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President Roosevelt encloses a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou suggesting the people at the United States Mint see it. He hopes the new coins will be ready in the next two weeks; otherwise, he will have George Frederick Kunz, Victor D. Brenner, and Daniel Chester French supervise the project.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-24
John Hay apologizes to President Roosevelt for not attending earlier to the matter of a letter from Mr. Carlyon-Britton. The letter has been appropriately resolved and Roosevelt need not answer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-12
Michael F. Moran describes the process of choosing designs for a gold coin of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to be issued by the United States Mint. Moran details his selection for the relevant committee, and he notes how he brought his expertise on coins and the Roosevelts to bear on his work. Moran describes the many steps and approvals needed over the course of two years to agree on a design and designers, and he notes that he used Sylvia Jukes Morris’s biography of Roosevelt as a reference to guide his and the committee’s work. In the end, the committee chose an obverse design that was based on Theodore Roosevelt’s favorite photograph of his wife, and the reverse image highlights the restoration of the White House undertaken in 1902.
In addition to photographs of Moran and Edith Roosevelt, illustrations of the proposed and winning designs for both sides of the coin and bronze medal accompany the essay. A text box contains information on how to order the coin.
President Roosevelt thanks Secretary of the Boston Numismatic Society Marvin for his letters. He mentions that sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens must have had Greek eagles in mind when making the eagle on the ten dollar piece, and he is glad Marvin likes the coins.
1908-01-20