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Mary Mapes Dodge, editor of the children’s periodical St. Nicholas Magazine, thanks Governor Roosevelt for agreeing to give the desired talk. Roosevelt will speak on “The Road to Good Citizenship” to an audience of children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-09-19
Author Mary Mapes Dodge requests that Governor Roosevelt write for St. Nicholas Magazine a brief paper on citizenship, national duty, and patriotism “for growing boys to cherish.” She turns to Roosevelt in particular for this task because he is “truly admired and honored in their hearts as a man and a patriot.” The magazine would pay $100 per 1000 words, and Dodge hopes for a completed article of 3000 words within the next 5 weeks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-08-22