Sale 352


 
Lot 75



Correspondence from Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, six items: 1.) a carbon copy of a telegram dated Jan 2, 1909, from president Theodore Roosevelt to the wife of the late sculptor Augustus Saint Gaudens, asking her permission to use one of her husbands sculptures of Lincoln as the basis for a stamp being prepared for the Feb 12th 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth; 2.) A hand written two page letter from Mrs. St. Gaudens granting such permission; 3.) a typed letter signed by Roosevelt's secretary, William Loeb, Jr., to Postmaster General Meyer enclosing Mrs. St. Gaudens' letter; 4.) a carbon of a draft proposal for Roosevelt's original telegram, which included the date of Feb 22nd, confusing it with Washington's birth date; 5.) an official 8x10 archival photo of the St. Gaudens statue of the seated Lincoln in Chicago's Grant Park, upon which the bust on the issued stamp was based; and 6.) a multicolor postcard featuring St. Gaudens' "standing Lincoln" which resides in Chicago's Lincoln Park.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500

 
Realized $675



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