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Lillian Capron, President and Treasurer of the Rough Riders’ National Monument Society, confirms receipt of the letter from William Loeb containing a check for one hundred dollars from President Roosevelt to be applied towards the monument fund. She is sorry Roosevelt cannot attend the upcoming drill, but knows the needs of the country come first.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-1909
Lillian Capron, President and Treasurer of the Rough Riders’ National Monument Society, thanks President Roosevelt for his donation of a check for one hundred dollars toward the monument fund. She is confident that the society will soon be able to pay off its debt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-1909
Lillian Capron, President of the Rough Riders’ National Monument Society, sends President Roosevelt a drawing of a proposed Rough Riders monument at Arlington National Cemetery; she asks Roosevelt for his blessing and assistance with the completion of this monument as he was the Colonel of the Rough Riders. Capron’s husband died in the Spanish American War and was a member of Roosevelt’s regiment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-17