Manuscripts

Life of Gouverneur Morris :

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Description: Draft of Roosevelt's publication Life of Gouverneur Morris (1888) with autograph edits. Incomplete; draft begins in Chapter VI: The Formation of the National Constitution and continues to the end of the manuscript. Pages have been inserted into paper mounts and bound into three volumes. Each volume has a portrait of Roosevelt; the photograph of him wearing a military uniform in volume one is signed.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1888.
Call number: mssHM 6287
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of May 1932.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Theodore Roosevelt, New York, letter to Julian Hawthorne :

Manuscripts

Roosevelt invites Hawthorne to dinner when he is in New York. Letter is written on mourning stationery. Item has been inserted into a paper mount.

mssHM 02631

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Theodore Roosevelt correspondence with William M. Van der Weyde concerning Thomas Paine

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Volume contains correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and William M. Van der Weyde regarding Roosevelt's reference to Thomas Paine as a "filthy little atheist" in his publication Gouverneur Morris (1888). Roosevelt alleged his description of Paine was partly based on a quote from statesman Gouverneur Morris's journal. The letters discuss the origin of the Morris quote and histories of Paine by authors Jared Sparks and Moncure Daniel Conway. Roosevelt expounds upon the definitions of "atheist" and "deist" in several letters. The final Roosevelt letter is sent by his secretary on his behalf (1918 September 4, mssHM 6026). Roosevelt's letters to Van der Weyde are all signed typescripts; most contain autograph edits. In addition, the volume contains typescript and facsimile copies of a letter from Roosevelt to "Mr. Hartmann," 1917 October 23 (FAC 50). Van der Weyde's letters are typescript signed copies. An introduction to the correspondence by Van der Weyde and images of Paine, Morris, Roosevelt, Van der Weyde, and others are also present in the volume. Two images are original photographs of Roosevelt, one a portrait and the other at his desk, taken by Van der Weyde and signed by him (undated). Items were bound together by Van Der Weyde for preservation purposes; title on binding is "Roosevelt - Van der Weyde Correspondnce concerning Thomas Paine." Volume contains five Theodore Roosevelt typescript letters signed dated: 1918 April 4 (mssHM 6015), 1918 April 19 (mssHM 6016), 1918 July 1 (mssHM 6019), 1918 July 9 (mssHM 6021), and 1918 August 21 (mssHM 6024).

mssHM 6014-6026

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Ranch life in the far west :

Manuscripts

Manuscript draft with autograph edits of chapter one, "The Cattle Country of the Far West" and chapter two, "Out on the Range," of Roosevelt's Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail (New York: The Century Company, 1888). Chapter two begins on page 17. Item has been bound in leather with the title page Theodore Roosevelt Original Manuscript Ranch Life in the Far West. Signed by Roosevelt in pencil.

mssHM 6012

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Walden; or, life in the woods

Manuscripts

Volume 1 [Draft A], late September 1846 to September 1847; Volumes 2-3 [Drafts B-C], mid 1848 to late summer 1849; Volume 4 [Draft D], early 1852 to September 1852; Volume 5 [Draft E], September 1852-1853; Volume 6 [Draft F], late 1853 to early 1854; Volume 7 [Draft G], February and March 1854; Volume 8 [Additional Material], [1854]. The eight manuscript volumes, partly in pencil, include parts of early versions, with some torn pages; the volumes contain substantial corrections and deletions. The work is a memoir of simple living in natural surroundings that includes spiritual discovery, social experiment, and satire; it was written over the course of two years, two months, and two days but Thoreau compressed the time into a single calendar year.

mssHM 924

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Machine politics in New York City :

Manuscripts

Printed proofs for Roosevelt's magazine article have been mounted and bound in a volume; they contain autograph edits and additions by Roosevelt and his signature. Volume also contains a copy of a portrait of Roosevelt. Article published in Century Magazine, November 1, 1886.

mssHM 6010

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Gettysburg and Waterloo :

Manuscripts

Manuscript draft of Roosevelt's article with autograph edits, signed by Roosevelt with "Sagamore Hill, June 1889" added. Item has been bound in leather and includes a handwritten title page. Published in Century Magazine, June 1, 1891.

mssHM 6013

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