May 05, 2016 - Sale 2413

Sale 2413 - Lot 191

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, "T.R.," to Edwin A. Van Valkenburg ("Dear Van"): "Mrs. Roosevelt and I were equally, and deeply, touched by your editorial on Quentin's death." With the original envelope, addressed in his hand. 1 page, oblong 12mo; some fading to "T" of signature. (TFC) Dark Harbor [Islesboro, ME], 4 August 1918

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On July 14, 1918, Roosevelt's youngest son, Quentin, was flying a U.S. Army Air Service plane in France when he was shot down by a German fighter plane.