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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919). Autograph letter signed (“Theodore Roosevelt”), to Wyndham R. Meredith, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, 10 April 1888. 4 pages, 8vo, Sagamore Hill stationery, with original autograph envelope.
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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919). Autograph letter signed (“Theodore Roosevelt”), to Wyndham R. Meredith, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, 10 April 1888. 4 pages, 8vo, Sagamore Hill stationery, with original autograph envelope.
TR RANKS JEFFERSON AMONG THE FOUNDERS in this fascinating letter prompted by a favorable review of his Gouveneur Morris biography. Meredith penned the review and Roosevelt says “the article pleased me very much; it took my book in precisely the spirit I wrote it.” He then goes over the rival currency systems formulated by both Morris and Jefferson. He thought Morris’s scheme “rather cumbrous,” with its plan for “quints, crowns, etc.” Jefferson “simplified the scheme and made it practical.” But nevertheless “Morris’s had some real advantages. [Jared] Sparks, a Jeffersonian, writing in 1832, regretted that it had not been adopted. But of course Jefferson was much the best. The Declaration of Independence and the annexation of Louisiana are deeds which, no matter how harshly we of Federalist proclivities may judge [him], must raise him above all other statesmen of his day save Washington, Franklin and I think Hamilton.” A fine letter showing the young and future President commenting on the man who would later join him on Mount Rushmore.
TR RANKS JEFFERSON AMONG THE FOUNDERS in this fascinating letter prompted by a favorable review of his Gouveneur Morris biography. Meredith penned the review and Roosevelt says “the article pleased me very much; it took my book in precisely the spirit I wrote it.” He then goes over the rival currency systems formulated by both Morris and Jefferson. He thought Morris’s scheme “rather cumbrous,” with its plan for “quints, crowns, etc.” Jefferson “simplified the scheme and made it practical.” But nevertheless “Morris’s had some real advantages. [Jared] Sparks, a Jeffersonian, writing in 1832, regretted that it had not been adopted. But of course Jefferson was much the best. The Declaration of Independence and the annexation of Louisiana are deeds which, no matter how harshly we of Federalist proclivities may judge [him], must raise him above all other statesmen of his day save Washington, Franklin and I think Hamilton.” A fine letter showing the young and future President commenting on the man who would later join him on Mount Rushmore.