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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet, Baron d’Estournelles de Constant

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet, Baron d’Estournelles de Constant

President Roosevelt thanks Baron d’Estournelles de Constant, as well as all the others who contributed, for the gift of the memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully. The signatures of all those who contributed to the gift make the book, “not merely one of the two or three in my library which I value most, but that one which I value most.” Roosevelt expresses his affection for France, and wishes everyone who contributed to the gift could visit him in the United States as well.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet Estournelles de Constant

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet Estournelles de Constant

President Roosevelt has received the biography of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, and asks Baron Estournelles de Constant if he and the parliamentary committee could write and sign a document stating in a few lines why they sent him the gift. Roosevelt would like the signed and handwritten paper to be placed in the front of his copy of the book.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-06