Auction Date:2010 Aug 11 @ 22:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Partly-printed DS, signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as president and “Wm. H. Taft” as secretary of war, one page, 20.5 x 16.75, March 1, 1907. Roosevelt appoints Theodore P. Shonts a “member and Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission.” Signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt and countersigned by Taft. Framed to an overall size of 22 x 18. In very good condition, with heavy central horizontal and vertical fold, with a partial separation along horizontal fold, and scattered toning. The blue seal is slightly worn, but intact.
Roosevelt established the Isthmian Canal Commission in 1904 to oversee construction of the Panama Canal, a project that the president viewed as being of utmost importance to the American people. The commission reported directly to Taft, whose Department of War directed the canal’s excavation. By 1907, however, the project’s chief engineer started bypassing the group’s authority and sending requests directly to Roosevelt’s administration. Two presidential signatures on a single document pertaining to one of the most significant waterways constructed.
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