ALS to Joseph Scott, a prominent Los Angeles Attorney and leader in the Republican Party, one-page note sheet opens to 5.75 x 10.5, Sagamore Hill letterhead, August 21, 1918. In part: “That’s a mighty nice letter of yours; I enjoyed the clippings; I had already seen your very kind reference to my boys. You are absolutely right about Archie [Roosevelt, the son of the former president], and I am happy to say that he’s been ordered home [from the battlefields of WWI]. When next you get to New York, will you be sure to let me know so that we may be sure to have you out here for lunch or dinner?” In very good condition, with edges and one fold reinforced with adhesive tape, which touches text and affects appearance, edge toning from adhesive residue, two punch holes to lower third of letter, not affecting legibility of text. Archie Roosevelt joined the United States Army and was wounded while an officer fighting overseas in World War I with the U.S. 1st Infantry Division. For his valor, Roosevelt received the French government's Croix de Guerre. At the end of the war, he worked as an executive with the Sinclair Oil Company then joined the family investment firm, Roosevelt & Son. When his father died in 1919, he was the one who sent a telegram informing all his siblings. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
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