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President Roosevelt send New Years wishes to William Dean Howells, and invites him and Edmund Clarence Stedman to dinner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-26
Charles N. Elliot sends Theodore Roosevelt John Burroughs’ book about his Western trip with Roosevelt and requests that Roosevelt write a brief appreciation of the author for inclusion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-14
Franklin C. Morehead requests a meeting with Theodore Roosevelt for advice to get his “great work…on the road to success,” a work in which Edmund Clarence Stedman expressed confidence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-20
Responding to an inquiry about President Roosevelt’s membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters, Brander Matthews writes that he does not have any information about the president’s membership, but he hopes that he continues it. The National Institute includes many of the leading artists, composers, and writers in the nation, according to Matthews. Included in the membership are William Dean Howells, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Washington Cable, Richard Watson Gilder, and Hamlin Garland. The group holds two or three meetings a year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-26