PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/28/1903 - HFSID 32396

THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Theodore Roosevelt sends a typed letter returning some items that were sent to him.
Typed Letter signed: "Theodore Roosevelt" as President, 1p, 7x8¾. Washington, D.C., 1903 November 28. On White House letterhead to N. J. O'Connell, Esq., New York, New York. In full: "I am in receipt of your favor of the 27th, with enclosure, [not present] which I return. It was a pleasure to hear from you. With regard, believe me, Sincerely yours," 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 (1858-1919) 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. Dissatisfied with the record of his hand-picked successor, William Howard Taft, Roosevelt sought the Presidency again in 1912 on the ticket of the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party, losing to Democrat Woodrow Wilson but polling more votes than Republican nominee Taft. Lightly creased. Slightly soiled. Vertical fold crosses all of signature. Otherwise, fine condition.