26th President. Amazing typed letter signed “T. Roosevelt”, January 11, 1911, The Outlook stationery, sent to a young child name Will D. Hancock Jr. in La Cygne, Kansas, in full:
Dear little friend:
It is very nice to hear from you, and I am glad to know that your Papa is a Roosevelt man, and that your Mama is too! I am glad you are to have a gun when you are thirteen, and I am sure you will use it well.
Three horizontal folds, small stain to left of large signature, remnants from being previously affixed to another page on verso.
TR was the former president at this time, engaged in writing, public speaking, and promoting his progressive "New Nationalism". Early 1911 found him on a tour through Texas where he was greeted enthusiastically, and an address at the dedication of the Roosevelt Dam in Arizona. He also wrote a letter to a journalist in this period stating it was "unlikely" he would run for president in the future, though his position would later change.
Roosevelt was an ardent supporter of gun ownership for hunting, sport, and self-defense. This is the only letter we can find directly related to his stance on guns addressed to a child.
26th President. Amazing typed letter signed “T. Roosevelt”, January 11, 1911, The Outlook stationery, sent to a young child name Will D. Hancock Jr. in La Cygne, Kansas, in full:
Dear little friend:
It is very nice to hear from you, and I am glad to know that your Papa is a Roosevelt man, and that your Mama is too! I am glad you are to have a gun when you are thirteen, and I am sure you will use it well.
Three horizontal folds, small stain to left of large signature, remnants from being previously affixed to another page on verso.
TR was the former president at this time, engaged in writing, public speaking, and promoting his progressive "New Nationalism". Early 1911 found him on a tour through Texas where he was greeted enthusiastically, and an address at the dedication of the Roosevelt Dam in Arizona. He also wrote a letter to a journalist in this period stating it was "unlikely" he would run for president in the future, though his position would later change.
Roosevelt was an ardent supporter of gun ownership for hunting, sport, and self-defense. This is the only letter we can find directly related to his stance on guns addressed to a child.
