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On behalf of his daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, President Roosevelt thanks Jeanne-Emélie Baheux Bartholdi for sending the replica of her husband’s Statue of Liberty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-22
Theodore Roosevelt sends sympathy on the death of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, a sculptor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-05
Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada, speaks to the Women’s Canadian Club about raising the funds to erect a “colossal statue of the Angel of Welcome and Peace” on the Plains of Abraham to welcome emigrants to Canada. This should be done to celebrate the tricentennial of the founding of Quebec. Describing Canada’s history, Grey compares the United States’ dedication to erecting patriotic monuments and preserving its past to the lack of enthusiasm in doing the same in Canada.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-28
Postcard showing a water fountain, the Bartholdi Fountain, covered in ice in the foreground. The United States Capitol Building is visible in the background.
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