Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. Holbrook Curtis
President Roosevelt requests that Dr. Curtis remove him from the directorship.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-23
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Curtis, H. Holbrook (Henry Holbrook), 1856-1920
Letter from George B. Cortelyou to H. Holbrook Curtis
On behalf of President Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou thanks Dr. Curtis in receipt of his letter and $500 check. Cortelyou informs Curtis that the matter has been turned over to Douglas Robinson.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-21
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. Holbrook Curtis
Theodore Roosevelt is willing to support H. Holbrook Curtis’s project to build a hospital as a “protest against the erection of meaningless mausoleums and monuments to the dead.” For most people mausoleums mean nothing and Roosevelt thinks that the Society of Friends have the better custom of plain stone slabs for the dead. The best memorial for a worthy person must be doing good for the living.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-05-18