A Letter From President Abraham Theodore Rockefeller III to Despot Katherine III of Hudson
( Constantino Brumidi, Study for the Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building , ca. 1859-1862, oil on canvas, 35 1/4 in. (89.5 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the American Art Forum, 2012.15 ) Governor Katherine Weaver the 3rd Empire State Plaza Albany, State of Hudson 5th of Delaware, 776 A.D. Governor Weaver, I am bemused why I must write you. I can't help but wonder why you would expect me to move against Gotham — no less my own blood — now, when it has stood on its own for centuries? Whatever claim the Empire State once had to the Republic, has long since vanquished. Gotham is a free and proud people, independent from the rules and customs of Albany. Your claim holds the weight of an oyster shell. I hope that nothing more must be said, but let me remind you by whose rules you follow: it is not mine, nor is it yours, but it is those of the Founding Fathers, whose divine law was declared in the firs...
