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Theodore Roosevelt writes to William Bailey Howland that he believes Lord Aberdeen would be the ideal head for this type of celebration, as he is a good citizen and well liked by people in many English-speaking countries.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-11
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Matilda Ridout Edgar for the invitation. He would like to visit Ottawa, Ontario, but his work makes it impossible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-04-23
Ambassador Reid informs President Roosevelt he has heard from Sirdar F. R. Wingate, who is gathering information for Roosevelt regarding his African trip. Believing it will amuse Roosevelt, Reid shares “the queer transmutations” that the third modus vivendi on the Newfoundland fisheries underwent. Roosevelt’s perplexity about journalist Edward Dicey amuses Reid, who shares the same opinion of him. Reid details the seeming ill-luck of British statesmen and their families. Ogden Mills Reid, Reid’s son, plans to return to the United States to participate in the presidential election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-22
Ambassador Reid updates President Roosevelt on a number of matters happening in England, including the nervous breakdown of Lord Edward Marjoribanks Tweedmouth, whose recent trouble relating to a letter from German Emperor William II was only the latest in a long string of misfortunes. He also offers insight into the English interest in the American Presidential election, and explains that he has told questioners that he believes Roosevelt will answer the call if his party ultimately nominates him against his wishes. Reid also discusses the lack of a profitable liberal newspaper in England.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-01
Commissioner Roosevelt will do everything he can for Arthur Kinnaird if he shows up. He hopes Robert Harry Munro Ferguson has received the Boone and Crockett Club book. Roosevelt still does not have Ferguson’s address and fears his letter will be returned. (A note on the last page confirms that the letter was returned.) Roosevelt closes with some thoughts on yacht racing.
1893-10-12
Robert Harry Munro Ferguson sends a bronze cast of R. Tait McKenzie’s The Sprinter and suggests it may look good in Theodore Roosevelt’s single-stick “death chamber.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-16