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Excellent Woodrow Wilson typed letter signed as President. Upon White House stationery dated 16 October 1916, Wilson's letter to his younger brother Joseph reads in full, ''My dearest Brother: Thank you for your letter of the other day. I wish I could send an answer that was worthy of it. I can at least dictate a few lines which will tell you how we are getting on. We are all well and, though the fatigue of the campaign is cumulative, I think we will come through without feeling it overwhelmingly. It is hard to answer your question as to how the campaign is going. I hear all sorts of reports, most of them encouraging (except about Maryland), but I never allow myself to form confident expectations of any kind. I believe that the independent vote, the vote of the people who aren't talking and aren't telling politicians how they are going to vote, is going to play a bigger part in this election than it ever played in any previous election, and that makes the result truly incalculable. It is evident, of course, that Mr. [Charles Evans] Hughes is making very little headway, because he has done so many stupid and so many insincere things, but other influences are at work in his behalf which are undoubtedly very powerful, chiefly the influence of organized business. I can only conjecture and hope. Edith wrote to Kate the other day telling her how we all were, and I want to add my warmest messages of love to you all. It was a real grief to go to Baltimore and come away without even getting hold of your hand, but I understood how you were caught in the crowd, though I tried to make arrangements to have you extricated and I was under the necessity of going right off. In haste / Affectionately yours, / [signed] Woodrow Wilson''. Though Wilson expresses caution here, he won re-election by a narrow margin, becoming the first Democratic President since Andrew Jackson to be elected to two consecutive terms of office. 2pp. on a single sheet of card-style stationery. Measures 7'' x 8.75''. Crease through center and toning, else near fine.
Woodrow Wilson Letter Signed With Lengthy Political Content -- ''...how the campaign is going...I hear all sorts of reports...but I never allow myself to form confident expectations...''
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