Mr. Augustus Saint-Gaudens,
Windsor, Vermont.
The White House
Washington
October 1, 1906.
Personal
My dear Mr. Saint-Gaudens:
The mint people have come down, as you can see from the enclosed letter which is in answer to a rather dictatorial one I sent to the Secretary of the Treasury. When can we get that design for the twenty-dollar gold piece? I hate to have to put on the lettering, but under the law I have no alternative; yet in spite of the lettering I think, my dear sir, that you have given us a coin as wonderful as any of the old Greek coins. I do not want to bother you, but do let me have it as quickly as possible. I would like to have the coin well on the way to completion by the time Congress meets.
It was such a pleasure seeing your son the other day.
Please return Director Roberts' letter to me when you have noted it.
Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr. Augustus Saint-Gaudens,
Windsor, Vermont.