Massachusetts Historical Society

Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Rider uniform before embarking for Cuba.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1898

Creator(s)

Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911

President Roosevelt thanks Richard M. Saltonstall for his interest in Roosevelt’s son Ted and expresses the difficult time that Ted is having with the press as the President’s son.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1905-09-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Leverett Saltonstall on his appointment as Port Collector.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1885-11-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt explains to Leverett Saltonstall about a misunderstanding in which he received two portraits of Sir Richard Saltonstall as a gift from Lord North in Warwickshire, England. Roosevelt plans to send them on to Leverett, a descendant, for whom he believes they would be a more appropriate gift.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1893-07-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt informs Leverett Saltonstall the portraits of Sir Richard Saltonstall recently discussed will be “shipped at once.” Roosevelt likes the portraits and thinks Saltonstall will too.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1893-08-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt comments on some portraits of Sir Richard Saltonstall to Leverett Saltonstall. Roosevelt also mentions meeting “young Chamberlain, the M.P.” for the first time and getting advice from him about how to properly address a Lord in a letter.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1893-10-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt expresses his deep sympathies to Richard M. Saltonstall on the death of Saltonstall’s father Leverett.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1895-04-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt urges Richard M. Saltonstall to contact Bob Bacon and “the fellows” to come to Washington, D.C., and “take dinner at the White House.”

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1901-10-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Repository

Massachusetts Historical Society

Resource Type

Letter

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Henry Cabot Lodge and his wife, Nannie, in pencil, because he is far out in the African wilderness. Roosevelt discusses Lodge’s response to the tariff question and shares his own thoughts on the constitutional amendment about the income tax. Roosevelt agrees with William Loeb and Lodge on the mayoralty issue. On his trip, Roosevelt has gained a passion for William Shakespeare’s plays, news that will be of interest to Nannie. Roosevelt shares the highlights of his big game hunting in Africa, as well as other books he has been reading.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1909-09-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt responds to Mary Bowditch Forbes’s letter that there are pacifist women just as much as there are pacifist men. Sometimes women can also vote better than the men, but it still comes down to leadership.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1917-01-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt informs George von Lengerke Meyer that he telegraphed the president urging for Meyer’s appointment.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1900-10-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt expresses to Ambassador Meyer his extreme desire to keep Germany out of the western hemisphere.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1901-04-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is pleased that Victor Emmanuel III should receive The Winning of the West, but thinks that the “unfortunate monarch certainly won’t read it!”

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-04-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is relieved that the coal strike is settled and reports that the bone was hurt by the accident, but his leg is healing.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-10-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Ambassador Meyer that he has provided a letter of introduction for some friends, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas St. John Gaffney, from New York. Roosevelt wishes Meyer to show them some social courtesy, but urges caution because Mr. Gaffney is not always discreet in political matters.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1903-11-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs Ambassador Meyer that he will not consider any other man for the position and views disloyalty to George B. Cortelyou as disloyalty to the Republican Party.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1904-06-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt wishes for Ambassador Meyer to be Ambassador to St. Petersburg, as he believes for many reasons that there is no better man for the job.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1904-12-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt outlines for Ambassador Meyer his opinions regarding the Russian and Japanese people and their militaries, and comments on England’s similar interest regarding the “Oriental complication.”

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1905-02-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt hears that Ambassador Meyer is doing well in St. Petersburg and asks that his first confidential report go through Secretary of State John Hay. He hopes that Meyer will get along with Spencer F. Eddy.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1905-05-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919