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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “To John
Randolph Watson / with the best wishes of / Theodore Roosevelt / May 29th 1915,” full-
length portrait, showing him holding gloves in one hand and top hat in the other.
Inscribed in the image, lower edge. 9x7 inches; scattered marginal abrasions and soiling,
minor creases at lower left touching inscription, minor silvering in dark areas, remnants of
prior mounting overall verso.
Np, 29 May 1915
[700/1,000]
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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Typed Letter Signed, to financier Gurdon W.
Wattles, declining regretfully to commit to an engagement: “. . . indeed the demands upon
me for every kind of service and action have become so heavy, that it is a physical impossi-
bility for me to undertake another engagement . . . .” 1 page, 4to, “Metropolitan”
stationery; edges faintly toned, folds; matted with an original portrait from
Vanity Fair
and
framed.
New York, 7 June 1917
[250/350]
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TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD. Brief Typed Letter Signed, “WHTaft,” as President,
to Robert D. Heinl, expressing amusement at his article about quoting the President and
noting that he follows [
Frank
]
Leslie’s Weekly.
1 page, 4to, White House stationery, with
integral blank; even toning overall, horizontal fold.
Beverly, MA, 23 August 1910
[80/120]
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