26th President. Typed letter signed (TLS) "Theodore Roosevelt" AS PRESIDENT, September 11, 1903, 7x9, White House, Washington stationery, to "Mr. Roger Sherman Baldwin, Forest Ranger, Griffin, Ventura County, Cal.", in full:

Will you treat the enclosed letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office as purely confidential and return it to me?  I like your letter and appreciate the public spirit in which you are rendering service to the Government.  I wish you to see some of the difficulties under which we work, even at headquarters.

Great content letter with large, dark Roosevelt autograph.  Letter is in good condition, with edge wear and horizontal mailing fold

Roger Sherman Baldwin was the son of the former Governor of Connecticut and a US Senator, who also was an influential lawyer involved in the Amistad case