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THEODORE ROOSEVELT. TYPED LETTER SIGNED, 13 MAY 1916, TO RICHARD CAMPBELL
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- Typed letter signed ("Theodore Roosevelt") to the Hon. Richard Campbell ("My dear Judge"), downplaying his prospects for the 1916 Republican presidential nomination
One page (10 x 6 7/8 in.; 253 x 172 mm), Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, 13 May 1916; light fold creases.
Condition
One page (10 x 6 7/8 in.; 253 x 172 mm), Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, 13 May 1916; light fold creases.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Teddy Roosevelt succeeded to the presidency in the midst of the Philippine-American War, during which time he perhaps made the acquaintance of Richard Campbell, judge of the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila. He here thanks Campbell for some recent correspondence, but tempers the judge's expectation that the GOP might again choose Roosevelt as its presidential standard-bearer. "That’s an awfully nice letter of yours! I will see Judge Moreland as soon as possible. Now, I wish I could see you and go over this situation.
"I do not believe that the Republicans have any intention of nominating me. I only hope they will give us some man who will be the antithesis of Wilson. What a trump General Barry is!" (Thomas Henry Barry—who had earlier been appointed by President Roosevelt as commander of the Army of Cuban Occupation and Pacification and had also served as Superintendent of West Point—was at the time the commander American troops in the Philippines and China.)
Roosevelt's 1912 third-party challenge to his former friend and vice president, William Howard Taft, put Woodrow Wilson in the White House. With the looming prospect of American involvement in the war in Europe as the central issue of the 1916 campaign, the Democrats nominated incumbent Wilson while the Republicans nominated Charles Evans Hughes of New York, then a sitting associate justice on the Supreme Court. Although the Progressive Party—popularly known as the Bull Moose party—nominated him again, Roosevelt, his disdain for Wilson even greater than before, and all too aware of the consequences of another split Republican vote, withdrew his candidacy and threw his support behind Hughes.
"I do not believe that the Republicans have any intention of nominating me. I only hope they will give us some man who will be the antithesis of Wilson. What a trump General Barry is!" (Thomas Henry Barry—who had earlier been appointed by President Roosevelt as commander of the Army of Cuban Occupation and Pacification and had also served as Superintendent of West Point—was at the time the commander American troops in the Philippines and China.)
Roosevelt's 1912 third-party challenge to his former friend and vice president, William Howard Taft, put Woodrow Wilson in the White House. With the looming prospect of American involvement in the war in Europe as the central issue of the 1916 campaign, the Democrats nominated incumbent Wilson while the Republicans nominated Charles Evans Hughes of New York, then a sitting associate justice on the Supreme Court. Although the Progressive Party—popularly known as the Bull Moose party—nominated him again, Roosevelt, his disdain for Wilson even greater than before, and all too aware of the consequences of another split Republican vote, withdrew his candidacy and threw his support behind Hughes.