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President Roosevelt invites architect C. Grant La Farge and his wife Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to come and see him, not just socially but also to consult regarding the placement and installation of a new painting the Roosevelts have acquired by Pinckney Marcius-Simons.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
President Roosevelt delightedly thanks Arthur Hamilton Lee for the gift of Pinckney Marcius-Simons’s painting, “Seats of the Mighty.” Roosevelt has been trying to find the perfect place worthy of the piece. George Nathaniel Curzon, Chancellor of Oxford, invited Roosevelt to deliver the Romanes lecture upon returning from Africa. While in England, Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Lee and his wife, Ruth Moore Lee. Everything is going well politically, and Roosevelt believes William H. Taft will be elected.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-02
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have decided to purchase the piece by Pinckney Marcius-Simons.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-19
Arthur Hamilton Lee sends President Roosevelt a painting. He praises Roosevelt both for his actions and method of action, and hopes that Roosevelt’s successor, William H. Taft, will continue in the same vein as Roosevelt. Lee hopes that Roosevelt’s retirement will only be temporary, but says that no one has earned a vacation more than Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-10