Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Hamilton Lee
Subject(s): Authors, Scottish, Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922, Burgess, John William, 1844-1931, Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947, Canada, College teachers, Cuba, Davis, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1845-1921, Dolphin (Ship), Endowments, England, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin, Germany, International relations, Jamaica, Lee of Fareham, Viscountess (Ruth Moore Lee), 1891-1941, McKinley, William, 1843-1901, Monroe doctrine, Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917, Newfoundland and Labrador, Oliver, Frederick Scott, 1864-1934, Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979, Speyer, James, 1861-1941, Swettenham, James Alexander, 1846-1933, Treaties, United States, United States. Congress, United States. Department of State, United States. Dept. of State, Ware, Fabian, William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941, Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925
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President Roosevelt believes Arthur Hamilton Lee handled the “Swettenham matter” efficiently, calling the matter itself a “cosmic incident” and citing others like Swettenham in American Government, most notably General James Harrison Wilson. He was amused by the opinions of John William Burgess, who was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt professorship in at the University of Berlin. While Roosevelt admires some of Burgess’s scholarly accomplishments, he considers Burgess “hopefully wrong-headed” and criticizes his first lecture denouncing the Monroe Doctrine.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-04-08
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Lee of Fareham, Viscount (Arthur Hamilton Lee), 1868-1947
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Hamilton Lee. [April 8, 1907]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o199071. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Hamilton Lee. [8 Apr. 1907]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o199071.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1907, April 8]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Hamilton Lee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o199071.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
