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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt appreciates the oration that Nelson A. Beardslee sent her, which was given by his son Dana. She will be sure to show it to Theodore Roosevelt when he returns from Africa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-05-25
Nelson A. Beardslee encloses a copy of an oration written and delivered by his 19-year-old son, Dana, at the State Oratorical Contest in Saginaw, Michigan. The oration won first prize. Beardslee sends it as a testimony of the influence Theodore Roosevelt has had on young men’s characters. In a handwritten note, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt instructs secretaries to compliment the oration and tell Beardslee that she is saving it to show her husband when he returns.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-05-21