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Mary Augusta Wallihan asks if it would be proper to include the photographs of herself and A. G. Wallihan in their book, The Wallihans’ Camera Shots at Big Game. Wallihan hopes to include the photographs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-22
James Grant Wilson requests a few lines from President Roosevelt for a new Edition of the Presidents. There will also be a small section about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Proofs of the article will be sent to Roosevelt before it goes to press.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-22
Caspar Whitney suggests that photographs of the animals and a map showing the distribution of the deer family be added to President Roosevelt’s deer book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-21
Frank Hall Scott proposes a low cost edition of President Roosevelt’s The Strenuous Life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-20
Robert Bridges outlines the three points agreed to yesterday; a cheap edition of The Rough Riders will be published, a collection of sporting articles will not be published currently, and President Roosevelt will write a series of articles on the development of the West for Charles Scribner’s Sons after he leaves the presidency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-20
Caroline S. Spencer sends a book that may interest President Roosevelt. She thought of Roosevelt as she read it because the author uses terms like “strenuous” which characterize Roosevelt’s speech. She also fulfills a promise she made eighteen months earlier, that when he entered the White House she would tell him what she telegraphed him when he became Governor of New York. She only reveals that she signed the telegram “Mascot.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-15
Dean Sage sends President Roosevelt a copy of Kings of the Rifle, Rod, and Gun.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-14
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt sends a set of historical novels by William Harrison Ainsworth for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-14
The Memoirs of an American Lady by Ann Hunt has not been published. The book should be available by December and a copy will be sent to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-12
William Freeland is an applicant for a park commissionership under New York City mayor Seth Low. He intends to mention his relationship with President Roosevelt to Low and hopes that Roosevelt will support him. Freeland will soon start work on a book about boxing and would like to meet with Roosevelt to discuss the topic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-12
Hugh Gordon Miller supports the Roosevelt administration and is concerned about the chaotic state of the Republican Party in the South. He believes that young men will be Roosevelt’s best support in the South and he would like to help the party. Miller encloses a book of Lincoln Dinner speeches, one given by himself, and asks Curtis Guild to forward the book to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-11
John William Burgess sends a copy of his book, The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865, to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-08
Robert Bridges reviews the details for several translations of President Roosevelt’s works into French.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-07
Murat Halstead encloses a report of John Morley’s address at the unveiling of a statue of W. E. Gladstone in Manchester, England. Halstead does not care for Morley except for his literary work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-06
Owen Wister describes his recent work for General Wilson’s book The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914. He is writing the section about President Roosevelt and has refused Wilson’s request to include a short piece about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. The work has taken many hours, although it was difficult to create an appropriate tone in such a short piece.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-05
Little, Brown and Company has received the proof sheets for President Roosevelt’s portion of The Royal Navy, A History from Sampson Low, Marston and Company of London. They have requested that the type be set in the United States so that the work may be copyrighted in the country. The permission of Roosevelt and G. P. Putnam’s Sons is required for publication.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-02
A. M. MacMurphy sends President Roosevelt a book about early Georgia. MacMurphy found the descriptions to be very amusing, though the culture has “improved” since the book was written.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-01
Frederic William Unger sends something to President Roosevelt, in appreciation for Roosevelt’s speech, “The Strenuous Life.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-01
E. B. Bloss is writing a book about Harvard athletes, and, if he can find a publisher, would like to send President Roosevelt a copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-01
Walter Hines Page apologizes to President Roosevelt for the delay in payment for Roosevelt’s contribution to a book. Page discusses the amount Roosevelt can expect to receive and asks Roosevelt to send him a telegram if the terms are acceptable. Page also requests permission to use excerpts of Roosevelt’s work in a magazine in order to promote the new book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-29