Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-3

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-03-08

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Judge Robert Grant writes to President Theodore Roosevelt congratulating him on continuously advocating for progressive tax reform. Grant knows that progressive taxes are very unpopular amongst the upper class, who prefer to maintain control over their wealth and dole it out to their inheritors as they wish. Grant maintains that progressive tax reform is more reliable in assisting society’s needs than relying on the upper class to voluntarily donate their money to useful causes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-16

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant apologizes to Theodore Roosevelt for failing to attend the Harvard Commencement. He sends Roosevelt some salmon and explains that he was fishing and settling his family at Murray Bay during the month of June. He continues with various pleasantries and acknowledges the death of John Hay.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-02

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant argues for greater uniformity in the nation’s divorce laws.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-11

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant tells Theodore Roosevelt that he will be unable to visit Roosevelt at Oyster Bay as planned. The mother of a cousin who Grant’s wife, Amy Gordon Galt Grant, is fond of died recently, so the Grants are going to New York to be closer to her. Grant hopes to be invited again another time, and comments that he enjoyed Roosevelt’s recent visit to him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-27

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant invites Theodore Roosevelt to dine with him the next time he is in Boston. He greatly enjoyed the “word picture” of Roosevelt’s hunting articles. Grant is working on articles on natural social development. He recommends the newly printed A Guide to Reading in Social Ethics and Allied Subjects.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-12-08

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant and his wife are going abroad, and he asks President Roosevelt for a letter of introduction to Ambassador Whitelaw Reid in London, so that they might be able to visit Parliament or any interesting court events. He approved of Roosevelt’s recent message on lawbreakers and sympathizes with his desire to break up trusts and enact laws that will prevent combinations. Lest Roosevelt think that Grant is a “mere flatterer,” he informs him that he disapproves of his attitude towards judges with whom he disagrees. Grant closes with a message of support for Secretary of War William H. Taft’s nomination for president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-03

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant enjoyed meeting Baron Estournelles de Constant, though the baron could only spare a few minutes. Grant had a good impression of him and is pleased to entertain any friend of President Roosevelt’s. Grant also recently had dinner with Rooevelt’s son, Ted, and enjoyed reciting poetry with him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-22

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant congratulates President Roosevelt on the recent peace between Russia and Japan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-30

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant, who is a novelist and jurist, writes to President Roosevelt about sending Roosevelt his latest novel, The Orchid. Grant discusses the plot of the novel and sends along his hopes that the President will shoot some big game and meet several interesting characters. He also sends an article that incorrectly stated Grant, in opposition to Roosevelt, felt childless women to be an appropriate life style choice.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-24

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant writes to President Roosevelt regarding his recent novel, Unleavened Bread. Roosevelt had referred to Grant’s heroine Selma in a recent speech, much to Grant’s pleasure. Grant mentions that a reporter failed to understand the satirical representation of the female character and misinterpreted the work to be serious. Grant attempted to clarify his stance on divorce and morality but explains the situation to Roosevelt just in case his words are “muddled” in the press.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-15

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant continues a discussion with President Roosevelt about the immoral behavior of some wealthy people. He also notes that the Senate is rejecting the treaty of San Domingo.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-15

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant includes in his letter a magazine article about marriage and divorce laws. Grant mentions in the letter the importance of ensuring the fairness of these laws.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-13

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Probate Court Judge Robert Grant thanks President Roosevelt for the wonderful visit to the White House. He also extended the hopes for the “brightest of inaugural days.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-09

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Robert Grant returns an “extraordinary screed” Roosevelt had received to him, and says that he would not honor the author with a reply. Grant writes dismissively of women’s clubs and comments on reproduction and love.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-28

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

In response to a letter that President Roosevelt forwarded to him, Robert Grant is amazed both at the nature of the problem and at the “crass impertinence” the writer had in asking Roosevelt to solve it. He hopes that Roosevelt will “deal a buffet to this scrupulous pair that will make them blush.” Grant argues that certain religious groups revere the Virgin Mary too much and place too much value upon virginity.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-07

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Judge Grant writes President Roosevelt to say that he addressed an earlier letter to Washington instead of Oyster Bay. He thanks the President for reading his novel and suggests that they have a meeting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-30

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Probate Court Judge Robert Grant, who also served as an overseer of Harvard University, informs President Roosevelt that he believes the other overseers will support his recommendation of presenting Senator Lodge with an honorary degree.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-03

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940


Judge Grant thanks President Roosevelt for reading his novel in serialized form and promises to send him a copy in book form when it is released. Grant invites President Roosevelt to come visit him in Boston in the autumn. He also assures the President that he will be voting for him in the upcoming elections.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-30

Creator(s)

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940