Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert W. Shufeldt
Theodore Roosevelt would be proud to have Robert W. Shufeldt dedicate his book to him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-03-18
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. Victor Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could attend the play. Roosevelt also points out that he never gives authority to have music dedicated to him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-02-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Homer Folks
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his disappointment that he can not be present “at the dedication of the Frank Wayland Higgins Memorial Hospital.” Roosevelt knew Higgins well, and states while Roosevelt was governor he initially knew him as a state senator. Roosevelt details Higgins’s good qualities and regrets he cannot attend.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-11-01
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James J. Walsh
President Roosevelt declines James J. Walsh’s request to dedicate his book to Roosevelt, citing two poor experiences in the past. Roosevelt enjoyed hosting Walsh for lunch the other day and ruminates on scientific theories, notably natural selection and the need for such theory to be tested.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-02-23
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emerson Hough
President Roosevelt was glad to receive the book from Emerson Hough, and proud that the book was dedicated to him. Roosevelt asks Hough to take lunch with him next Monday or Tuesday.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-02-11
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Basil Tracy
President Roosevelt informs Frank Basil Tracy that he dedicated The Winning of the West to Francis Parkman, an American historian he has alluded to numerous times.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-02-06
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Maurice Francis Egan
President Roosevelt is delighted that Minister Egan will dedicate his stories to him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-01-15
Letter from Isabella Hagner to Anna Cook
Isabella Hagner informs Anna Cook that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has made a rule to discourage people from dedicating musical or literary compositions to herself or other members of her family.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-21
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emerson Hough
President Roosevelt is pleased to have Emerson Hough dedicate his newest book to him, but returns the unread proof. He fears that if he reads the book before it is published, allowing the dedication could be seen as an endorsement of its content.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Welsh
President Roosevelt thanks Charles Welsh for the poems, which he feels “exactly express the spirit of the present cruse of our fleet.” Roosevelt agrees that Pritchett wrote a good article, and thanks Welsh again for dedicating a book to him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-29
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Welsh
President Roosevelt is delighted to have Charles Welsh dedicate his book to him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-01-16
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Harry Persons Taber
President Roosevelt regrets to tell Harry Persons Taber that he cannot allow Taber to dedicate his newest book to him, as Roosevelt has found that agreeing to be the subject of a book dedication leads to the public interpreting any message within the book as reflecting his own beliefs.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-11-19
Letter from William Loeb to Henry Pohlmann
William Loeb informs Reverend Pohlmann that Ethel Roosevelt is discouraging people from dedicating musical and literary compositions to her.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-05-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Sara King Wiley Drummond
President Roosevelt thanks Sara King Wiley Drummond for the copy of her play “The Coming of Philibert,” which she dedicated to him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-05-08
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ernest McGaffey
President Roosevelt is glad to hear that Ernest McGaffey’s wife will be alright after the operation. He envies McGaffey’s farm. He also is glad to have McGaffey’s Poems of Gun and Rod dedicated to him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-04-22
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ernest McGaffey
President Roosevelt does not need to see Ernest McGaffey’s manuscript before allowing him to dedicate it to him.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-04-29
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Sara King Wiley
As a rule, President Roosevelt does not allow books to be dedicated to him, but, after coming to understand the work, he would like to meet with Sara King Wiley Drummond and her father Representative William H. Wiley to thank her.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-02-15
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert S. Cook
President Roosevelt is both interested in Albert S. Cook’s book and proud of the scholarship that went into it. He thanks Cook for the dedication.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-11-29
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Montgomery Schuyler
President Roosevelt thanks Montgomery Schuyler for dedicating his book to him.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-10-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Opie Read
President Roosevelt would be glad for Opie Read to dedicate his book to him, and comments that he is pleased to have his name “coupled with Andrew Jackson’s.” While Roosevelt does not put Jackson on the same level as Abraham Lincoln, he has “a hearty respect for Old Hickory.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-13