Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-12-18

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Richard Harding Davis wrote to President Roosevelt, praising the information sent to Harding by Roosevelt. Harding also praised the professionalism of the diplomatic corps under the Roosevelt administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-07

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis offers his thoughts on the most important elements to bring along while hiking or marching long distances, backed up by his experiences as a war correspondent.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis requests President Roosevelt’s help in getting a seat at the coronation at Westminster Abbey.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-06

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis requested two lines from President Roosevelt about camping. Roosevelt gave more, and Davis requests Roosevelt allow him to share those lines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-10

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis would like President Roosevelt to ask Congress for a commission to mark the sites in San Juan Hill in Cuba, which are neglected. He also asks Roosevelt to write about the first thing he packs when he goes hunting and a piece of advice for a new book he is writing.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-07

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis writes a first person account of his memories of the charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War. He includes photos from the war and from his visit to the site in 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis and his wife Cecil Clark Davis are settled in Tokyo like it is home. Davis’ contract with Collier’s Weekly was only for three months, but he does not want to return home without seeing the front lines of the Russo-Japanese War. Davis complains that the newspaper correspondents have been treated poorly by the Japanese authorities who have restricted their access to the front, read their private correspondence and had them spied upon. As an example of the unfair treatment they have been subjected to, Davis recounts the story of Jack London who has been arrested and tried by court martial after getting into a physical altercation with a servant who was caught stealing correspondents’ supplies. Davis knows that President Roosevelt likes to hear of United States representatives abroad, and praises the work of LLoyd Carpenter Griscom, Charles Carlton Marsh, and James Wheeler Davidson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-26

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

On behalf of his mother, Rebecca Harding Davis, Richard Harding Davis thanks President Roosevelt for his telegram of sympathy upon hearing of his father’s death.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis is preparing to leave for Japan to cover the Russo-Japanese War. He asks that Roosevelt send a letter to Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, U.S. Minister to Japan, requesting a pass for Davis to the front.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-14

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Davis thanks Roosevelt for letter. He extends Christmas wishes to Roosevelt and to Edith Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-23

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis regrets offending Theodore Roosevelt in a letter he sent concerning Leonard Wood’s case.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-20

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis proposes writing an article in support of Leonard Wood to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-12

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis is opposed to the appointment of Major Littleton Waller as commander of the United States Marine Corps. Waller’s name was sullied by his actions and subsequent court martial during his service in the Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-04

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis thanks President Roosevelt for being willing to assist in procuring an invitation for Davis to attend the coronation of King Edward VII at Westminster Abbey. Davis was able to obtain tickets on his own. However, it turns out to have been a wasted effort as the coronation was postponed when King Edward contracted appendicitis. Davis describes his reason for admiring the king’s courage in delaying the coronation, although it appears to be an unpopular decision.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-02

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

“Just learn objection to myself personal on account of Boer articles. Please do nothing.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-06

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis has been traveling in Latin America and met with President Cipriano Castro of Venezuela. Castro said he is going to send President Roosevelt’s son Ted two Venezuelan ponies, and he gave Davis the Grand Cross of the Order of Bolivia. Davis jokes about how he helped run the Venezuelan government but is not respected by the United States. Davis plans to take a trip to Madrid for the Spanish coronation and plans to write about his experiences for Scribner’s or Colliers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-27

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis has received President Roosevelt’s letter and requests a letter from Roosevelt or from Secretary of War Elihu Root to Governor of Puerto Rico William Henry Hunt. In a handwritten note, Root has agreed to furnish the requested letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-18

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis is traveling to Puerto Rico and Venezuela and asks if he could help President Roosevelt by serving as a “special commissioner.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-13

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916

Richard Harding Davis accepts the invitation to luncheon and offers some advice regarding Prince Heinrich of Prussia’s upcoming visit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-01

Creator(s)

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916