TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.5, The Outlook letterhead, December 2, 1911. Letter to Archibald Gracie. In full: “The copy of the book has not yet come, but it doubtless soon will and I look forward to receiving it. I will write to you about it as soon as I have read it. While I have in The Outlook noticed two or three books as illustrating special theses of mine, both the editors of The Outlook and I think it unwise to do this where it can be avoided. I shall at once bring before them the proposal to have Dr. Polk or Charles King, by preference the former, review the book. Polk is one of the finest men I know. If, however, you think that King would be the best man, I will see if I can have him asked. Now when are you next coming to New York, when you can bring Mrs Gracie out in an auto for lunch to Oyster Bay? Of course the Winter is not a very good choice and if possible you would now better wait until Spring.” Scattered toning and soiling, primarily working in from edges, otherwise fine condition.
Gracie’s book, The Truth About Chickamauga, was published late in 1911, and the author here elicits a promise from the former president—now an associate editor—to have the work reviewed in the weekly journal. History perhaps better remembers Gracie as being one of the survivors of Titanic disaster, jumping from the bow as the vessel took its fatal plunge. In his pocket was a lengthy letter from Roosevelt. Gracie wrote of his personal experience in the April 27, 1912, issue of The Outlook, and how the iceberg ‘ripped him keep forward like a can-opener.’ He never fully recovered from the event and died eight months later. Unique associative content between two historic figures. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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