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Jacob A. Riis asks President Roosevelt to read the two enclosed letters. He knows nothing about Postmaster General Henry C. Payne, and the President’s appointment of Payne satisfies Riis of Payne’s worth, but it has not seemed to satisfy those who have written him. Riis asks for a letter about this.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-10
Elisabeth D. Nielson Riis and Jacob Riis are not concerned about royalties or profit from the biography of President Roosevelt that Jacob wrote. He thought that writing the book was a privilege and loved doing it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-03
Jacob A. Riis has just finished the manuscript for his book, Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen. He is glad to know that parts of it are already being read to school children. He hopes he was not too “familiar.” Riis will head West soon as his children are heading off to work and boarding school.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-11
Newspaper article highlighting the talents of Truman A. De Weese.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09
Biographical information on George Gray which highlights his recent work on the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05
Character sketch of David Winfield Mulvane, the Republican National Committeeman for Kansas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Edward Daniels is writing a biography of Cushman Kellogg Davis, the late senator from Minnesota. He has found correspondence between Davis and President Roosevelt in Davis’s papers and requests Roosevelt’s impression of Davis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-07
Edward Daniels is writing a biography of Cushman Kellogg Davis, the late senator from Minnesota. Daniels has found correspondence between Davis and President Roosevelt in Davis’s papers and requests Roosevelt’s impression of Davis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-07
Basil Wilson Duke, a Confederate officer during the American Civil War, commends Theodore Roosevelt on his biography of Thomas Hart Benton.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1888-05-19