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ROOSEVELT, Theodore. TLS ("Theodore Roosevelt") to Linda E. Jones, Washington D.C., 17 October 1893. 1 page, on stationery headed "United States/Civil Service Commission,/Washington, D.C.," fine. ROOSEVELT'S BIOGRAPHY. Responding generously to an inquiry about his life and career, Roosevelt offers a summary biography: "I was born October 27, 1858, in New York; graduated at Harvard in 1880; served in the New York legislature in 1882, 1883, and 1884; ran for mayor of New York in 1886 against Henry George and Abram S. Hewitt, and was defeated; appointed Civil Service Commissioner in May, 1889, and have been serving as such ever since. Have been connected with the Newsboys' Lodging House movement in New York, State Charities Aid Association, etc." And from his public life to a more personal side: "Have a ranch on the Little Missouri, where I have spent very much of my time, being particularly fond of big game hunting." As an author, "Have published the Naval War of 1812, the Life of Gouveneur Morris, Life of Thomas Hart Benton History of New York City, The Winning of the West, Essays on Practical Politics, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, and the Wilderness Hunter. Am married, and have five children." As Civil Service Commissioner, Roosevelt was in the media spotlight as he kept the organization in "a constant state of turmoil...[he] catapulted the worthy but dull cause of civil service reform onto the front pages of the newspapers..." (Miller Theodore Roosevelt , p.205).