Tag: manuscript_division

Library of Congress Acquires Stenographic Copy of Teddy Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" Speech

5 Nov 2026 10:32 a.m. · Source: U.S. Library of Congress

The Library of Congress has acquired a stenographic copy of the speech Theodore Roosevelt delivered in 1912 after being shot in the chest, complete with his penciled-in edits.

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Library of Congress Acquires Letters by Martha Washington and Mary Todd Lincoln

22 Oct 2026 11:34 a.m.

The Mary Todd Lincoln letter, written two months before the president's assassination, joins her correspondence collection online, while the 1760 Martha Washington letter is the first in her own hand held in the George Washington Papers.

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