ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919). Typed document signed (“Theodore Roosevelt”) with autograph corrections, Sagamore Hill, 15 June 1916.
One page, 217 x 803mm (silked, short closed tear, light wear to extremities).
“Americans of all ages can learn from reading these volumes the meaning of true patriotism – service to the country, in peace and war”: Roosevelt drafts an introduction for a collection of patriotic writings. Two years later he would publish such a volume: Fear God and Take Your Own Part gathered his essays from the Metropolitan Magazine and elsewhere, as well as other speeches and public statements. The published introduction to that work continues the thread started here, closing: “The principles set forth in this book are simply the principles of true Americanism…”
ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919). Typed document signed (“Theodore Roosevelt”) with autograph corrections, Sagamore Hill, 15 June 1916.
One page, 217 x 803mm (silked, short closed tear, light wear to extremities).
“Americans of all ages can learn from reading these volumes the meaning of true patriotism – service to the country, in peace and war”: Roosevelt drafts an introduction for a collection of patriotic writings. Two years later he would publish such a volume: Fear God and Take Your Own Part gathered his essays from the Metropolitan Magazine and elsewhere, as well as other speeches and public statements. The published introduction to that work continues the thread started here, closing: “The principles set forth in this book are simply the principles of true Americanism…”
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