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Auction: 284 - Bond, Share & Americana Mailbid & Internet Exclusive
Lot: 864

Roosevelt, Theodore, Sr. American businessman and philanthropist (1831-78); father of President Theodore Roosevelt and uncle of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. MDS "Theodore Roosevelt" as chair of the American Museum of Natual History finance committee, 1p, 4to, on official stationery, NYC, 7/1/1874. He approves the salary of Albert S. Bickmore. Signed by another museum committee member and by Bickmore, acknowledging receipt. Top right corner out cleanly, mounting traces on verso, pin holes, overall G/VG. Uncommon. Estimate US$ 40-50

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$50