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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919). Draft typescript signed as President (“Theodore Roosevelt”), with an 8-word emendation in Roosevelt’s hand, to Lawrence F. Abbott. Washington, D. C., 16 February 1909.
1 ½ pages, 4to, on White House stationery.
"THERE IS NO REASON YOU SHOULD NOT PUBLISH THE ARTICLE"
During his final weeks in office, Roosevelt writes Lawrence F. Abbott of The Outlook: “There is no reason at all that you should not publish Bunau-Varilla’s article [in The Outlook] as long as you have said you would. It is simply that I ought not to be in a controversy with him. It would be like Balfour having a joint debate with Poultney Bigelow.” Philippe Bunau-Varilla (1859-1940) greatly influenced the selection of the the construction site for the Panama Canal; he worked closely with Roosevelt in the orchestration of the Panamanian Revolution.