Theodore Roosevelt, Autograph Sentiment Signed

Description

Theodore Roosevelt writes and autographs a page from an autograph album.

In full:

To Dr Dillon, who is a friend of the world, but who understands the world,

from

Theodore Roosevelt
Oct 28th 1918
Harvard Club
New York

During the last few years of his life, TR was engaged in many literary pursuits. Though Samuel Johnson called autograph seekers “the mosquitoes of literature,” TR seemed kind to most, as this sentiment attests.

“Dr. Dillon” could be E. J. Dillon, a well recognized authority on Russian affairs–political, literary, commercial, and social. Dillon also wrote extensively about the 1919 Peace Conference.

Roosevelt, Theodore, Autograph Sentiment, on autograph album leaf. New York, 28 Oct 1918, 1p.,   6″ x 4″,  overall 11 1/2″ x 9 3/4″