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President Roosevelt and his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, thank Pinckney Marcius-Simons and his sister for remembering them. He hopes that Marcius-Simons has many happy years ahead of him and that he will “continually add to the great work ” he has already done for art.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-20
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are delighted with Pinckney Marcius-Simons’s painting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-06
President Roosevelt thanks Pinckney Marcius-Simons for his letter and offer to send “the little picture” to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, which she will gladly accept. The president expresses Edith’s and his fondness for Marcius-Simons’s painting, and tells him that one of his works hangs in the living room at the White House: “I doubt if either of us ever goes into the room without looking at it.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-22
President Roosevelt appreciates the paintings and views on art of Pinckney Marcius-Simons, whom he refers to as Bruseius Simons, and discusses what he does and does not care for in a work of art.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-19