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Lawrence F. Abbott informs President Roosevelt of the death of his mother, Abby Frances Hamlin Abbott, in Germany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-22
Lawrence F. Abbott has sent President Roosevelt’s condolence note to his father and thanks him for it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-24
On behalf of his father, Ernest Hamlin Abbott thanks President Roosevelt for his attention to his father’s suggestions for religious facilities and appropriations to hire clergymen at the United States Military Academy at West Point and the United States Naval Academy. Abbott returns several documents to President Roosevelt’s secretary.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-27
John Burroughs sends a copy of the paper he referred to in his last letter to Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt will be able to suggest some additions. In Lyman Abbott’s reply to Burroughs’ letter to The Outlook, Abbott kept his ground in the “nature faker” controversy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-28
R. D. Townsend writes on behalf of Lyman Abbott, returning a letter from Yamei Kin and an article to William Loeb. The Outlook will mention both items, but will not mention the President’s name or the fact of his correspondence. The Outlook will send a specially marked copy containing the mention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-10
President Roosevelt’s letter to Ernest Hamlin Abbott’s father arrived while his father was away. Abbott will forward the letter if possible and if not, he will hold it until his return. Abbott congratulates Roosevelt on his success in dealing with questions concerning the nature of government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-12
Lawrence F. Abbott sends President Roosevelt a defensive explanation of an editorial that appeared in The Outlook about Roosevelt’s “Muck Rake” speech. Roosevelt had written two letters to Abbott’s father expressing his displeasure with the editorial. Since Abbott’s father was away in New England, Abbott explains his view that Roosevelt’s address was “courageous, significant and far-reaching.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-27
Praising remarks made by Japanese Admiral Heihachirō Tōgō, Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge asks President Roosevelt if he can send it to be published in The Outlook or if she can have permission to have it published in another weekly publication. La Farge thinks the address would be more valuable to the civilian than the military man. She recommends that Roosevelt read the book Religion, a Criticism and a Forecast by G. Lowes Dickinson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-07
Senator Lodge asks President Roosevelt why he is unhappy with Lodge, as reported in the New York Herald. He also introduces the name of Roosevelt’s “old friend Dargan” as a possible candidate for a judgeship in South Carolina, if Roosevelt is willing to name a Democrat.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-26
Lawrence F. Abbott sends an editorial about the Panama Canal to William Loeb, requesting that he forward it to President Roosevelt. Roosevelt had requested the article from Abbott’s father, Lyman Abbott.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-09
Hamilton Wright Mabie informs President Roosevelt of a plan to surprise Lyman Abbott for his upcoming seventieth birthday with an privately printed extra edition of The Outlook. Mabie asks Roosevelt to write five or six lines of congratulations for the edition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-03
Booker T. Washington is glad that President Roosevelt likes the editorial, and is sending it to Lyman Abbott of The Outlook, and asking that he use it as soon as possible. Washington was surprised to find, while investigating the subject of lynchings, that there have been fewer lynchings during Roosevelt’s time as president “than for any similar period since 1885.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-17
Booker T. Washington is disappointed by the attitude of the New York Evening Post. When Washington met with Rollo Ogden and Oswald Garrison Villard, they promised to support President Roosevelt because of his attitude towards black people. Washington believes it would be best if Roosevelt did not discuss the “Southern question” in his letter of acceptance. Washington plans to submit an article to Dr. Abbott of the Outlook concerning what Roosevelt has done “in the way of purifying official life in the South.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-10
Ernest Hamlin Abbott assures William Loeb that he will deliver to his father, Dr. Abbott, an article by David Gray that President Roosevelt wanted Abbott to examine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-20
President Roosevelt tells Lawrence F. Abbott of The Outlook that he is not at all concerned about reports that the magazine is controlled by the Standard Oil Company. Roosevelt also recalls his friendship with Lyman Abbott, and he lambasts William M. Laffan of the New York Sun whom Roosevelt believes started the story about The Outlook and Standard Oil.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1908-11-14
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt appears as a subject in four of the six articles found in this edition of the “News & Notes” section. Paul B. Madden recalls his visit to the ship as a twelve year old; the carrier won a coveted award from the U.S. Navy; and GreenPoint Financial Corporation made a large donation to the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) to support the ship. “News & Notes” also discusses the origins of Theodore Roosevelt’s use of the term “bully pulpit,” and it notes the 2001 winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize.
An illustration of the carrier and a photograph of John A. Gable with members of Oregon’s congressional delegation and the Speaker of the House of Representatives appear in the section.
The People’s National Legal Ethics Society issued a petition nationwide for judges, lawyers, educators, and citizens to sign. The petitioners call for a national educational campaign for the adoption and enforcement of a uniform code of ethics by lawyers and courts. Additionally, the society sent a seventeen-page brief on the status of ethics of legal professions to the justices of the United States Supreme Court and other prominent individuals, including those listed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-15
People from Indiana have often thought that their governor during the Civil War, Oliver P. Morton, deserves more recognition, and were therefore grateful to see the recent article in The Outlook praising him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03
President Roosevelt writes to journalist and explorer George Kennan regarding his article in The Outlook titled “The Sword of Peace in Japan.” He explains that Kennan’s analysis of Japan’s role in the peace agreement is incorrect, and supports his position with confidential facts. Kennan is told that none of the information in the letter is to be made public, but that he may use it to draw more accurate conclusions. Roosevelt explains that he himself did not force Japan into peace, and that he was not interested in boosting his own reputation through the negotiations. Japan willfully asked for the peace agreement, and also for Roosevelt’s involvement. Despite Kennan’s claims, Japan was in no position to demand an indemnity. The cost of the war, both literal and figurative, was too great for Japan to bear, and so they chose to negotiate for peace. They do not want these facts revealed for fear of embarrassment, Roosevelt explains. He supports Japan’s decisions, although he believes they could have fought harder in the agreement for the ownership of the northern half of Sakhalin Island. He quotes a note from Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs to support his claims.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-15
In the first cartoon, President Roosevelt starts writing at his desk in the Outlook Editorial Rooms, remarking “Here’s a little introductory note,” as he gives the “copy boy” a pile of papers. Meanwhile, Lyman Abbott, “Editor in Chief,” sits at his desk. In the second cartoon, Roosevelt starts to write more and says, “A couple more sheets please!” In the third cartoon, Roosevelt and Abbott are almost completely surrounded by papers. Roosevelt says, “Ah now I’m getting warmed up!” In the fourth cartoon, the room is completely filled with papers, including one that reads, “Note to Editor in Chief. Please save room in this issue for a couple more little thoughts. Will be back after lunch.–Yours T.R.”
This multi-panel fantasy envisioned by Jay N. “Ding” Darling appeared just as the 1908 presidential campaign ended. President Roosevelt’s post-presidency plans could now be safely addressed outside the realms of rumor, changed minds, or miracles.