Theodore Roosevelt: ""Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible; for I have just been shot and the bullet is in me""
by Theodore Roosevelt
Oct-12. One of the momentous quotations in American political history, in the hand of its speaker In a private collection since shortly after the assassination attempt itself and never before on the market Newly discovered, not known to have survived, the only other known copy being the corrected version with no marks from TR, belonging to the heirs of Martin This version of the text, which appears only here and in Martin's copy, was the first printed version of the speech and... Read More
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Theodore Roosevelt Selects His Campaign Manager For His 1904 Presidential Campaign
by Theodore Roosevelt
6/5/04. Bliss accepted and led the highly successful campaign, TR’s only presidential run as a Republican This campaign led to the first calls for campaign finance reform, and this letter was cited in the investigation ""This rare document takes history inside one of TR’s most consequential political decisions in 1904: the selection of his campaign manager. It was a good one. TR won in a landslide: 336 to 140 in the electoral college and well over 2.5 million in the popular... Read More
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Theodore Roosevelt Seeks to Hold Together the Progressive Party, Meeting With Congressmen and Senators of the Party in the Wake of their 1912 defeat
by Theodore Roosevelt
1/1/13. This letter was obtained by us directly from the recipient’s family and has never before been offered for saleDuring his campaign for the presidency in 1904, Theodore Roosevelt publicly resolved not to run in 1908; instead, he supported his secretary of war, William Howard Taft, as the Republican nominee. Taft was elected president in 1908, but his conservative politics led to a falling out with Roosevelt, who decided to return to the political arena in order to oppose... Read More
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President Theodore Roosevelt Appoints the Solicitor General of the United States
by Theodore Roosevelt
23/02/1903. This is one of the highest level presidential appointments we have ever carriedHenry Martyn Hoyt Jr. became assistant attorney general in 1897, and was then appointed solicitor general of the United States by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. This is one of the highest ranking appointments below the cabinet level that a president can make. Hoyt served in that post from 1903 to 1909. After the end of Roosevelt's term in office Hoyt became a counselor to Taft’s... Read More
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Theodore Roosevelt & the Dawn of the American Century: ""I will tolerate no assault upon the navy or upon the honor of the country""
by Theodore Roosevelt
3/9/07. “...nor will I permit anything so fraught with menace as the usurpation by any clique of Wall Street senators of my function as Commander-in-Chief."".With an original cartoon that Roosevelt himself cut out and sent with the letterIn 1898, at the end of the Spanish-American War, the United States was thrust into the mainstream of international affairs and gained status as a world power, acquiring as possessions the Philippines and Guam in the Pacific, then Puerto Rico in the... Read More
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President Theodore Roosevelt and Naturalist John Burroughs Debate Whether Animals Consciously Teach Their Young, a Question TR Feels is Important
by Theodore Roosevelt
1/8/03. A century later TR was proven right, showing the depth of his understanding of wildlife“I should be rather surprised if it proved true that the higher monkey did not occasionally teach its offspring on some point or other in a way analogous - even if somewhat remotely analogous - to the way in which a Bushman teaches his or her offspring… It seems to me that no harm will come from its being known that we differ on... Read More
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Theodore Roosevelt's Original Handheld Manuscript Victory Message on Election Night 1898, The Key Moment in His Rise, As His Election As Governor Was Assured
by Theodore Roosevelt
08/11/1898. ""I shall do all in my power to redeem every promise I have made, expressed or implied…I believe I can best serve the Republican Party by doing everything I can to help it serve the state. I shall strive to administer the office of governor in the interests of the whole people. It is by so doing that I can best show my appreciation of the support given me by the independents and Democrats…""[embed size=""full""]https://player.vimeo.com/511644882[/embed] Wrote Edward F. O'Keefe,... Read More
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President Theodore Roosevelt Appoints a Native American to Survey the Great Standing Rock Reservation for US Takeover
by Theodore Roosevelt
