1940 Handwritten Letter Signed Edith K. Roosevelt
Published by New York, N.Y., 1940
- First Edition
- Used
Seller: Certain Books, ABAA, Las Cruces, NM, U.S.A.Certain Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since November 24, 1997
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 115.49
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Composed on one side, dated Nov 12th1940; on Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Senior Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay, New York letterhead notepaper; American Stationery Company watermark. A note of grateful thanks for a picture sent to her, signed ".Sincerely yours Edith K. Roosevelt" Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (1861-1948) second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, ".a self-effacing but competent first lady, guiding renovations, restoring the mansion to its early colonial style, entertaining often but not lavishly, hiring the first social secretary to serve a first lady." Later seeing ".three of her sons give their lives in service to their country.after her husband's death in 1919 she traveled extensively, wrote books, joined the first women voters at the polls, and became active in politics." (Dorothy Clarke Wilson in the ANB) Approx. 6" x 6 7/8" size; a little darkened, old mount evidence on back; old fold lines; in very good condition.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- 1940 Handwritten Letter Signed Edith K. Roosevelt
- Author
- (Americana - 20th Century - Autograph Letter - Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Senior)
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y.
- Publication year
- 1940
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- No Binding
- Edition
- Manuscript.
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Certain Books, ABAA
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