Auction Date:2011 Jul 13 @ 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, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, United States Civil Service Commission letterhead, December 27, 1890. Letter to Representative William McKinley, Jr. In full: “I reinclose [sic] the letter from Professor Kirkwood about Miss Grove. Miss Grove has been twice certified for appointment, but each time another lady with a higher average from South Carolina was chosen. I am sorry to say that South Carolina’s quota is now full, and therefore it is not very likely that Miss Grove will again be certified for appointment. The female copyist register is more crowded than any other, and the chances for appointment from it are therefore not good.” Several intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, a block of uniform overall toning from previous display, and a few small edge tears, otherwise fine condition.
In 1890, TR—the nation’s future 26th president—was a member of the Civil Service Commission, where he gained a reputation for strictly enforcing civil service laws. He used the role to reintroduce himself to public service...and lead him toward notoriety as a national war hero, governor of New York, and vice president—a role in which he served under the recipient of this letter. Republican leaders had essentially forced Roosevelt on McKinley as his running mate following the death of Vice President Garret Hobart. Following McKinley’s victory, however, the president had no plans to make Roosevelt a part of his inner circle. Despite having been kept at arm’s length, the chief executive’s 1901 assassination would elevate TR to the presidency. Outstanding association between two future US leaders.
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