Elihu Root, as a sitting Senator, Typed Letter, Signed, (Tls) one page, (Approx. 8" x 10.5”) on U. S. Senate stationery to Charles Andrews of Syracuse N. Y., November, 17, 1909
Washington DC: 1909. The Senator is responding to Andrews regarding his endorsement of the H. J. Blackwood for appointment as Surgeon General of the Navy. Root writes, “ I have no idea what appointment the President (Taft) is considering in this connection but if Dr. Blackwood’s name is brought up..... More