Presidents--Autographs

Letter from Luke E. Wright to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador to Japan Wright informs President Roosevelt about his visit with Emperor Meiji. Wright reports that he followed Roosevelt’s suggestions when presenting his letter of credence, that the emperor asked about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s health, and that the emperor counts an autographed photo Roosevelt gave him as one of his prized possessions. Wright believes Japan will act in good faith regarding the “open door” policy in Manchuria, but it is taking time because the Japanese military governors in the territory do not want to be replaced by civil administrators and the Russians are moving slowly in removing their troops from the region. Wright says that Japan was strained by the war, and wants to maintain goodwill with the world powers, especially the United States. Wright also wishes power to Roosevelt as he busts trusts at home, noting that American citizens are increasingly tired of political machines in both parties.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-07

Letter from George Wood Wingate to William Loeb

George Wood Wingate requests from William Loeb a new copy of President Roosevelt’s letter commending the Public Schools Athletic League. There has been so much interest in the letter that Wingate would like to have it copied for dissemination. However, the type is too light and the printer cannot reprint it. Wingate requests Roosevelt’s “good black signature” on the new copy in order to aid the printing.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-06

Letter from William Lawrence to Theodore Roosevelt

William Lawrence writes that Mrs. Lawrence is delighted with the autographed photo. He thinks that Secretary of State Hay’s death is quite a loss, but that he has confidence in whoever President Roosevelt chooses next. Lawrence looks forward to seeing President Roosevelt again.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-06

Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to William Loeb

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson encloses a letter about immigration and asks William Loeb if he thinks it is worth showing to President Roosevelt. A friend of Robinson, the nephew of the late British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury, met Roosevelt briefly at the Railway Congress and would like the President to sign a slip of paper commemorating the occasion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-02

Letter from Daniel Edgar Sickles to Theodore Roosevelt

Daniel Edgar Sickles returns volume 1 of President Roosevelt’s messages and addresses, which Roosevelt forgot to autograph as promised. Sickles congratulates Roosevelt on the election results in Maine, and his letter accepting the Republican nomination for the presidency.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-13

Letter from Edward Brandegee to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward Brandegee thanks President Roosevelt for sending him pictures and two volumes of his speeches and papers. Brandegee presented the items to his Men’s Club and the members were excited and grateful to receive them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-20

Letter from Edward Brandegee to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward Brandegee asks President Roosevelt to send him some pictures and an inscribed volume of his writings, so Brandegee can present them to the 125 active members of the Men’s Club of the Memorial Church of the Holy Cross.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-09

50th anniversary of B.S.A’s Camp Roosevelt

Brief notice about the fiftieth anniversary of Camp Roosevelt, a Boy Scout Camp in New Jersey named for President Roosevelt. The Theodore Roosevelt Association donated a picture and two autographs of Roosevelt to the camp.  

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1978

Letter from Corrine Roosevelt Robinson to William Loeb

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson thanks William Loeb for the photographs and requests that President Roosevelt sign two other photographs for her.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-18

Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Corrine Roosevelt Robinson comments on the controversy surrounding the education unification bill. McDougall Hawkes and Secretary O’Brien request that the date for the New York Republican State Convention be selected soon. Hawkes believes that Cornelius N. Bliss could be useful for campaign purposes. Robinson ponders how Senator Hanna’s death will affect the Republican Party. She closes by thanking President Roosevelt for signing the photographs and making the “little blind girl” very happy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt encloses an autograph Anna Roosevelt Cowles has requested, joking that the person who asked her for it obviously has not seen his handwriting. He describes Edith Roosevelt’s recent injury, in which she suffered a slight concussion and dislocation of three upper-neck vertebrae. He believes she is out of danger but she does not because she is still in a great deal of pain even though doctors assured her it would abate by now. Roosevelt does not know when she will be better but he is sure she will be out of bed by the time Cowles visits on the 24th. He is thrilled with how much Ethel Roosevelt has helped take care of Edith and appreciates her good heart and strong capabilities.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-10-05

Theodore Roosevelt page in autograph album

A letter with envelope from President Roosevelt to Bishop William Lawrence dated September 21, 1901, which has been taped into an autograph album created by Henry Adams and his mother Abigail and later added to by George Peabody and Endicott Peabody. A handwritten label at the top of the page reads: “Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-19, twenty-sixth president of the U.S., organizer of the Rough Riders, reformer, big game hunter & writer.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1901

Letter from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb

Mirza Nasrullah Khan, Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs, requests an inscribed photograph of President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-04

Letter from Endicott Peabody to Theodore Roosevelt

Endicott Peabody is excited that President Roosevelt will come to Groton School for Prize Day. He is also grateful that Roosevelt has given him a kind letter to keep and an autograph letter to be displayed in the school. However, Peabody believes that the wording on the public letter should be changed slightly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-10

Letter from M. Florence Locke to Theodore Roosevelt

M. Florence Locke writes a friendly letter to President Roosevelt and includes a button hole bouquet from her vine of English jasmine. She believes the offering will remind him of a similar plant that was at her home in Madison, New Jersey, where he visited as a young boy. In addition, she sends two photographs which she requests the president to sign and return to her.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-25

Summary of letter from Viola Gilbert

Viola Gilbert hopes that President Roosevelt received the photograph she sent of Thomas “Tad” Lincoln. She requests an autographed letter from Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-28

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Whitelaw Reid thanks President Roosevelt for an autographed portrait and congratulates him on the arbitration of the Venezuelan crisis. He states that he agrees with the statement of Andrew Carnegie regarding Roosevelt as a great man as the world took a great step that the U.S. led.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-30

Letter from Ceylon B. Taylor to George B. Cortelyou

Ceylon B. Taylor of the publisher Gebbie and Company breaks down the various editions of the upcoming uniform edition of President Roosevelt’s writings. Gebbie is the producer of the complete works of Roosevelt, which are limited to 1,250 copies because of the restrictions placed by one of the original publishers. The first 26 copies of the edition will be signed by President Roosevelt himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-23

Letter from Henri Joseph Brugère to Theodore Roosevelt

Henri Joseph Brugère thanks President Roosevelt for the autographed photo.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-12

Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to George B Cortelyou

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson writes on behalf of Sybil Kane, sister of former Rough Rider Captain Woodbury Kane, who would appreciate President Roosevelt’s autograph on several books for the benefit of a charity. She regrets asking her brother for so many autographs, so she attempts to go through George B. Cortelyou.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-06