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Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

George Haven Putnam asks President Roosevelt to review the list of speeches they have marked to either keep or omit in the upcoming publication of his works. He discusses the wording of a paragraph informing the reader that the work is not under copyright and that Roosevelt will receive no money from the publication of his speeches. Putnam also clarifies the terms under which he discussed this work with the P. F. Collier & Son Corporation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-28

Creator(s)

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

George Haven Putnam is concerned that the speeches President Roosevelt has selected to be published would create a large book too expensive to be used for circulating during the upcoming campaign. He recommends reducing the number of speeches and selecting only those that relate to national issues so they can be more relevant to the 1904 presidential campaign.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-24

Creator(s)

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

George Haven Putnam thanks Theodore Roosevelt for sending the foreword he wrote for Francis Curtis’ book The Republican Party: A History of its Fifty Year Existence and a Record of its Measures and Leaders, 1854-1904, and for sending materials for selected speeches. Putnam discusses publishing arrangements, including the amount of Curtis’s books to be given in place of royalties, the exact location and wording of Roosevelt’s foreword, and in what other published materials Roosevelt’s foreword might be used.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-23

Creator(s)

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

Letter from George Haven Putnam to William Loeb

Letter from George Haven Putnam to William Loeb

George Haven Putnam is ready to receive President Roosevelt’s foreword for Francis Curtis’s book, The Republican Party: A History of its Fifty Years’ Existence and a Record of its Measures and Leaders 1854-1904. Since Roosevelt did not have time to finish the book, Putnam suggested penning a foreword that speaks about the history and importance of the Republican Party, not about the value of Curtis’s book. Roosevelt agreed to this plan but Putnam has yet to receive the foreword.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-22

Creator(s)

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

George Haven Putnam reminds President Roosevelt of his promise to write an introduction to Francis Curtis’s upcoming history of the Republican Party. To avoid endorsing Curtis’s work, Putnam suggests that the introduction review Republican accomplishments under Abraham Lincoln and his associates with a forecast for what policies the party could pursue if retained in power.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-07

Creator(s)

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

George Haven Putnam asks President Roosevelt to write introductory remarks for Francis Curtis’ book on the history of the Republican Party. Putnam notes the Republican leaders who worked with Curtis and mentions that former President Cleveland wrote a preface to a reprint of Jefferson’s writings shortly before the race for his second term.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-30

Creator(s)

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930