Typed Letter, signed (“Woodrow Wilson”) to author/publisher John Martin at “John Martin’s House” in New York City
- One page, on White House stationery, with conjugate blank. 1 vols. 4to
- Washington, D.C. , 1914
Washington, D.C., 1914. One page, on White House stationery, with conjugate blank. 1 vols. 4to. Slight toning and burn marks from from previous framing. One page, on White House stationery, with conjugate blank. 1 vols. 4to. 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 ….
“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 ….