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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to David Decamp Thompson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to David Decamp Thompson

President Roosevelt sends David Decamp Thompson a speech that he gave about Abraham Lincoln, and says that he would sign any part of it that Thompson wants. He also recommends that Thompson get the Federal Edition of the Works of Abraham Lincoln published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, as he wrote an introduction to it, and would be willing to sign that instead if Thompson prefers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Haven Putnam

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Haven Putnam

President Roosevelt has heard that the heirs of John Hay and John G. Nicolay are contesting Putnam’s Sons’s right to publish an edition of Abraham Lincoln’s writings. Roosevelt hopes that George Haven Putnam will do what is right in the situation, but states that in light of his relation to John Hay, he cannot author the prologue in question without the heirs’ consent.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-22