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Theodore Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Auction Date:2011 Jun 15 @ 18:00 (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 as president signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 7.25 x 9, black-bordered Executive Mansion letterhead, October 16, 1901. Brief letter to George Matthews of the Buffalo Express. In full: “I have at once requested information about the De Barry matter.” A central horizontal fold directly above signature, Roosevelt’s signature a couple shades light, but still completely legible, mild toning, and two punch holes to top edge, otherwise fine condition.

This brief message, composed on black-bordered stationery to reflect the nation’s continued mourning over William McKinley’s death just a month earlier, refers to a labor conflict during the construction of the international Niagara Bridge. American labor organizations had objected to Canadian mechanics working on the US end of the bridge, arguing such work was a violation of labor law. “De Barry,” was a US inspector in Buffalo, New York, whose investigation of the matter concluded no such infringement had taken place. Great associative content between the presidency and big labor.