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Theodore Roosevelt

TR declines one of a multitude of invitations to speak: “It is physically impossible for me to accept even one in a hundred”

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TR declines one of a multitude of invitations to speak: “It is physically impossible for me to accept even one in a hundred”

TLS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, The Outlook letterhead, July 6, 1910. Brief letter to Mrs. O. B. Mosher, declining an invitation. In full: “I wish I could accept, but it is a simple impossibility. You have no conception of the multitude of requests to speak and invitations to attend banquets and reunions which I have received. It is physically impossible for me to accept even one in a hundred…I could not possibly accept more than a relatively small proportion unless I absolutely abandoned all thought of doing anything else.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 10.75 x 12.75. In fine condition, with small tear along the right edge of the mailing fold, scattered creasing, and mild toning and soiling. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.

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  • Dates: #358 - Ended June 16, 2010





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