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EDITH K. ROOSEVELT

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EDITH K. ROOSEVELT
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>EDITH K. ROOSEVELT </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>(1861-1948). Second wife of Theodore Roosevelt who was First Lady during his administration (1901-09). ALS, 4pp, 12mo, Oyster Bay, New York, Oct 10, 1936. On her Sagamore Hill letterhead to her friend Miss Anderson, the President’s widow writes in part, “<i>The box came and your letter, but I was still too weak and ill to know about them. After breaking my hip a troublesome “heart condition” set in but at last I am gaining strength and can sit out of doors in the sun, though I do not like to drive as my heavy brace makes the motion of the car uncomfortable...It is better to live alone...My children come for visits, but generally I am quite by myself in this house so filled with happy memories...You know I am seventy five years old & my eldest son is a grandfather! Until this illness I was able to travel and take long walks, and never realized my age. Let us remember each other</i>...” More personal content. Boldly penned and signed. Light occasional soiling; o/w VG.</span></p>