Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Elihu Root

Subject(s): Gifts, Money, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Teasing, Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928

Senator Lodge encloses a check for his share of the payment for a vase gifted to George Otto Trevelyan. He jokingly asks Secretary of State Root to deposit it before another of President Roosevelt’s speeches causes the banks to fail. He facetiously refers to the Roosevelt administration’s current focuses.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-03

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Recipient

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Language

English

Period

U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

1

Production Method

Typed

Record Type

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 Henry Cabot Lodge to Elihu Root. [January 3, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o57906. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924. Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Elihu Root. [3 Jan. 1908]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 6, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o57906.

APA:

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924., [1908, January 3]. Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Elihu Root.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o57906.

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. February 6, 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.