ROOSEVELT THEODORE Typed Letter Signed as Governor to HT Joh

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MEDAL OF HONOR "IS SOMETHING I SHOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD" ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Typed Letter Signed, as Governor, to H.T. Johns, expressing his agreement and stating that he had been recommended to receive the Medal of Honor. Filling the lower half of page are Johns's notes, written vertically: 'I said don't be a general. Remain the Col of San Juan. Lord, Earl, Duke Gladstone—sickening!' 1/2 page, 4to, 'Executive Chamber' stationery; folds. (TFC) Albany, 9 January 1899

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'. . . I was recommended by all the Generals of the Cavalry Division for the medal of honor. That is something I should like to have had.'