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circe 1916
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
[Draft of Page 66 of "Fear God and Take Your Own Part"]
The page beginning: "of cheap platitudes, not by windy orating...." With lengthy autograph annotations by Roosevelt.
GLC05186
20 April 1902
Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910)
to: "my dear boys."
Describes the blizzard last night. Discusses his work building a suspension bridge across Nome River at the expense of about $5,000 but storms are delaying the construction. Afterwards, he expects to work for the North American Trading and...
GLC05245.15
8 July 1909
to Owen Horsfall
He has been busy with emergency work and lodge meetings. Ed has written about his " 'frat' experiences." The money order he sent came back and he filled out a new one. [continued on 9/09] He invested in a labor saving plant but says he is...
GLC05245.48
circa 1920-1930
Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir (1859-1930)
[What can one possibly say...]
Written on imprinted card: "What can one possibly say that / if they have been in any way / needy or unhappy one prays that the / future has compensation in store." Date of document assumed because Doyle's interest in spiritualism emerged after the...
GLC05508.088
circa 1900-1901
Clegg, William (fl. 1859-1907)
[Miscellaneous writings by William Clegg]
Random thoughts and notes written by Clegg. Topics discussed include education, training of the will, and death, "The tolling of the bell".
GLC03133.09
3 March 1912
Hearst, William R. (1863-1951)
to Perriton Maxwell
Asks his English agent to obtain works by the English authors George Bernard Shaw, Marie Corelli, G. K. Chesterton, and Elinor Glyn for publication in Hearst magazines. Mentions in particular, Chesterton's article, "Divorce," but advises that 100...
GLC04668
1916
Fear God and take your own part
Inscribed to Russell A. Bowen, dated 3 April 1916; also inscribed by William R. Thayer, one of Roosevelt's earliest biographers, dated 12 September 1919. The book is an anti-Wilson and anti-Imperial Germany diatribe. With original dust-jacket.
GLC04683
1919/01/26
Burroughs, John (1837-1921)
4 stanza poem, "In Blooming Orchards"
GLC04353.13
1901/05/13
Le Gallienne, Richard (1866-1947)
to James C. Young re: edition of Young's book, "Omar"
On stationery of "The Schuyler," New York. With collateral article.
GLC04353.18
1906/05/30
Article: "New-York Tribune . . . For Fulton Monument." Re: elections of officers for the Robert Fulton Memorial Association.
Executive committee includes, among others: W.H. Fletcher, John Jacob Astor, General F.D. Grant, Samuel L. Clemens [Mark Twain], and Colonel H.O.S. Heistand [pictured].
GLC06343.278
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