PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/19/1896 - HFSID 57248
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Theodore Roosevelt sends a typed letter as Police Commissioner asking if a
day in on a Harvard Overseer's day and if it is he can come.
Typed Letter Signed: "Theodore Roosevelt" as Police
Commissioner, 1p, 7¾x10½ attached to 8¼x11½ piece of paper. Police
Department of the City of New York, 300 Mulberry Street, New York, 1896 November
19. To Barrett Wendell, Esq., 358 Marlboro Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
In full: "Instead of answering formally I write to know if that is by
any chance on a Harvard Overseer's day. If so, I will come, but otherwise, I
cannot. Faithfully yours,". On May 6, 1895 Theodore Roosevelt, who had
formerly served for six years on the U.S. Civil Service Commission, was invited
to become a Commissioner over the New York City police force by reform Mayor
William Strong. In The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, National Edition,
Police Commissioner Roosevelt wrote in September 1895, in part: "Personally,
I think I can best serve the Republican party by taking the police force
absolutely out of politics. Our duty is to preserve order, to protect life and
property, to arrest criminals, and to secure honest elections". Roosevelt
began by ousting the corrupt Chief of Police, who claimed that he had made his
$300,000 fortune by speculating in the stock market. He also captured the
attention of the city's citizens and the press with his nocturnal walks
through the city in a black cape, searching for policemen neglecting their
duties. Roosevelt's popularity diminished somewhat, when he insisted on
enforcing the city's "blue laws", which closed saloons on Sunday. On
April 19, 1897, Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by
President William McKinley. Lightly soiled at lower right margin, vertical
fold touches the second "T" in Theodore, else fine condition.
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