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[ROOSEVELT, Theodore]. WILSON, Woodrow. [Proclamation on the death of Theodore Roosevelt.] By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation.... [Signed in type by Wilson as President and by Secretary of State Lansing. No place [Washington, D.C.?], 7 January 1919.
Broadside folio (13¼ x 8¼ in.), integral blank. Boldly printed within broad black mourning borders. In very fine condition.
WILSON ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "It becomes my sad duty to announce officially the death of Theodore Roosevelt...In his death the United States has lost one of its most distinguished and patriotic citizens...." Roosevelt's distinguished public career is briefly detailed, and Wilson observes that "As President, he awoke the Nation to the dangers of private control which lurked in our financial and industrial system," and thereby "opened the way for subsequent necessary and beneficent reforms." Wilson directs that flags at the White House and other government building fly at half mast for 30 days. A rare proclamation.
Broadside folio (13¼ x 8¼ in.), integral blank. Boldly printed within broad black mourning borders. In very fine condition.
WILSON ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "It becomes my sad duty to announce officially the death of Theodore Roosevelt...In his death the United States has lost one of its most distinguished and patriotic citizens...." Roosevelt's distinguished public career is briefly detailed, and Wilson observes that "As President, he awoke the Nation to the dangers of private control which lurked in our financial and industrial system," and thereby "opened the way for subsequent necessary and beneficent reforms." Wilson directs that flags at the White House and other government building fly at half mast for 30 days. A rare proclamation.