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On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary informs Daniel A Knight that Roosevelt does not have any bookplates to send and is returning the bookplate Knight sent.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-24
President Roosevelt returns the Royal Natural History to Henry Fairfield Osborn, President of the American Museum of Natural History. He likes Osborn’s bookplate and will send his. George Nathaniel Curzon, Chancellor of Oxford, has invited Roosevelt to give the Romanes lecture, which he plans to give in the spring of 1910.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-17
Daniel A. Knight requests Theodore Roosevelt’s bookplate in exchange for one of his own he has enclosed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-05
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary apologizes that he does not have any more copies of Roosevelt’s bookplate to send to Adelaide Underhill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to Tiffany and Company to request the production of two hundred copies of Roosevelt’s bookplate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Daniel A. Knight that Roosevelt cannot send him a copy of his bookplate, as he never does this. If he were to do so, he would quickly become overwhelmed by similar requests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary regrets Roosevelt has no more copies of his bookplate and apologizes to Susan W. Janney.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-27
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary acknowledges Ruthven Deane’s letter and sends a book plate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-18
President Roosevelt thanks Charles William Burrows, as well as the author, for the book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-18
President Roosevelt thanks Howard Pyle for the gift of a bookplate which his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, has appreciated more than any other she has received since coming to the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-09
President Roosevelt thinks the bookplate is “admirable” and thanks Joseph G. Butler for letting him see it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-30
Henry R. Howland of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences asks Theodore Roosevelt for one of his bookplates.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-30
Anna Knight informs Frank Harper that she has forwarded a copy of Hamilton Wright Mabie’s bookplate to the author of the enclosed letter, and told her that she would additionally pass the request along to Theodore Roosevelt for a copy of his bookplate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-24
Susan W. Janney requests Hamilton Wright Mabie’s bookplate and asks if he can also send one from Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-21
Ruthven Deane recalls the “cordial reception” Theodore Roosevelt gave her at the Press Club gathering and requests one of his bookplates for her collection.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-11
Theodore Roosevelt’s bookplate features the Roosevelt coat of arms, along with his family motto.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1990
English
Ruthven Deane’s bookplate featuring a bird perched on a post against a mountain landscape. “From the Books of” appears across the top and “Ruthven Deane” near the bottom left. A possible family crest occupies the bottom right.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-11
Tiffany and Company requests permission to make an impression of President Roosevelt’s ex libris plate for a collection in the Cincinnati Museum.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-14