26/02/1909. The government takeover was the direct result of the Supreme Court decisions making Native American treaties subservient to subsequent actions of CongressIn 1874, General George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry entered the Black Hills and discovered gold, starting a gold rush. The United States government wanted to buy or rent the Black Hills from the Lakota people, but led by their spiritual leader Sitting Bull, they refused to sell or rent their lands. The Great Sioux War... Read More
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President Theodore Roosevelt Appoints Victor H. Metcalf Secretary of Commerce and Labor
by Theodore Roosevelt
7/12/04. An extremely uncommon Cabinet appointment, the first of TR that we have hadVictor H. Metcalf was a Congressman who served from 1899 to 1904. In Congress he served on the Naval Affairs and the Ways and Means committees, where he pressed for the construction of a large battleship navy. His legislation for reclamation of arid lands by irrigation put him in touch with President Theodore Roosevelt, who liked the idea so much he inserted it into his party’s... Read More
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Theodore Roosevelt Is Shocked That Antiwar Congressman Ernest Lundeen Opposed the Declaration of War With Austria-Hungary
by Theodore Roosevelt
31/01/1918. When World War I broke out in Europe in 1914, many Americans strongly supported the Allies, and the foremost and outspoken among them was ex-President Theodore Roosevelt. TR blamed Germany for the war and its atrocities, and openly advocated taking a harsh line against that nation. there was no universal American championship of the Allies cause, and in fact many people leaned towards the German side. In fact, in 1916 President Wilson ran for reelection on the slogan... Read More
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Mere Days After Surviving a Failed Assassination Attempt, Theodore Roosevelt Responds to His Friend John Burroughs’ Concern
by Theodore Roosevelt
25/10/1912. Together with Burroughs’ own retained copy of his letter to Roosevelt dated October 18, four days after the shooting, remarking, “I shall send you a copy of my new volume – ‘Time and Change’ – if you had had a copy of that in your vest pocket that night, I am sure the hostile bullet would not have penetrated all that geology.” In a private collection since shortly after the assassination attempt itself and never before offered for sale Written... Read More
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Theodore Roosevelt: We are the Real Heirs to the Legacy of Abraham Lincoln and the Representatives of the People
by Theodore Roosevelt
24/01/1913. This is a new party, one with no allegiance to a boss but just to the people: ""It is as idle to talk of our amalgamating with either of the old party machines as it would have been to talk of the Lincoln Republicans amalgamating either with the Bourbon Democrats or the Cotton Whigs of their day."" “There is no place in our ranks for the boss, for the man who represents the alliance between privilege in business and... Read More
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Defends His New Office of Price Administration, Set Up to Control Rents and the Availability and Price of Commodities on the Verge of World War II
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
30/08/1941. “My administration has sought from the outset to restore agricultural prices to levels which would enable our farm people to share equally with urban people the goods and services of their joint effort…But neither…can we ask our consumers to bear inordinate increases in living costs. Moreover, unless we act promptly to check the inflationary tendencies in evidence all about us, agriculture itself will be burdened with rising debts and higher costs, as it was following the last war.”In... Read More
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Appoints One of the New Deal’s Top Engineers Governor of the Panama Canal
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
15/05/1944. The only Canal Zone governorship appointment we can find reaching the market in over 40 yearsJoseph C. Mehaffey was a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was first assigned to the Panama Canal Zone in 1911-1912, then was sent to Alaska as Chief Engineer to build bridges, roads, and trails throughout the territory. During World War I he served in the Office of the Chief of Engineers in Washington. After the war he was named... Read More
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Huge, Imposing Signed Portrait Photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Early in His Term as President
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
1/4/33. Oversize, imposing 13 by 16 inch portrait photograph of FDR near the start of his term as president, as he launched the New Deal, seated at his desk with letter in hand, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Robert Livingston Bailey, from Franklin D. Roosevelt.""
