ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6, November 11, 1893. Letter to Joseph E. Brown: “I would very gladly speak before your society, for I have long desired to do so; and “The Backwoodsman” would be a subject particularly congenial to me; but I really fear I can not make any engagement this winter, as I am, rather unexpectedly still in Washington. After Congress begins to sit I can not well get away. I have had to refuse many invitations already, With hearty thanks and sincere regret, I am very truly yours.” Roosevelt had an image as a “backwoodsman” because of several activities he was involved with, namely hunting and Western conservation. For two years in the mid-1880s, he worked as a cattle rancher while recovering from the death of his wife and mother on the same day and in the same house. In fine condition, with light horizontal mailing folds. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
