Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jacob A. Riis
President Roosevelt was glad to receive Jacob A. Riis’s publication, The Peril and Preservation of the Home.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1903-08-20
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President Roosevelt was glad to receive Jacob A. Riis’s publication, The Peril and Preservation of the Home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-20
President Roosevelt enjoyed the second part of George Otto Trevelyan’s History of the American Revolution and believes it to be the best account of the Revolution every written. Roosevelt would like to discuss a few points that were raised and invites Trevelyan to the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-12
Theodore Roosevelt thanks J. L. Gibson for sending him a copy of The Federalist, commenting that Gibson must also possess Senator Lodge’s edition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-25
President Roosevelt regrets to inform George Brinton McClellan Harvey that he cannot attend the dinner celebrating Mark Twain’s seventieth birthday, but praises Twain’s work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-28
Theodore Roosevelt examines the characteristics of the novels of Warrington Dawson, including their unique elements and distinct American setting, which is notable because Dawson’s audience is largely European.
1909-04-22
President Roosevelt compliments Robert Grant on his publications, Unleavened Bread and The Undercurrent, and shares a letter passed along to him by Mrs. Roosevelt dated November 10, 1904. Roosevelt also thanks Grant for a recently received copy of The Undercurrent.
1904-10-25