Typed letter signed AS PRESIDENT “New dog for the White House”

Typed Letter Signed “Theodore Roosevelt”. 1p., 7.0 x 9.0 inch, embossed “White House, Washington” stationery, 1907 November 21. Addressed to Miss Emma Allison in Nashville, Tennessee. A get-well letter to Emma sharing about the arrival of a new Roosevelt family dog. In full: “Dear Little Miss Emma: I am so sorry to learn that you have been sick, and I am so pleased that you are getting on well now. I hope you will soon be out of bed and just as bright as ever. Since I have come back to the White House we have gotten a new little dog for the White House called Scamp. He is a black-and-tan and very merry. We hope he will take the place of a very dear little dog called Skip which belonged to Archie and which died last summer." Lightly toned with smoothed folds, mailing fold, scattered soiling throughout, mounting remnants on verso do not affect the letter, else good condition. A really sweet letter. Emma Vaughn Allison, daughter of his friend John Allison, was twelve years old when President Roosevelt sent her this letter. The second paragraph of Roosevelt's letter refers to a new White House dog, named Scamp. The Roosevelt family had many pets in the White House, including the dog named Skip as well as small bear, a lizard, a pig, guinea pigs, and a pony.

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