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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1118

Roosevelt, Theodore Twenty-sixth President of the United States (1858-1919, served 1901-09); championed the creation of the Panama Canal; worked for greater justice between labor and capital; fought against industrial monopolies; a renaissance man who hunted big game, wrote on academic subjects, and explored the Amazon. Choice pair of partly engraved Documents Signed "Theodore Roosevelt" as President, each 1 page, large folio, Washington, October 23, 1902 and November 1, 1907. A pair of military commissions, the first for Clarence K La Motte, naming him first lieutenant of infantry, and the second for George HI Gale, appointing him lieutenant colonel of cavalry. The first Signed by Secretary of War "Elihu Root," the second by acting secretary Robert Shaw Oliver. Both with War Department seals. Earlier document with some damage to seal, both with some soiling, edge wear, VG. With a beautiful 1902 engraved document naming La Motte to the Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States. [3]

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