Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-07-04
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923
Language
English
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-04
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923
English
It is impossible for President Roosevelt to enter into “any such scheme.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-11
Theodore Roosevelt informs William Roscoe Thayer that Adolph W. Callisen permitted him to use the correct copy of his letter. He recently had another piece of corroborating information from George Dewey regarding the Venezuela incident.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt believes it was “most unwise from every standpoint” to put his name on the Massachusetts ballot for the 1916 presidential ticket for the Republican party.
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1916-05-03
Theodore Roosevelt would be pleased to have William Roscoe Thayer do what he proposed with respect to Secretary of State John Hay and Roosevelt.
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1915-01-15
Theodore Roosevelt regrets he has an engagement on January 29. He heard that William Roscoe Thayer was having trouble with his eyes and hopes it is not true.
1916-01-12
President Roosevelt thanks William Roscoe Thayer for the account of Henry Lee Higginson’s actions.
1901-10-19
Theodore Roosevelt did not need to write the review but felt they were entitled to it. He would like to see William Roscoe Thayer to discuss “amusing things” connected with Henry Adams’s biography.
1915-11-20
Theodore Roosevelt has started reading William Roscoe Thayer’s book and is delighted with it.
1915-10-16
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Roscoe Thayer for the letters and congratulatory note.
1915-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt offers suggestions and changes to an article being written by William Roscoe Thayer. Roosevelt particularly wants a change regarding the events surrounding his acceptance of the vice presidential nomination.
1915-04-19
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with William Roscoe Thayer regarding German submarine attacks on peaceful vessels. He does not understand how the country can refrain from taking action.
1915-04-09
Theodore Roosevelt is looking forward to seeing William Roscoe Thayer and provides instructions on how to reach Oyster Bay, New York, from Pennsylvania station.
1915-03-11
Theodore Roosevelt will not be attending the Harvard Board of Overseers meeting. Roosevelt reminds Thayer that he is to come visit Oyster Bay at his convenience.
1915-03-01
Theodore Roosevelt encloses the two letters and will look for John Hay’s notes. He will be pleased if William Roscoe Thayer completes his project regarding Hay and himself.
1915-01-15
Theodore Roosevelt invites William Roscoe Thayer to spend the night at Oyster Bay. He would have more time for Thayer, and Mrs. Roosevelt would be able to tell him more about John Hay for Thayer’s upcoming biography of him.
1914-12-05
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to receive William Roscoe Thayer’s letter.
1914-05-25
Guglielmo Ferrero will be staying briefly at the White House. President Roosevelt would be pleased if William Roscoe Thayer made arrangements for Ferrero. Roosevelt is sorry Ferrero is not to speak at the Lowell Institute.
1908-04-08
President Roosevelt has been impressed with Antonio Fogazzaro’s The Saint and appreciates William Roscoe Thayer’s interpretation given in the introduction.
1906-09-01
The universal feeling among Harvard graduates is that the article on Yale’s attitude in sport has done real damage. President Roosevelt is pleased that the article was removed from Harvard Graduates’ Magazine but this only slightly offsets the damage. Recriminations are not helpful or dignified.
1905-12-04