Typed Letter, signed (“Woodrow Wilson”) to author/publisher John Martin at “John Martin’s House” in New York City.
Washington, D.C: Oct. 2, 1914.
Price: $750.00
About the item
One page, on White House stationery, with conjugate blank. 1 vols. 4to. Slight toning and burn marks from from previous framing.
Item #260779
Interesting wartime letter from President Wilson to the children’s publisher Morgan Shepard (aka John Martin):
“I am deeply interested in what you have told me and I wish with all my heart that I were a free an man so that I could endorse where I please and refrain from endorsing where I pleased. I think you will realize my embarrassment … Much as I should like to send you what you have requested, and reasonable as your request is, I feel that I must refrain from comment or assent in matters touching peace just now until the moment cmes when I can act ….
