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PRESENTED HERE IS A VERY RARE TRULY ONE-OF-A-KIND 2 ITEM LOT:
1) A WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY RECEIPT DATED JANUARY 31, 1909, MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR A PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT LED GOP DELEGATION FROM BUFFALO, NY; TO ATTEND THE WASHINGTON, DC INAUGURATION OF ROOSEVELT'S PROTEGE... PRESIDENT-ELECT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. THE RECEIPT IS SIGNED BY CHARLES LEWIS, A LEADER OF THE GOP DELEGATION. IN THE TELEGRAPH, LEWIS WISHED TO RECRUIT MORE DELEGATES AND MAKE FURTHER ARRANGEMENTS. TRAVEL FOR THE ENTIRE DELEGATION WAS FULLY FUNDED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT!2) THE TRAIN TICKET FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S DELEGATION/TRAVELING PARTY. IT LISTS THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE TRAVELING PARTY AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS IN THE SLEEPER CAR.
*****PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF PHOTO # 1 RECEIVED TOO MUCH LIGHT EXPOSURE. PLEASE FURTHER TAKE NOTE OF PHOTO # 3...WHICH ACCURATELY DEPICTS IT'S TRUE APPEARANCE; AS THERE IS NO FADING WHATSOEVER!OVERALL CONDITION FOR THESE 114 YEAR OLD PAPER ARTIFACTS RATES FINE, AS FOLLOWS:
EXPECTED AGE TONING THRUOUT & A PAIR OF VERTICAL (MAILING?) FOLDS.TRAIN TICKET/SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS HAS A SMALL MISSING CHUNK OF PAPER IN THE TOP CENTER OF IT (PLEASE SEE PHOTO #'S 3 & 11).WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH RECEIPT MEASURES 8.5" X 7"TRAIN TICKET/LIST OF DRAWING ROOM SLEEPING ACCOMODATIONS MEASURES 8" X 4"
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