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Massachusetts Historical Society

Founded in 1791, the Massachusetts Historical Society celebrates history as “not just a series of events that happened to individuals long ago but … integral to the fabric of our daily lives.” The MHS is noted for its holdings of personal papers related to John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.

Theodore Roosevelt related items in this collection include photos of Roosevelt speaking at his inauguration, TR in his frontiersman attire, as well as a signed photograph given from Roosevelt to his close friend and confidant Henry Cabot Lodge. Letters from TR to Lodge are also included. Other correspondence highlights are Roosevelt writing to members of the Saltonstall family and a letter from Roosevelt to Mary Bowditch Forbes commenting on pacifist women.

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt will discuss with Senator Lodge a controversy over the District Commissionership. Roosevelt encloses a copy of a letter he sent to Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware. Roosevelt is proud of the showing that the 1st Volunteer Cavalry makes in the loss and pension figures. In a handwritten postscript, Roosevelt suggests he will meet the Lodges in Newport, Rhode Island, for the christening, presumably of Lodge’s grandson, and go from there by car to Nahant, Massachusetts.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-08-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt has decided to appoint W. Cameron Forbes to the Philippine Commission. Roosevelt will gladly stay with Senator Lodge in Nahant, Massachusetts, on Monday. Roosevelt has also recently concluded a somewhat trying camping trip with his children that included 16 miles of rowing. Roosevelt received a nice letter from Senator George Frisbie Hoar, and shall announce Oliver Wendell Holmes’s appointment to the United States Supreme Court today.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-08-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt thanks Senator Lodge for his letters. Roosevelt plans to write to Charles H. Ames at once, as he appreciated the letter from him, as well as the one from Fannie Hardy Eckstorm. Roosevelt approves of Lodge’s Portland speech. If Lodge can visit on the morning of September 16, Roosevelt has arranged for a private car on the 11 a.m. train. In the postscript, Roosevelt adds that he has instructed Postmaster General Henry C. Payne to appoint Francis H. Bristow of Elkton, Kentucky, to the local postmaster position there.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-09-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt writes to Senator Lodge about his leg trouble after his recent carriage accident, and is grateful he was able to give his speech on trusts and the tariff in spite of it. He is glad to hear Lodge’s daughter Constance Davis Lodge Gardner is recovering. Roosevelt confides that his leg was treated just in time, as there was beginning to be trouble with the bone, but he believes it will be all right.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-09-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt writes to Senator Lodge regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike, noting that at present he has not been able to find any methods that would allow the national government to influence the strike. Roosevelt compares the tariff and the strike by saying that in either case, if people are not able to get the goods they need, they will blame the government. Roosevelt explains in the postscript that he is done making tours for the year, and will not make more speeches until after the election.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-09-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that after a second operation his leg seems to be recovering after his recent carriage accident. Roosevelt then reports on the situation with the Anthracite Coal Strike and his discussions with various parties. He plans to invite the mine operators to come speak with him in three or four days, requesting a good faith effort to come to an agreement with the miners. He will also meet with representatives from the coal miners at some point.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-09-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that President Roosevelt is doing much better, with a normal temperature and good appetite. The doctors believe that his leg should heal quickly now after the surgery following his recent carriage accident. Edith is very glad that Constance Lodge Gardner is getting better, and supposed President Roosevelt has written Lodge about Constance’s husband, Augustus Peabody Gardner. She promises to write again soon to him and his wife Nannie.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Telegram from George B. Cortelyou to Henry Cabot Lodge

Telegram from George B. Cortelyou to Henry Cabot Lodge

George B. Cortelyou updates Senator Lodge on the situation regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike. On October 6, Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, went to Philadelphia with a message from President Roosevelt for John Mitchell. If Mitchell will direct the miners to return to work in the mines, Roosevelt will appoint a commission to investigate all issues between the mine operators and miners, and will try to obtain a settlement in accordance with the findings of the commission. There has not been a reply to this proposal yet.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-10-07

Creator(s)

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt acknowledges Senator Lodge’s letter and comments on his progress in finding a solution to the Anthracite Coal Strike. Many parties want Roosevelt to take drastic action on one side or the other, sending in troops, bringing legal action, or seizing property, all of which is impossible. He continues to seek a solution without taking steps that would cause violent repercussions.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-10-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt describes to Senator Lodge the difficulties he has had in negotiating the composition of the commission to examine the Anthracite Coal Strike. The mine operators did not want a representative of labor included. Roosevelt discovered the importance of labeling and perception, however, in that they would protest his appointment of Bishop John Lancaster Spalding as “eminent sociologist” and the addition of a representative of labor, yet they would happily accept the representative of labor being labeled an “eminent sociologist” and the addition of Bishop Spalding.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-10-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from William H. Taft to Elihu Root

Telegram from William H. Taft to Elihu Root

Governor General of the Philippines Taft writes to Secretary of War Root about the tariff bill that is currently in the Senate. Taft asserts the necessity of passing the bill, as the situation in the Philippines is serious, especially regarding the sugar and tobacco industries. All political parties in the Philippines are petitioning for the bill, and if it fails it will be very discouraging.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1903-02-26

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930