Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Abercorn, Mary Anna Hamilton, Duchess of, 1848-1929, Aberdeen and Temair, Ishbel Gordon, Marchioness of, 1857-1939, Aberdeen and Temair, John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, Marquess of, 1847-1934, Adair, Mary Augusta Lee, 1849-1924, Aldrich, Wilbur, Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928, Bond, Robert, 1857-1927, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965, de Ramsey, Rosamund James Frances, Baroness, 1851-1920, de Ramsey, William Henry Fellowes, Baron, 1848-1925, Dicey, Edward, 1832-1911, Fisheries, Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount, 1862-1933, Grey, Lady (Dorothy), -1906, Guest, Amy Phipps, 1872-1959, Guest, Frederick E. (Frederick Edward), 1875-1937, Hardinge of Penshurst, Charles Hardinge, Baron, 1858-1944, Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945, Mallet, Louis, 1823-1890, Marlborough, Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, Duke of, 1871-1934, Marlborough, John Winston Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1822-1883, Morley, John, 1838-1923, Nobility, Phipps, Henry, 1839-1930, Reid, Ogden Mills, 1882-1947, Reid, Whitelaw, Mrs., 1857-1931, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937, Roxburghe, Anne Emily Innes-Ker, Duchess of, 1854-1923, Roxburghe, Henry John Innes-Ker, Duke of, 1876-1932, Safaris, Travel--Planning, Tweedmouth, Edward Marjoribanks, Baron, 1849-1909, Tweedmouth, Fanny Octavia Louise Marjoribanks, Baroness, 1853-1904, Wadsworth, Craig W. (Craig Wharton), 1872-1960, Wimborne of Canford Magna, Cornelia, Baroness, 1847-1927, Wimborne, Ivor Bertie Guest, Baron, 1835-1914, Wingate, F. R. (Francis Reginald), Sir, 1861-1953
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Ambassador Reid informs President Roosevelt he has heard from Sirdar F. R. Wingate, who is gathering information for Roosevelt regarding his African trip. Believing it will amuse Roosevelt, Reid shares “the queer transmutations” that the third modus vivendi on the Newfoundland fisheries underwent. Roosevelt’s perplexity about journalist Edward Dicey amuses Reid, who shares the same opinion of him. Reid details the seeming ill-luck of British statesmen and their families. Ogden Mills Reid, Reid’s son, plans to return to the United States to participate in the presidential election.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-22
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
9
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 22, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o59069. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912. Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt. [22 Aug. 1908]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o59069.
APA:
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912., [1908, August 22]. 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/o59069.
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.