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ROOT, ELIHU

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ROOT, ELIHU
(1845 - 1937) Secretary of State in Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet, awarded the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in European and Latin American disputes. Good content T.L.S. on his legal letterhead, 1p. 4to., New York, July 27, 1899, in part: "…I beg to thank you for your very kind telegram of congratulation upon my appointment as Secretary of War. The position present many serious difficulties and the certainty of great labor, and it is a satisfaction to feel that I have the confidence of those who have known me…" Very good.