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Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) [Final page of manuscript praising book on Civil War by Mr. Trent ]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04725 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: circa 25 March 1892 Pagination: 1 p. ; 28 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that Trent has "studied too deeply to waste his time" and discusses his proposition "that a battle for human slavery can really be called a battle for civil liberty." Roosevelt's signature is struck. Date is inferred from a stamp on verso reading "Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass. March 25, 1892."

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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