[D8805AIS], Letter from Dorothy Quincy Roosevelt, Kate Shippen (Mrs Hilborne L.) Roosevelt to Thomas Alva Edison, November 6th, 1888
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Title
[D8805AIS], Letter from Dorothy Quincy Roosevelt, Kate Shippen (Mrs Hilborne L.) Roosevelt to Thomas Alva Edison, November 6th, 1888
Editor's Notes
"Won't you please send me a doll what walks and talks with beauty and golden hair? Believe me," yours [unclear] Dorothy Roosevelt "In a rash moment the other day I happened to say, when my little girl was begging for a 'doll that walks and talk' that you 'were the only person in the world who could probably make such a thing.' On the strength of this assertion she has insisted upon writing you this letter. ### Had it not been for the friendship that existed between you and her father and way own brief acquaintance with you that winter at Magnolia, I would not have presumed to bother you with such a foolish affair as a child's letter. But you know what children are when they get a settled idea in their little heas! ### Should you or one of your clerks answer Dorthy's note will you kindly adress her Care Mrs. Hilborne L. Roosevelt Seabright New Jersey." Pray believe me, Kate S. Roosevelt [Marginalia: "Personal from a very little girl."]
Recipient
Mentioned
Date
1888-11-06
Type
Folder/Volume ID
D8805-F
Microfilm ID
121:597
Document ID
D8805AIS
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University