Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Watson Gilder
President Roosevelt thanks Richard Watson Gilder for a book of poems.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1901-12-31
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President Roosevelt thanks Richard Watson Gilder for a book of poems.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-31
President Roosevelt enjoyed the poem from the Transcript and the editorial from the Century. He would like to discuss with Richard Watson Gilder the reasons why he feels Emilio Aguinaldo should not be brought to the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
President Roosevelt asks Richard Watson Gilder to to send the enclosed letter to Ella Howard Bryan, telling her he enjoyed the poem.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-12
President Roosevelt thanks Richard Watson Gilder for “the Lincoln.” He was especially glad with the photograph at the beginning.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-26
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-12-14
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-07-01
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt agrees to edit a phrase about the Grand Army of the Republic for Richard Watson Gilder. Roosevelt mentions they annoy him from time to time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt finally sends Richard Watson Gilder the article and hopes he likes it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-03
Andrew Dickson White discusses the political turmoil in Russia and the problems Russians cause in the United States and abroad. White thinks it wise that Richard Watson Gilder, editor of The Century Magazine, has avoided involvement with Maxim Gorky, and he wishes that Mark Twain and William Dean Howells had done the same.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-18
Ella Howard Bryan, who wrote under the pen name of Clinton Dangerfield, is a fan of President Roosevelt, although the letter only refers to “the President.” She has composed a poem entitled “The Man of Destiny,” based on the life of Roosevelt. She declares that she would not want to meet Roosevelt for fear, although she admires him. She mentions how Roosevelt has reached the heights of life, while she is “still very much on the plains.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-12