New York
422 Ma[dis]on Ave
Nov 15th 1885
Dear Uncle Leverett,
I must send
you just a line with my
most cordial and earnest con-
gratulations-- less to you however
than to the country at large, and
especially to the administration for
[the] wisdom and excellence of its
[ . . . ]
What a terrible thing it w[as]
about poor Frank Codman; I
would be on at the funeral
were it not for my broken a[rm.]
With best wishes to Dick
and all I am
Most Truly Yours
Theodore
Roosevelt