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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919). Three typed letters signed ("Theodore Roosevelt"), to E. M. Reily, Oyster Bay, N.Y., 26 August 1901; Whitelaw Reid, 20 September 1901; George Curtis Treadwell, Washington, D.C., 20 December 1906. Together 3 pages, 8vo and 4to., on Vice-Presidential, White House and mourning stationery.
"NOW AS IT HAPPENS I DO NOT DRINK WHISKEY" TR ON ALCOHOL, APPOINTMENTS, AND THANKS TO A FRIEND AFTER THE MCKINLEY ASSASSINATION
Three Roosevelt letters, one just before the assassination of McKinley, one just shortly after, and the third from his second term as President. On 26 August 1901, just over a week before the President was shot, then Vice-President Roosevelt talks about the awkwardness of acknowledging gifts he does not use. In a letter marked "Private," he writes: "Mr. Scott sent me that whiskey with the business card of Mr. Jones on which was 'With the compliments of the Postmaster of Kansas City.' Now as it happens I do not drink whiskey, but I am continually sent packages of it." He goes on to discuss an appointment for a Jackson County judgeship. But after McKinley's death from Czolgosz's pistol on 14 September, Roosevelt had much weightier things on his mind. On 20 September he sends a short note of thanks, on mourning paper, to noted New York Tribune editor, Whitelaw Reid. "Your telegram of the 16th really pleases me, and I thank you for it." On 20 December 1906, in the middle of his second term, Roosevelt congratulates a fellow New Yorker on a political appointment: "I heartily congratulate you, and I feel that for his own sake the Governor has made a most excellent choice." Together 3 items. (3)
"NOW AS IT HAPPENS I DO NOT DRINK WHISKEY" TR ON ALCOHOL, APPOINTMENTS, AND THANKS TO A FRIEND AFTER THE MCKINLEY ASSASSINATION
Three Roosevelt letters, one just before the assassination of McKinley, one just shortly after, and the third from his second term as President. On 26 August 1901, just over a week before the President was shot, then Vice-President Roosevelt talks about the awkwardness of acknowledging gifts he does not use. In a letter marked "Private," he writes: "Mr. Scott sent me that whiskey with the business card of Mr. Jones on which was 'With the compliments of the Postmaster of Kansas City.' Now as it happens I do not drink whiskey, but I am continually sent packages of it." He goes on to discuss an appointment for a Jackson County judgeship. But after McKinley's death from Czolgosz's pistol on 14 September, Roosevelt had much weightier things on his mind. On 20 September he sends a short note of thanks, on mourning paper, to noted New York Tribune editor, Whitelaw Reid. "Your telegram of the 16th really pleases me, and I thank you for it." On 20 December 1906, in the middle of his second term, Roosevelt congratulates a fellow New Yorker on a political appointment: "I heartily congratulate you, and I feel that for his own sake the Governor has made a most excellent choice." Together 3 items. (3)