Theodore Roosevelt from his newly built home at Sagamore Hill

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. (1858-1919). Twenty-sixth President of the United States (1901-9). Autograph Letter Signed, “Theodore Roosevelt,” on his imprinted Sagamore Hill stationery. One full page, octavo. “Syosset Station, L.I., Oyster Bay P.O.,” July 30, 1886. Very fine condition. To “My dear Mrs. Whiton.” Roosevelt writes:

“I am greatly indebted to you for your very courteous offer, but I do not at present feel able to take such a position as you suggest. Tomorrow I leave for the week. With renewed thanks for your kindness I am most truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt.”

In 1886, Theodore Roosevelt left his hard ranch life in the West to run for mayor of New York City. As Republican candidate, Roosevelt came in a disappointing third. In December, he married his second wife, lifelong friend Edith Kermit Carow, to whom he had been secretly engaged for the past year. The nuptials took place in London, and the couple soon after returned to the United States to live in the new house Roosevelt had purchased on Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, Long Island.

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