Letter from Francis Davis Millet to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Subject(s): Art, Art, Daghestan, Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857, Medals, Presidents--Portraits, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866, Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850, United States Mint, Washington, George, 1732-1799
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Francis Davis Millet criticizes the design of a medal of George Washington discussed in a newspaper clipping he has enclosed, saying that it fails to capture Washington’s noble characteristics. Millet stresses the importance of a medallist’s duty to capture a President’s features, as a medal will survive after all other forms of art have disappeared. He hopes that Theodore Roosevelt will have a medal that will “hold its own.” He also sends a set of eight medals struck by the French mint as examples of what he means by “nobility in a medal.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-13
Creator(s)
Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912
Recipient
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
8
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Francis Davis Millet to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [January 13, 1905]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o48492. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912. Letter from Francis Davis Millet to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [13 Jan. 1905]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o48492.
APA:
Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912., [1905, January 13]. Letter from Francis Davis Millet to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o48492.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
