Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-09-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-11-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Brander Matthews and his wife, Ada Matthews, for remembering their wedding anniversary in such a manner. Both he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were touched.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-16

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-02-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-02-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-01-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

President Roosevelt informs Brander Matthews he is doing all he can to secure Governor Charles Evans Hughes’ renomination. He believes he will succeed but is not certain, as Hughes has weaknesses, and his actions have insulted many politicians.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-01

President Roosevelt thanks Brander Matthews for the editorial, which greatly interested him. Both he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoy the work of Franklin Henry Giddings.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-27

President Roosevelt invites Brander Matthews and his wife to dinner at the White House on December 5. He thanks Matthews for sending him a magazine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-23

President Roosevelt read the article in The Atlantic Monthly. He agrees with Brander Matthews on James Fenimore Cooper and found the situation on controlling the gamblers entertaining. The reaction to Francis J. Heney in California is the same as the reaction from Wall Street to Roosevelt’s enforcement of the laws.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-02

President Roosevelt thanks Brander Matthews for sending an essay by Andrew Lang, a welcome diversion from internal politics and relations with Japan. Roosevelt finds Lang’s writing humorous, but without leaving a sting. In a written postscript, Roosevelt adds that he doubts Lang’s assertion that there is an “‘Aryan’ race.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-20

President Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews that the enclosed letter, regarding his appointment as a Knight of the Legion of Honor, “explains itself.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-08

President Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews that he was unable to keep “the new spelling in.” He feels that the new spelling version of the word “thru” was “more responsible than anything else for our discomfiture.” He is glad he made the attempt, and will continue using new spelling in personal correspondence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-16

President Roosevelt likes Brander Matthews’ letter very much.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-25

Theodore Roosevelt relays to Brander Matthews that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is feeling better and informs him that he would like to see N. W. Lawrence’s volume but does not need him to send him a copy. Roosevelt also sends appreciation to Ada Matthews.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-20

Theodore Roosevelt asks Brander Matthews his opinion on an enclosure.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-28

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Brander Matthews for sending him the two documents. He has never heard of the book nor the author and sees no address for the author. Accordingly, “I have written saying that it is an impudent forgery, so you won’t have to send them to the Evening Post.” He also is enjoying the volume on versification that arrived and appreciated seeing Matthews the other day.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-30

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Professor Brander Matthews and expresses an interest in reading the pamphlets on ‘War in Brittania.’ He enjoyed visiting with Matthews and his wife.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-21

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary invites Professor Matthews and his wife to lunch on Saturday, June 17.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-01