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George Otto Trevelyan explains his feelings about Arthur James Balfour, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, to President Roosevelt regarding recent financial policies in Great Britain. Trevelyan declares Balfour as “a man of words, and of no knowledge of the crisis.” He laments the depletion of the fund meant to pay off the national debt.
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1906-08-28
George Otto Trevelyan apologizes that it has taken him so long to send Roosevelt the book Soapy Sponge (colloquial title of Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour by R. S. Surtees), as he could not get the correct edition. He has since found the book in London and is having it bound. Trevelyan writes about his experience viewing the English Parliament, in which he believes there has been marked improvement, with earnest, hard-working men in the House of Commons.
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1906-03-15
George Otto Trevelyan thanks President Roosevelt for the books, particularly American Hunter and its discussion of Yellowstone Park, bears and bison. Trevelyan describes his and his wife’s experiences in and appreciation for Rome. He also mentions Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s wedding, being ill with typhoid, and other books he has recently read.
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1906-01-08
George Otto Trevelyan thanks President Roosevelt for the books he sent and relates his favorite works. Trevelyan writes of their Thanksgiving dinner with the ambassador and ambassadress in Rome and details the views and sights in the city.
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1905-12-01
Sir George Otto Trevelyan congratulates President Roosevelt on his peace negotiations with Japan and Russia, comparing him to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Sir Trevelyan also discusses his current and past publications and muses on the possibility of Roosevelt visiting England.
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1905-09-25
Sir George Trevelyan writes to President Roosevelt to offer his condolences on the death of Secretary of State John Hay, comparing Hay to Prime Minister Gladstone.
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1905-07-15
George Otto Trevelyan thanks President Roosevelt for his letter, which was praised by his son Charles Philips Trevelyan. Trevelyan has been following newspaper accounts of Roosevelt’s role in dealing with Russia, and laments the problems that beset the late British Prime Minister W. E. Gladstone. He is glad that Roosevelt does not have to deal with similar problems. Trevelyan sends Roosevelt a book about the 1857 mutiny in India.
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1905-03-30
George Otto Trevelyan recounts the coronation in Switzerland to Theodore Roosevelt, and he sends his best to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and their children.
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1911-08
George Otto Trevelyan discusses the books that President Roosevelt sent, and assures him that “trash” is published in England, alongside good old books that are reprinted. He has discovered a newfound love of Cicero. Trevelyan describes his apartment in Rome, and talks about his pleasant experiences with Americans there. He is particularly glad to be near his old friends Ambassador Henry White and his wife.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-01
Transcript of a speech given by George Otto Trevelyan at a bookseller’s dinner. Trevelyan discusses many matters relating to bookselling, book buying, and publishing. He also discusses his reminiscences with various literary figures and reflects on the relationship between literature and politics.
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1908-10-17
George Otto Trevelyan thanks President Roosevelt for the volume of his addresses and his letter. Trevelyan has copied and sent a portion of Roosevelt’s letter, wherein Roosevelt discusses Thomas Babington Macaulay, to his sister, Margaret Jean Trevelyan Holland. He discusses Sir John Fenwick’s house, Wallington, and its connection to the Trevelyan family as well as a literary association in Geoffrey Chaucer’s works. Trevelyan wants to show Roosevelt Macaulay’s books with his marginal notes. He is encouraged by Roosevelt’s interest in the seventeenth century and sends Roosevelt a copy of his son George Macaulay Trevelyan’s latest book on the topic. Trevelyan likes Roosevelt’s sentence that reads, “A great free people owes it to itself and to mankind not to sink into helplessness before the powers of evil.” He believes it will stick in the “memory of mankind” for a long time.
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1904-12-08
George Otto Trevelyan writes in response to requests for him to visit America. Trevelyan hopes to visit America and President Roosevelt after he completes his book.
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1904-02-15
George Otto Trevelyan was “greatly stirred and fired” by President Roosevelt’s last letter. He reports on the achievements of his children, and discusses reading and education. Trevelyan notes that Henry James visits his family every year.
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1904-02-10
George Otto Trevelyan discusses writing The American Revolution, his history book, and the joy at hearing President Roosevelt’s remarks on it. He also responds to Roosevelt’s request for Trevelyan to visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-25