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Brander Matthews has obtained a copy of President Roosevelt’s New York in French, and he is sending President Roosevelt a copy of a book he has obtained from an “anti-Dreyfus-ard.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-29
Brander Matthews declines an invitation to the White House due to the recent death of his mother. Matthews discusses the French translation of President Roosevelt’s book, New York, and the views of French writer and thinker Jules Lemaitre about Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-25
Brander Matthews encloses two articles that President Roosevelt may find interesting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-07
Writer and educator Brander Matthews discusses linguistics and mentions his book An Introduction to the Study of American Literature.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-03
Brander Matthews writes to President Roosevelt to discuss authors, publishers and current events.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-25
Brander Matthews recommends that President Roosevelt read the article by Franklin Henry Giddings on the “American People” in the current issue of the International Quarterly. He writes that Leigh Hunt enjoyed spending an evening with Roosevelt and informs the president that Hunt recently gave a dinner for Booker T. Washington. Matthews is glad that Roosevelt met his old pupil, Steward White.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-10
Brander Matthews thanks President Roosevelt for the “good time we had on Thursday evening.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-07
Brander Matthews accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to dinner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-04
Brander Matthews encloses several articles from French periodicals for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-25
Brander Matthews is in Great Britain. He has heard speeches by several prominent Britons and sends President Roosevelt a poem written by William Pember Reeves.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-26
Responding to an inquiry about President Roosevelt’s membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters, Brander Matthews writes that he does not have any information about the president’s membership, but he hopes that he continues it. The National Institute includes many of the leading artists, composers, and writers in the nation, according to Matthews. Included in the membership are William Dean Howells, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Washington Cable, Richard Watson Gilder, and Hamlin Garland. The group holds two or three meetings a year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-26
Brander Matthews encloses a puzzle, noting that President Roosevelt’s daughter may want it for the family archives. He thinks that Roosevelt’s handling of the Schley-Sampson controversy “hit the nail on the head.” Matthews wishes that Roosevelt could join him for lunch on Friday in New York with, among others, Mark Twain and William Dean Howells.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-26
Brander Matthews has received a letter from his friend Leigh Hunt who is in Shanghai and wanted to express his support for President Roosevelt. Matthews approves of Roosevelt’s actions in the “Schley squabble.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-29
Brander Matthews has confidence in President Roosevelt and the American public will support him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-22