Swann Galleries - Autographs - Sale 2428, November 1, 2016

U.S. PRESIDENT INTRODUCES GOVERNOR OF CANAL ZONE

TO PANAMA’S PRESIDENT

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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to the President

of Panama Manuel Amador Guerrero, introducing the Governor of the Canal Zone

George W. Davis. 1

page, 4to,White House stationery; ink received stamp and secretary’s

notes at lower right of signature page, 2 punch holes at upper edge of each page, horizontal

fold, bold signature. (MRS)

Washington, 9 May 1904

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Permit me to introduce to you General George W. Davis . . . Governor of the canal zone.

General Davis is . . . a veteran of the great Civil War, who has acted as Governor of Porto

Rico and has been for several years in command of all the forces in the Philippines. . . . I solicit

. . . any courtesy which you may be disposed to show . . . in order that there may be full and

harmonious agreement for bringing to a successful conclusion the great work in which our two

nations have so deep an interest.”

On November 18, 1903, representatives of the U.S. and Panama signed the Hay-Bunau-

Varilla Treaty, according to which the U.S. was granted sovereignty over the Panama Canal

Zone.Theodore Roosevelt’s executive order of May 9, 1904, empowered the Isthmian Canal

Commission to establish the government of the Zone and oversee construction of the Panama

Canal.When the Canal was completed in 1914, it represented one of the largest engineering

projects ever undertaken.

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FDR’S MOTHER PURCHASES PROPERTY FOR HER SON

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ROOSEVELT, SARA DELANO. Autograph Letter Signed, “SaraDRoosevelt,” to

one of the Roosevelt family attorneys John Hackett, sending a check for Franklin’s farm

[not present]. 1 page, 8vo, “Campobello Island” embossed stationery; horizontal folds.With

the original envelope. (MRS)

Campobello Island, ME, 24 July 1911

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The property mentioned in the letter is likely an expansion of the Springwood estate in Hyde

Park, NY.

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ROOSEVELT,THEODORE.Two Typed Letters Signed.The first, as President of

the New York City Board of Police Commissioners, to Archibald Hopkins, expressing

delight at his words, adding that “You and I are Americans, at any rate.” The second, “T.

Roosevelt,” to C.C. Buel of

Century Magazine

, written one month before being elected

Governor of New York, sending thanks. Each

page, 4to, “Police Department” or

“Republican State Committee” stationery; some scattered staining to first letter, folds. (MRS)

NewYork, 9 January 1895; 1 October 1898

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