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Brander Matthews informs Theodore Roosevelt that he has just returned from Europe and read Roosevelt’s letter. Matthews dismisses Miss Butcher as a “crank of no special knowledge.” Matthews hopes Roosevelt is doing well, and he remembers his visit to Oyster Bay fondly.
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1911-09-26
Brander Matthews writes a teasing letter to President Roosevelt. He says that he will enclose “our special souvenir for tomorrow’s banquet” of the Simplified Spelling Board at which he hopes to get Thomas R. Lounsbury elected Chairman in place of himself.
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1907-04-02
Brander Matthews thanks President Roosevelt for sending him J. J. Jusserand’s note regarding his Legion of Honor award. He tells Roosevelt about a New Years card he saw that involved Roosevelt, John D. Rockefeller, and boxer James J. Jeffries.
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1907-01-09
Brander Matthews sends President Roosevelt an article and pamphlet. Matthews admires Roosevelt’s ability to persuade others to “give over fighting” and hopes the president can get some real rest ahead of the “hour of struggle.”
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1905-06-11
Brander Matthews sends a book by French author Ferdinand Brunetière to President Roosevelt, drawing attention to an article titled “L’Ame Américaine.” Matthews comments that though the article is “shrewd and able,” it is also “curiously wrong,” but not more wrong than Americans might be when trying to understand Elizabethan England from incomplete facts.
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1905-02-01
Brander Matthews sends President Roosevelt various books and articles that might interest him.
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1905-01-04
Brander Matthews wishes a happy New Year to President Roosevelt and asks if he has seen certain recent articles and papers. Matthews also suggests the appointment of someone with a “German name would produce a bad effect on the French.”
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1905-01-01
Brander Matthews and his wife, Ada Harland, enjoyed their dinner at the White House. He encloses the drawing they spoke of and asks if he may send a copy of his book to President Roosevelt.
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1904-12-10
Brander Matthews is pleased to accept President Roosevelt’s invitation to dine.
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1904-12-01
Professor Matthews congratulates President Roosevelt on the recent election results. Matthews speaks of Roosevelt with his colleague, Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, but he hopes to see more of Roosevelt when he lives closer (presumably, after the presidency).
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1904-11-27
Brander Matthews sends sentiments to Theodore Roosevelt regarding Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident. Matthews also shares a recent publication from a colleague about medieval ideas, he is sure Roosevelt will enjoy reading it.
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1911-10-19
Brander Matthews was recently sent two documents that alleged to expose the “characteristics of [Theodore Roosevelt’s] friend in Berlin,” which he now forwards to Roosevelt asking that he explain the situation.
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1911-06-26
Brander Matthews writes Theodore Roosevelt concerning an address made in California. Matthews encloses a few notes and a speech in his letter, and notes he will send a few more things for Roosevelt to read.
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1911-06-18
Brander Matthews writes to Theodore Roosevelt to confirm he will be attending an upcoming luncheon.
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1911-06-02
Brander Matthews is giving a graduation address at Franklin and Marshall College on June 7th, 1911, but wishes to lunch with Theodore Roosevelt before he sets sail; he is available between June 12th and June 27th.
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1911-05-27
Brander Matthews regrets that he and Mrs. Matthews will not be able to meet up with Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt in June 1st, 1911, as Matthews will be speaking at two graduation events in New York and Philadelphia. Matthews thinks that the book Les Préjugés Nécessaires by Émile Faguet would be of interest to Roosevelt.
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1911-05-26
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1910-06-21
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
2025-10-02
Brander Matthews gently ribs President Roosevelt about having sent a letter signed “TR,” saying his “democratic soul is shockt.” Matthews liked a recent speech by Roosevelt about Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and appreciated Roosevelt’s use of one of his suggestions. Roosevelt’s mention of King Louis XIV of France made Matthews remember an anecdote involving Louis XIV and the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which he relates to Roosevelt.
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1908-12-16
Brander Matthews cannot find a copy of Catiline so he is sending President Roosevelt a copy of Cicero instead as well as the new Political Science Quarterly, which includes an article about railroad valuation.
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1907-12-15
Brander Matthews informs President Roosevelt that his wife Ada Harland has already written to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about their enjoyable visit to the White House. Matthews informs Roosevelt he has asked his French bookseller to pass along “Conspiracy of Cataline” and “Cicero and His Friends,” which both provide knowledge of Roman life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-10