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President Roosevelt asks gemologist George Frederick Kunz if he refers to the letter sent to their deceased friend, Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Roosevelt feels privileged that Saint-Gaudens designed two coins under his administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-06
President Roosevelt apologizes to the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens that he cannot strike the gold coins that Saint-Gaudens designed with only one blow and therefore the designs are not practical as “true coinage of the country.” He encloses a letter from the head of the Department of Coins and Medals of the British Museum. Roosevelt asks Saint-Gaudens if he could travel to the United States Mint and work with others to find a solution.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-08
President Roosevelt asks Augustus Saint-Gaudens if he could send a design for the twenty dollar gold piece before Congress meets, as he is receiving pressure from Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw on the progress of the project. Roosevelt compliments Saint-Gaudens on his work and looks forward to the finished design.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-01
President Roosevelt thanks Prince Louis Mountbatten for the “remarkable” copies of the medals sculpted by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. He comments on his efforts to have Saint-Gaudens’s newly designed gold coins adopted. Roosevelt wishes Mountbatten could have attended the recent naval review. Although “not much of a fleet” compared to the British Royal Navy, every ship is modern and efficient.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-14
President Roosevelt will take Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s matter to General John M. Wilson, chairman of the Inaugural Committee. Regarding the title, he feels the shortened form “President of the United States” will suffice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-28
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to submit a letter to Director of the Mint George E. Roberts concerning employing Augustus Saint-Gaudens to design new coinage and the inaugural medal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-16