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940: The American Flag Is the Symbol of Freedom
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
16/04/1940. Just before the turn of the 20th century, international rivalries between Britain, Germany and the United States were settled by the Tripartite Convention that partitioned the Samoan Islands into two parts: the eastern island group became a territory of the United States today known as American Samoa; the western islands became known as German Samoa (they are now the nation of Samoa). In return, Germany gave up claims it had in Africa to Britain. On April 17, 1900,... Read More
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A Newly Discovered Memento, Emblematic of the Transatlantic Cooperation That Won World War II, Signed by Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the 8 Men Participating in a Mission of Solidarity
by Winston Churchill|Franklin D. Roosevelt|Eleanor Roosevelt
Dec-43. This great event, sponsored by the British and American governments, was the subject of media reports in both countries and a US government war-time documentary to support the mission, that spans nearly 30 minutes and can be watched below Unique, and also signed by Gen. Bernard Montgomery, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, newsmen covering the event, and dozens of others Compiled by John H. Jones, a British member of the mission, union leader, and future Member of Parliament, and retained by... Read More
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's “Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Rev. Dr. Hyde of Honolulu”
by Franklin D. Roosevelt|Eleanor Roosevelt
1/1/30. FDR had a great interest in Father Damien, who devoted his life to helping lepers, and got the U.S. Navy to transport Damien’s casket to Belgium for reburial.Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped.Stevenson is also remembered because of his famous reply, in the form of a... Read More
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With War Looming in Europe in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt Will Personally Witness U.S. Naval War Readiness Exercises
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
24/01/1939. “I am off I hope in February for somewhere to the eastward of Barbados - Fleet Problem no. XX. You will not read much about it in the paper, but I will tell you about it on your way north.”President Roosevelt was appalled by the dictators in Europe and Asia, and by the appeasement of them. He saw before most that war was coming, and that the United States would be drawn into it. He wanted the U.S.... Read More
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On the Verge of Victory in World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt States That He Is “fighting for those policies which…I believe are in the nation's best interest”
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
28/11/1944. Looking to the future, FDR believes that “America will achieve that essential unity.”The 1944 election was the 40th presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II, which ended the following year. In it, Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term. To a degree it was a referendum on Roosevelt’s performance as wartime leader.PM was a liberal-leaning daily newspaper... Read More
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Accordance with Article II of the U.S. Constitution, Formally Seeks the “Advice and Consent” of the Senate to an International Treaty
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
27/01/1939. “To the end that I may receive the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification of the revised regulations, I transmit herewith a certified copy of the revision of the General Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunications Convention…” A rare letter of any president to the U.S. Senate, and the first seeking the Constitutionally required “Advice and Consent” that we have ever seenThe International Radiocommunication Conference was the first of the administrative radiocommunications conferences. It dealt with... Read More
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Rossini Prepares for the Great Worlds Fair in Paris in 1867
by Gioachino Rossini
29/01/1867. Gioachino Rossini, the great Italian composer who wrote operas, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces, is perhaps best-known for works like ""The Barber of Seville."" He is often referred to as the Italian Mozart, a reference to his skill and the young age at which it was accomplished.In 1855, Rossini moved to Paris, where he settled, and established himself as a cultural figure in that city, entertaining and occasionally composing. He hosted many literary and... Read More
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The Final Treaty of Ghent, in the Form of the Outline and Detailed Analysis Sent to the Head of America's Diplomatic Corp in Europe
by Jonathan Russell
23/12/1814. “We shall receive the British ministers at a conference this day to fill up the blanks, particularly those with respect to the limitation of capture at sea, and to arrange some of the formalities of the treaty. This done, and fair copies of the treaty drawn up, it will be signed. You have now before you the results of our labors. I will make no other comment than that I believe we have done the best, or nearly... Read More
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Battle for Legacy: War of 1812 Negotiator Jonathan Russell Enlists William H. Crawford In His Heart-felt Defense Against Attacks by John Quincy Adams
by Jonathan Russell
05/06/1822. On August 8, 1814, talks began at Ghent, Belgium, that would ultimately result in a treaty ending the War of 1812. The head of the American negotiating team was John Quincy Adams, the U.S.’s most experienced diplomat. The four men who served with him were carefully selected by President Madison to reflect the varieties of political sentiment in the United States. Foremost among them was Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and a noted War Hawk.... Read More
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Large Comic Strip Signed by Charles Schulz on January 18, 1992, Featuring Snoopy's Brother, Spike, in the Desert
by Charles Schulz
18/01/1992. Peanuts is perhaps the most quintessentially American comic strip and was a mainstay in major US and foreign publications for decades.The comic strip, a high resolution reproduction, from January 18, 1992, measuring a large 20 x 7 inches, dated January 18 1992, picturing Snoopy's brother Spike making waffles, drawn by Schulz himself, with the quote, ""When I got up this morning I thought to myself 'Gee wouldn't a waffle be good?'""The strip is signed and inscribed to Leon,... Read More
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