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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10.5, personal 'Police Department of the City of New York' letterhead, April 27, 1896. Letter to G. H. Warren, in full: “I thank you heartily for your invitation; but unfortunately I am already engaged for that evening so I must decline.” In fine condition, with offsetting to the typed text. Roosevelt served as the president of the Board of Police Commissioners of New York City from 1895 to 1897. During his tenure in that position, he radically reformed a notoriously corrupt police force, implementing measures which included the hiring of officers by merit rather than nepotism, enforcing a new disciplinary code, and providing standardized pistols to policemen.
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