Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, February 1, 1909. A traveler's letter of credit from Lee, Higginson & Co., in part: "We hereby authorize him to draw upon Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons of London, sight drafts to an aggregate amount of £2000 Sterling." Neatly signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt. Matted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 14. In fine condition. Nearing the end of his presidency, Roosevelt was likely amassing funds for an upcoming expedition to Africa, which departed from New York City on the steamer Hamburg on March 23, 1909. Outfitted by the Smithsonian Institution, the safari's purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History museum; their final animal specimen tally was around 11,400, a number which took Smithsonian naturalists eight years to catalog.
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