charles Curtis, Joseph Chamberlin, James B.
Connolly, Timothy Cole, Albert C. Dalton, James Roscoe Day, Chauncey Depew, Ira Delong,
Robert C. Davis, and Warrington Dawson. Albany, NY, compiled 1925.
3. Some Pictures of a Man Who Wielded a Big Stick. 106 pages. Scrapbook of cartoons and
news photos of Roosevelt, 1910-31. Albany, compiled 1932.
TITANTIC VICTIM
397 ● BUTT, ARCHILBALD WILLINGHAM. Photograph, signed and inscribed,
of Roosevelt’s military aide. 83/4 x 6 1/2 inches, on original mount with photographer’s
inscription below; inscribed “With love to both from your friend Archibald W. Butt.” Not
examined outside of frame. Washington, 14 May 1904 [250/350]
Archibald Willingham Butt (1865-1912) was a close friend and military aide to Presidents
Roosevelt and Taft from 1908 to 1912. He is perhaps better known as a passenger who died
aboard the RMS Titanic—on a vacation he took at Taft’s insistence.
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