TLS, one page, 6.5 x 7.5, Oyster Bay letterhead, August 6, 1915. Letter to famed Deadwood sheriff Seth Bullock, who was one of Roosevelt's life-long friends. In full: "That's a first-class suggestion of yours of 'Preparedness, Peace and Prosperity' for the platform. Probably you are right also about my attacking Wilson. It is impossible to avoid criticism of the Administration; but I shall mention Wilson by name as little as possible. That's a striking editorial in the Chicago Tribune!" In fine condition, with intersecting folds and a faint block of toning from prior display. When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Bullock volunteered as one of Roosevelt’s Rough Riders and was named a Captain of Troop A in Grigsby's Cowboy Regiment, which did not see any combat. Bullock remained one of Roosevelt's close friends, and the president once proclaimed, 'Seth Bullock is a true westerner, the finest type of frontiersman.' In 1905, Bullock organized a 'Cowboy Brigade' to ride in Roosevelt's 1905 inaugural parade. In this letter, Roosevelt replies concerning some advice related to his 1916 third-party campaign for the presidency, in which he hoped to unseat the incumbent Woodrow Wilson. Interestingly, it was in fact Wilson who adopted 'Preparedness, Peace and Prosperity' as a campaign slogan.
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