Letter from James Bryce to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): Books and reading, Currency question, England--London, Friendship--Correspondence, Roosevelt family

James Bryce thanks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for the new volume of The Winning of the West, which he is enjoying reading. He agrees with Roosevelt’s view that much modern American character is “traceable to the frontier life.” Bryce also notes that he and his wife have enjoyed seeing Roosevelt’s sister, notes that the liberal party in England is “having a pretty hard fight” and that politics are dominated by “currency problems.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1895-02-22

Creator(s)

Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

Civil Service Commissioner (1889-April 1895)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

4

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

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 James Bryce to Theodore Roosevelt. [February 22, 1895]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25634. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922. Letter from James Bryce to Theodore Roosevelt. [22 Feb. 1895]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25634.

APA:

Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922., [1895, February 22]. Letter from James Bryce to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25634.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

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. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.