Auction Date:2011 Feb 09 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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
TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 6.5 x 7.5, The Outlook letterhead, June 10, 1913. Letter to George Haas. In full: “I must send you just one line to say how pleased I was to get your letter. Naturally I am gratified at the outcome of the libel suit.” In very good condition, with rusty paperclip mark and staple holes to top left, a uniform shade of mild toning, with a few heavier spots, a bit of light soiling, and a central horizontal fold.
This letter refers to a successful libel law suit that TR had filed against George Newett, who in a mean-spirited editorial in a Michigan newspaper referred to the former president as a drunkard. ‘Roosevelt lies, and curses in a most disgusting way, he gets drunk too, and that not infrequently, and all of his intimates know about it,’ wrote Newett. Roosevelt, running for the presidency at the time as a member of the Bull Moose Party, had earlier made a vow to challenge any newspaper that accused him of being intoxicated to prove it in court. After a cavalcade of defense witnesses, Newett admitted he was wrong. TR was satisfied with the verdict that upheld his reputation, and accepted a monetary reward in the amount of six cents...an amount he later said was ‘enough to buy a good newspaper.’ An outstanding first-person reference to one of the early 20th century’s most important libel suits.
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