PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 04/07/1899 - HFSID 57247
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Theodore Roosevelt signs this typed letter in which he mentions
appropriation for Newtown Creek, dated 1899
Typed Letter Signed: "T. Roosevelt" as Governor of New
York, 1p, 8x10½. Albany, 1899 April 7. To Hon. J.S. Van Duzer,
Horseheads, N.Y. In full: "I have yours of the 5th inst with enclosure in
reference to the appropriation for Newtown Creek. I shall try to make inquiry
about that at once." Newtown Creek flows from the northeast, south
through the town of Horseheads, New York. VAN DUZER's great-grandfather, James
Sayer, was one of the original settlers of the town of Horseheads in 1792.
Theodore Roosevelt(1858-1919, born in New York City) is one of
America's most well-known and flamboyant presidents. Roosevelt's heroism in the
Spanish-American War, where he earned the Medal of Honor for leading his
volunteer "Rough Riders" in a charge up San Juan Hill (1898), helped
him win the governorship of New York the next year. Elected Vice President in
1900, Roosevelt assumed the presidency upon President William McKinley's
assassination (1901), becoming America's youngest president. He was
re-elected in 1904. Roosevelt was the first American to win a Nobel Prize for
Peace, receiving the 1906 award for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese
War. Known for his "Speak softly and carry a big stick" foreign policy,
Roosevelt settled the Canadian-Alaskan boundary dispute in 1903 and initiated
construction of the Panama Canal in 1904. He converted more than 125 million
acres of land into national forests and was a staunch advocate of antitrust
legislation. After failing to secure the Republican nomination, he run as the
Progressive ("Bull Moose") candidate in the famous presidential contest of 1912.
He lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson but securing more votes than incumbent
William Howard Taft, becoming the most successful third-party candidate in
recent United States history. Folds. Lightly creased and soiled. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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