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Master plan of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., showing the proposed location for the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial designed by John Russell Pope. The location for the memorial is depicted where the Jefferson Memorial, also designed by Pope, stands today.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1925
On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou sends Navy Surgeon General Presley Marion Rixey tickets for the upcoming firework display. He asks that Rixey give directions to his coachman to use the west entrance to the grounds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-10
Daniel Hudson Burnham forgot to mention in his earlier letter to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that the railways withdrew from an advantageous location on the Mall at the urging of the government so that Washington, D.C., could be beautified.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-16