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President Roosevelt thanks Houghton, Mifflin, and Company for the copy of The Song of Roland that they sent him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-01
Roger Livingston Scaife proposes that President Roosevelt write a book on “the university spirit of today and its effect upon life,” similar to Le Baron Russell Briggs’s Routine and Ideals. Scaife outlines potential parts of the book and the benefits it would have.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-11
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends a check from Houghton Mifflin Company, which he asks Douglas Robinson to deposit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-02
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends a check from Houghton, Mifflin Company to Douglas Robinson to deposit in Roosevelt’s account.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-08-05
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Douglas Robinson a statement and check from the Houghton Mifflin Company. He asks Robinson to have a clerk send a receipt to the Houghton Mifflin Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-02-02
Irving Berdine Richman sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his book California Under Spain and Mexico, which covers the region’s early history. He hopes Roosevelt will find it useful for understanding the background of the Pacific Coast. Richman also recalls corresponding with Roosevelt in the 1890s about The Winning of the West.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-10
Douglas Robinson confirms receipt of a check from Houghton Mifflin Company that George D. Wardrop sent, and has deposited it in Theodore Roosevelt’s account.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-02
Douglas Robinson acknowledges the check from Houghton Mifflin Company which he will deposit in Theodore Roosevelt’s account.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-04
Douglas Robinson acknowledges receipt of a check from Houghton Mifflin Company for Theodore Roosevelt’s account.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-08-11
George H. Mifflin, of the Houghton Mifflin Company, would like to know if President Roosevelt will consider writing a previously discussed volume on “Civic Duties.” Mifflin has also gained approval from former Secretary of State John Hay’s widow Clara Louise Stone Hay to ask Roosevelt to consider writing a volume on the deceased statesman, based on a recently completed biography, as Roosevelt previously wrote two volumes for the American Statesmen series. This letter was sent by way of Lawrence F. Abbott, of The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-16
Lawrence F. Abbott accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to lunch and encloses an editorial from The Outlook that he would like to discuss. Abbott also encloses a letter from George H. Mifflin asking Roosevelt to write a biography of the late John Hay, for which his widow, Clara Louise Stone Hay, has given permission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-18
Although George H. Mifflin is disappointed President Roosevelt cannot write anything for Houghton Mifflin Company at this time, he thanks him for his prompt reply.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-21
In his previous letter, Whitelaw Reid mistook the “really admirable edition by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.” It is really a Shelley edition, not a Swinburne. Reid wishes to correct his mistake immediately.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-12
Douglas Robinson received Frank Harper’s letter enclosing a statement and check from Houghton Mifflin Company to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-02-02
The Houghton-Mifflin Company are adding Richard Watson Gilder’s tenth book of poems to his nine others to make a special edition of his complete poems. He sends President Roosevelt a draft copy and asks him to pay special attention to two new poems.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-18
Houghton Mifflin Company requests an update on Theodore Roosevelt’s revisions of his books Gouverneur Morris and Thomas H. Benton. The printers are almost out of copies of those articles and they are anxious to get the new editions, even if that means the introductions Roosevelt proposed are not quite ready yet. They hope Roosevelt can notify them of the status before he travels west with the Army.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-12