ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, black-bordered stationery, May 4, [1884]. Letter to Edwin Packard, in part: "Mr. Doty has written to me that you have told him that the proposed 'reception' entirely meets your views; so we can settle our plans definitely when we meet there. I hope that this 'reception' will be very informal in character; I do not think there ought to be twenty men there outside of the delegates, and above all no reporters. If we are going to win at Chicago it will be by work and organization among the delegates themselves." In fine condition, with old perimeter mounting remnants on the back of the second page. Roosevelt's use of black-bordered mourning stationery holds particular significance; his mother and his wife had passed away on the same day, February 14th, just months earlier. In this letter, Roosevelt references the upcoming Republican National Convention in Chicago, which would take place from June 3-6, 1884. Although he supported George F. Edmunds for the presidential nomination, James G. Blaine carried the vote.
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