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President Roosevelt accepts Robert J. Collier’s invitation on behalf of the Lincoln Farm Association to give a speech at the log cabin where President Abraham Lincoln on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Roosevelt counts himself lucky to be the president tasked with honoring Lincoln on his hundredth birthday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-11
Governor Willson of Kentucky praises the speech President Roosevelt recently gave at the Abraham Lincoln celebration in Kentucky, and relates the enthusiasm that Kentuckians have for Roosevelt. Willson regrets that he did not get a chance to present Andrew Cowan, his wife Anna G. Cowan, and Emilie Todd Helm, half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln, to Roosevelt. Willson and his wife Mary are coming to the inauguration, and will stay with Associate Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan a few days beforehand.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-15
Robert J. Collier sends President Roosevelt the register from Brown’s Hotel that Abraham Lincoln likely signed on his first trip to Washington, D.C., as a freshman congressman. He presents this gift as a token of his admiration, and that of the entire Collier’s staff, as Roosevelt leaves the presidency. The officers of the Lincoln Farm Association are also very grateful for Roosevelt’s support.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-05
Mark Sullivan asks President Roosevelt if there is any chance he could impose on him for the original draft of Roosevelt’s upcoming speech to the Lincoln Farm Association to give as a Christmas present to Robert J. Collier. Sullivan completely understands if such a thing is impossible, but was trying to think of a gift he could give to Collier that Collier could not simply buy himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-15