WOLCOTT EDWARD O A committee arranges to inform Roosevelt of

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WOLCOTT, EDWARD O. A committee arranges to inform Roosevelt of his nomination as Vice President. 2 sheets, 5 1/4 x 8 inches. Manuscript telegram on a printed blank to Andrew J. Sloper; folds, minimal wear, mounted on top edge with archival tape to heavy board. Washington, DC, 30 June 1900

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Wolcott was a United States Senator from Colorado, and was appointed by the Republican National Convention to chair the committee which secured Roosevelt's nomination. Here Wolcott telegraphs another member of the committee, Andrew Jackson Sloper of New Britain, CT: "Committee to notify Governor Roosevelt of nomination for vice president will leave for Oyster Bay by train from New York Thursday morning. . . . Mr. Roosevelt anxious to know how many members of Committee will be present."