Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

President Roosevelt exclaims, “Bully for the thirteen-year-old poet!” Not only is he amused by the poem but Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will be, too. He wishes one of his own children could write such a poem.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-22

President Roosevelt details reasons why he enjoyed Robert Grant’s book The Undercurrent, and feels like the author echoed his own feelings regarding social, industrial, and political matters. Roosevelt notes he enjoys horrifying the excessively wealthy, but agrees with Grant’s notion that it will be difficult getting Federal and State governments to agree on ways to tax such individuals. Roosevelt also invites Grant to dinner and a musical on January 11, 1907.  

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-18

President Roosevelt thanks Robert Grant for his kind letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-21

President Roosevelt forwards Robert Grant three letters of introduction. He is pleased that Grant liked his message.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-06

President Roosevelt introduces Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet, Baron d’ Estournelles de Constant to Judge Robert Grant.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-11

President Roosevelt tells Robert Grant that Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poem “Captain Craig” is like Robert Browning “at his worst.” He is glad that Grant feels the way he does about the Japanese terms and will show Grant the letters he sent them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-02

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940

President Roosevelt tells Robert Grant he plans to visit the Harvard Union because there is no Harvard institution in which he has a “heartier belief.” He asks Grant to consult Bishop William Lawrence and Henry Bainbridge Chapin about the details.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-12

President Roosevelt shares his views on “easy divorce” among New York’s upper classes with Robert Grant, who recently wrote a magazine article on the topic. Roosevelt praises Japan’s military spending and bemoans the state of foreign affairs in the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-14

President Roosevelt invites Robert Grant and Amy Gordon Galt Grant to spend the night at the White House on February 2. Roosevelt would love to have lunch with them that day or the following day as well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-09

President Roosevelt thanks Robert Grant for his note and his support. He plans to invite Grant and his wife, Amy Gordon Galt Grant, down to Washington, D.C., soon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-10

President Roosevelt sends Robert Grant a copy of a letter from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and his reply. Roosevelt believes Grant’s novels Unleavened Bread and Undercurrent have “done real good in this country.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-25

President Roosevelt wishes to speak with Robert Grant about topics published in the Undercurrent, ranging from divorce to etiquette.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-25

President Roosevelt asks Robert Grant to support an honorary degree for Senator Lodge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-30

Theodore Roosevelt now has The Convictions of a Grandfather but is sure he already knows every chapter. Roosevelt is very busy with work and sends his love to Mrs. Grant.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-06

Theodore Roosevelt attempts to arrange an introduction and dinner between Robert Grant and newspaper editor William Allen White prior to his arrival and visit to Grant’s home in Boston.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1912-02-20

Theodore Roosevelt responds to Robert Grant’s letter discussing his four sons and extends his regards to Mrs. Grant.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-07-26

Theodore Roosevelt compliments Robert Grant on his recent publications and contrasts them to the works of other “intellectual leaders”. Roosevelt also expresses dissatisfaction with The Saturday Evening Post and The New Republic magazines.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916-10-03

Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Robert Grant on the recent birth of his grandchild and comments on a recent visit with Grant’s wife and son and London. Roosevelt also mentions the birth of his grandson, Theodore Roosevelt III, and accepts Grant’s invitation to visit him on his next trip to Boston.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1914-06-26