(1858 - 1919) Twenty-sixth President of the United States who started the Panama Canal, settled the Russo-Japanese War, broke up Standard Oil and encouraged conservation. Good association T.L.S. as President, 1p. 4to., Washington, Mar. 3, 1909, on White House letterhead to business magnate Edward Filene in Boston, thanking him for a letter. EDWARD FILENE (1860-1937) was a businessman and philanthropist, who, as the founder of Filene’s department store, pioneered the growth of credit unions across the United States. Moderately to heavily toned with light bleeding to signature, mounted, good.