Letter from John W. Klenck to Theodore Roosevelt
John W. Klenck asks Theodore Roosevelt how to pronounce Gouverneur Morris’ first name, since Roosevelt wrote a biography of Morris.
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Morris, Gouverneur, 1876-1953
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to John W. Klenck
Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt explains to John W. Klenck that Gouverneur Morris should be pronounced like the French word.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Graves Sharp
Theodore Roosevelt informs Ambassador Sharp of Gouverneur Morris’s “honor and his good sense” and his desire to present the French case before the American people. Roosevelt states that all French civil and military officers who help him will be rendering a service to their country. Roosevelt also mentions Morris’s ancestry.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-06-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the Houghton Mifflin Company
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt has enclosed his photograph. He suggests the publisher contact Gouverneur Morris and Jessie Benton Frémont regarding the manuscripts, since Roosevelt does not have time to revisit the subject.
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Creation Date
1898-02-14