Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt thanking him for his note of sympathy in his “dark days”.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-03

Senator Lodge asks President Roosevelt to press Senator William P. Dillingham to bring a bill to a vote. Lodge fears delay, as it might give the steamship lobby time to develop opposition.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-13

Senator Lodge further explains the situation of the individuals in the Government Printing Office and offers to assist if requested.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-10

Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt informing him that Gerrit John Diekema, whom he refers to as Mr. Dikeman, is leaving the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission to succeed Congressman William Alden Smith in the House of Representatives. Lodge emphasizes how important it is that Diekema’s successor be someone who will stand with Chandler and the other Republican members.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-05

Senator Lodge appreciates Senator Albert J. Beveridge’s letter. Lodge requests that William Loeb tell President Roosevelt that Beveridge spoke to Lodge. Lodge was surprised that Beveridge talked to Roosevelt, but is grateful for it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-02

Senator Lodge returns Brooks Adams’ letter to President Roosevelt. Lodge found the letter to be interesting.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-09

Senator Lodge expresses his admiration for President Roosevelt’s love of Charles Dickens’s works, and sends him a first edition of David Copperfield as a Christmas present.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-24

Senator Lodge, as requested by President Roosevelt, records in writing several matters about which they spoke. He hopes the Gas Company will release the Government, and wants to make sure that Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw does not take further steps before Congress acts. Lodge wants Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson to ask the House Committee for double the amount for the work with moths, and a word of encouragement from Roosevelt would be helpful. Finally, Lodge reminds Roosevelt to speak to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte about giving a speech to French Canadians in Massachusetts in the coming winter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-17

Henry Cabot Lodge thinks that if something were to be done, it was done as best as it could be, but he is not sure it should have been done at all. He also thinks that Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou’s letter was admirable. Lodge liked the clipping Roosevelt sent him, and showed it to Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, who was amused.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-10

Senator Lodge thanks William Loeb for a letter from Whitelaw Reid and encloses a letter to President Roosevelt. Lodge states it was safer to send it to Loeb as letters addressed to Roosevelt are opened.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-30

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-18

Senator Lodge tells President Roosevelt about the establishment of a big German coaling station in St. Thomas, which indicates that German Emperor William II is “still hankering after those islands.” Lodge recommends quickly buying Greenland. In addition, Lodge recommends replacing Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and disagrees with Shaw’s plan for issuing bonds. Lodge comments on various prominent events happening in the United States and the world and explains he is enjoying his time in “this old Italian town,” but is beginning to long for home. He wants to be near Roosevelt and not have to watch from a distance.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-10

Senator Lodge reminds him of their recent conversation and sends President Roosevelt a report including Captain Newcomb’s record.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-07

Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt that he did not intend to push for James B. Reynolds’s appointment to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and is sorry to hear of Secretary of the Treasury Shaw’s feelings about the matter. Lodge only suggested Reynolds when Shaw asked him for names. Lodge vouches for Reynolds’s competency and character.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-06

Senator Lodge has enclosed an article and a letter together with some analysis of the latest statistics relating to the Socialist vote. Lodge believes that President Roosevelt’s speech at Philadelphia on the issue was one of his best.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-31

Henry Cabot Lodge is suggesting that Theodore Roosevelt think about having Edgar R. Champlin become a commissioner to San Domingo. Throughout the letter he informs the President about Champlin’s background and credentials, and why he would be a good fit for this position. He states that he has not run this notion by Champlin as of yet, but was hoping that the President might address the position to Champlin himself.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-25

Senator Lodge encourages President Roosevelt to release Fairbanks’s report, letters, and a statement concerning his intentions in order to prove that all have been acting in “the utmost good faith.” Lodge believes that the documents will put an end to one part of the “agitation.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-06

Senator Lodge requests a copy of George Kennan’s letter of November 20, 1904, for William Sturgis Bigelow.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-20

Senator Lodge explains that he did not object to President Roosevelt having his own letter published in the press but that he was concerned about Roosevelt publishing Representative Gardner’s letter. Lodge answers questions posed by Roosevelt in a previous letter. Lodge does not know why a plan to have a second squadron of battleships, to be commanded by a friend of his, has been eliminated by the Navy. He asks to have a meeting to discuss a treaty as it is too complicated for a letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-15

Senator Lodge agrees that publishing President Roosevelt’s letter on a recent matter related to Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner is best, even if it seems that the matter is nearly settled. Lodge asks that Roosevelt not release Gardner’s letter on the matter, as Gardner had intended it to be a private letter about a public matter. Lodge concludes with congratulations on the election results, noting the surprising win in Missouri.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-11