Auction Date:2010 May 12 @ 10:00 (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
ALS, two pages, 5.75 x 7.75, Sagamore Hill letterhead, October 26, 1917. Roosevelt writes to prominent financier Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874–1938). In full: “The ducks were the very nicest gifts we could have received; I am very glad we have such a thoughtful sportsman friend! Of course I shall do all I can for Mitchell; the outlook may grow brighter—it can’t grow darker. When are we to see your children over here?” In clean, fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Roosevelt’s hand, bearing two “Buy a Liberty Loan Bond” stampings.
Mackay and Roosevelt were not only fellow hunters but also neighbors, each enjoying life in New York’s Nassau County. Roosevelt was undoubtedly being sincere in his thanks here for the waterfowl, as the hunter also recognized the need to protect wildlife habitats. To that end, he used his presidency to establish the National Wildlife Refuge System, creating more than 150 million acres of habitat dedicated to wildlife, and ironically leading to enhanced duck populations for hunters. The two men shared another historic bond, as Mackay, a telegraph company magnate, was present on Independence Day, 1903, when TR transmitted the first around-the-world message from his home in Sagamore Hill using Mackay’s Commercial Pacific Cable system. Terrific association between two old friends and the wildlife connection they shared. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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