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Washington, D.C.,, 1897. TLS as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to author Arlo Bates on Navy Department stationery, 1 1/2 pages, 29 September 1897. T. R. pauses in his official duties to send a warm and enthusiastic letter of appreciation to a fellow author and reveals some of his strong prejudices about modern literature. In part: " Just a line to say how very much I have enjoyed your volume of essays just out ( referring to Batres's "Talks on the Study of Literature"). "Cabot Lodge wrote me calling my attention to it, and I owe him a debt of gratitude...It did me good to see the straightforward fashion in which you dealt with Maeterlinck, Ibsen, Verlaine, Tolstoi and the decadents generally. I wish Howells could be persuaded to read and profit by what you have written! It seems to me, however, that both Meredith and Hardy in his latter books, beginning with 'Tess', show distinct symptoms of the same disease, although it takes very different form in the two…
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as President, in black fountain pen ink on printed White House letterhead, Oyster Bay, New York, August 1, 1905. 4to. 1 page with integral leaf; paper watermarked "Whiting's Woven Linen." (recto only). Together with the original mailing stamped envelope postmarked Oyster Bay, August 2, 1905 and backstamped with Ridgefield, Conn, rec'd postmark. Very good, fresh example. To Miss Ellen Velvin: The Bailey Inn Ridgefield, Conn. Even the strenuous duties of President did not prevent Roosevelt from pursuing his interests in hunting and natural history. In full: "My dear Miss Velvin: I am greatly obliged to you. You have given me just the information I needed. I was very much puzzled by the way pumas behaved when I hunted them, for it did not seem possible that leopards or jaguars could behave in such manner and yet be the dangerous creatures they were reported. Evidently there is a real psychic difference between the cougar and the other big cats, as your observations upon them in captivity show." Roosevelt adds 18 words in his own hand: "In the wild state I personally have known young cougars, but never old cougars, to frolic and play." Ellen Velvin was the author of several books about wild animals both in the wild, in zoos and in circuses. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), author, statesman, and explorer; 26th President of the United States (1901-09). Not located in the Collected Letters.
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Oyster Bay, NY:, 1916. To Judge John Allison of Nashville, Tenn, 1 page, large 8vo. in response to his letter urging him to run for the Presidency. Mindful that his 1912 Presidential run under the Bull Moose standard had virtually handed Woodrow Wilson the election, the former President had not actively sought the 1916 nomination, despite such strong encouragement.. Six days after this letter was written, Roosevelt was indeed nominated for President by the newly constituted Progressive Party. On the very same day the Republican Party nominated Charles Evans Hughes. In this characteristically candid letter Roosevelt reflects philosophically about his chances: " My Dear Judge, That's a mighty nice letter of yours! But whether the politicians will nominate me at Chicago is more than doubtful. I am making thsi fight on straight national lines. On Memorial Day I made a particular request that I speak at the invitation not only of the G.A.R., but also of the Confederate Veterans, for I intend to go down or…
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Washington, D.C.,, 1902. As President to Edward North Buxton, on White House stationery, tipped to the rear flyleaf of Buxton's book Two African Trips. Buxton was a noted British politician and an ardent conservationist which explains Roosevelt's admiration and friendship. T.R. writes: "I have been delighted with your book. You are one of the most potent among the teachers and pioneers in the movement which will make the lover of big game and of the wilderness an instrument against, instead of in favor of, the destruction of both. As I grow older I do not lose my taste for hunting, and I think my fondness for the wilderness increases; but I certainly disbelieve more and moe in butchery. I have taken the liberty of sending you a copy of a volume to which I contributed in which you will see that I preach somewhat the same doctrine. " He adds a holographic invitation for Buxton to be his guest at the White House. This letter is a wonderful statement of Roosevelt's complimentary…
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New York: np, 1913. First edition. no binding. Very Good. PASSIONATE AND IMPORTANT LETTER BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT DEFINING THE NATURE OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY. The letter, signed and typed by Roosevelt on letterhead of The Outlook magazine (where Roosevelt was a contributor and associate editor) and dated February 14, 1913, is addressed to Progressive Party Committeeman Henry Wallace and reads in full: The Outlook 287 Fourth Avenue New York February 14, 1913 My dear Mr. Wallace, I have written a letter to Mr Watkins which I hope he will show you. Michigan is to elect a number of State officer and various county, city and township officers this Spring. I hope we shall have a straight Progressive ticket put up in the State and in every city and township. I see in the press that the regulars of the Republican Party are endeavoring to absorb our representatives. Now the Progressive Party stands for principals, not men. We have in our ranks very many ex-Democrats just as we have very many…
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