26th President. Autograph letter signed "Theodore Roosevelt", October 8 [no year but 1888 based on the stationery and content], "Sagamore Hill, Syosset Station, L.I., Oyster Bay P.O." stationery, sent to Cornelius Bliss, who would later serve as Secretary of the Interior under President McKinley, 1st and 3rd pages of four-page leaf, in full:
I have to leave on the 10th as I told you; if I can I am to speak at the Federal Club that evening before going.
When I come back from the west I wish to stop in and have a talk with you on various matters political.
In very good condition, loss at top edge affecting one word on second page, folds.
Theodore Roosevelt spoke at the Federal Club in New York City on October 9, 1888. At the time, Roosevelt was a rising Republican politician and reformer, and his speech was part of the campaign season leading up to the presidential election of 1888, in which Benjamin Harrison defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland.
In his speech, Roosevelt emphasized the need to end patronage and corruption in government hiring. He defended the Republican Party’s stance on tariffs and economic growth. He also attacked Grover Cleveland’s administration for failing to uphold reform promises.
26th President. Autograph letter signed "Theodore Roosevelt", October 8 [no year but 1888 based on the stationery and content], "Sagamore Hill, Syosset Station, L.I., Oyster Bay P.O." stationery, sent to Cornelius Bliss, who would later serve as Secretary of the Interior under President McKinley, 1st and 3rd pages of four-page leaf, in full:
I have to leave on the 10th as I told you; if I can I am to speak at the Federal Club that evening before going.
When I come back from the west I wish to stop in and have a talk with you on various matters political.
In very good condition, loss at top edge affecting one word on second page, folds.
Theodore Roosevelt spoke at the Federal Club in New York City on October 9, 1888. At the time, Roosevelt was a rising Republican politician and reformer, and his speech was part of the campaign season leading up to the presidential election of 1888, in which Benjamin Harrison defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland.
In his speech, Roosevelt emphasized the need to end patronage and corruption in government hiring. He defended the Republican Party’s stance on tariffs and economic growth. He also attacked Grover Cleveland’s administration for failing to uphold reform promises.
