Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Acquisition of territory, Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930, Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933, Bond, Robert, 1857-1927, Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965, Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount, 1862-1933, Haldane, R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane), Viscount, 1856-1928, Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, Harcourt, Lewis Harcourt, Viscount, 1863-1922, International relations, Lansdowne, Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, Marquess of, 1845-1927, Morley, John, 1838-1923, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nicaragua, Poets, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937, Rosebery, Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, Earl of, 1882-1974, Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909
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Ambassador to Great Britain Reid updates President Roosevelt on various matters, including poet Algernon Charles Swinburne and his “suppressed” poem, the Newfoundland modus vivendi, and happenings in Parliament. Reid also details how he “warded off…the offer of some brand-new territory and responsibilities” in Nicaragua.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-28
Creator(s)
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
7
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 Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt. [August 28, 1907]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56840. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912. Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt. [28 Aug. 1907]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56840.
APA:
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912., [1907, August 28]. Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56840.
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. January 30, 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.