TLS, one page, 7.5 x 7, Princeton, May 15, 1905. Letter to Palmer C. Ricketts, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In part: “I have just returned from a trip to the west and Mrs. [Ellen Axson] Wilson has also been absent for the past week. I know that she will be as grateful to you as I am for the kind words of sympathy. The blow was indeed overwhelming, altho Mrs. Wilson has been singularly brave and steady under it, I do not yet feel entirely reassured as to the consequences. Fortunately she is made of wonderful stuff.” Intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature), light scattered creases, some show-through from mounting remnants to reverse, an erased pencil notation to the lower border, and trimmed edges, otherwise fine condition. At the end of April 1905, Ellen Axson Wilson’s brother Eddie, his wife, and their baby drowned in a Georgia river, leaving her severely depressed; in the aftermath she devoted herself to her art. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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