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Theodore Roosevelt believes that Senator Lodge will be pleased with the article he is writing regarding the arbitration treaties. He enjoyed Lodge’s article that appeared in The Outlook and is sending a copy of the magazine in case Lodge has not received one.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Professor Hermann Schoenfeld’s “kind allusions” and is pleased that Schoenfeld has engaged with Count Maximilian von Seckendorff “with the getting of American news for Europe.” Roosevelt finds Schoenfeld’s article interesting but suggests Schoenfeld submit it to The Outlook himself. Roosevelt shares his idea regarding the “dream of peace.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-29
Theodore Roosevelt writes Congressman William Dennison Stephens that he “will look over that Bill at once, and take it up with The Outlook.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-26
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that Joseph Bucklin Bishop asked “Talbot to correct those statements” in Talbot’s manuscript on matters which Roosevelt had made corrections. Roosevelt invites Bishop to come to The Outlook for lunch.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-21
Theodore Roosevelt declines to discuss “off-hand” interesting points raised by French Ensor Chadwick. Roosevelt will look up Chadwick’s article in The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-21
Theodore Roosevelt advises Frederick F. Purdy that his “interesting” work cannot be commented on in the magazine, as the magazine receives a “multitude of admirable work.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-21
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Warren H. Miller for sending the copies of Field and Stream. Roosevelt does not have a copy of the picture that Miller wants, but suggests contacting Scribner’s directly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased by Judge Noyes’s letter, and he mentions that he has received similar letters from Judge Hand and Judge Amidon. Roosevelt wishes that he had Noyes’s letter in front of him when he wrote his article on the subject, because Noyes was particularly effective at conveying his position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-19
Theodore Roosevelt is outraged by what I. K. Russell has told him about The World and will write to Dr. Young at once to see what can be done. Roosevelt will also write a letter stating the facts, and he suggests that the association publicly denounce The World. Roosevelt does not think that he can do anything about The Times since they regard him as a “persona non grata.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-19
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Walter T. Sumner for the report and tells him he will submit it to The Outlook after reading it. Roosevelt sympathizes with Sumner’s work and will see if there is anything he can do.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-19
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with Caspar Whitney, editor of The Outing Magazine, that a certain photograph sent to him by British Captain W. Robert Foran was a fake. Roosevelt, who holds Foran in high esteem, believes Foran sent the fake photograph unknowingly due to lack of expertise in hunting matters.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-09
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary expresses Roosevelt’s thanks to Theodore Irving Wood for the invitation to contribute to Hints for the Home, but Roosevelt must decline. Everything Roosevelt writes now is for The Outlook and any exceptions would invite a flood of invitations Roosevelt could not accept.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-10
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to Paul Underwood Kellogg that, due to all of the work Roosevelt has to catch up on after his trip to the West, he has not yet had an opportunity to reply to Kellogg’s letter of April 5 concerning the decision of the New York Court of Appeals. Roosevelt may indeed write an article similar to the one Kellogg suggested, and Roosevelt’s secretary recommends that Kellogg write to William Bailey Howland at The Outlook to see if he might obtain an advance copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-29
As promised in a previous letter, Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs F. E. Wadsworth that Roosevelt’s article on “the abandoned farm district of New York” was published in the April 22 issue of The Outlook. Roosevelt’s secretary hopes that it will supply Wadsworth with the information he needs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Robert Jemison, on Roosevelt’s behalf, for sending “such full information” about the town of Corry. The secretary is going to hold on to the information, as Roosevelt may write about the town for a future issue of The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-26
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a subscription blank for Joseph Bulloch and expresses his concern at learning that Bulloch has “been reduced.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-21
Theodore Roosevelt regrets to inform Lincoln C. Cummings that, due to his engagements with The Outlook, he cannot possibly join in the proposition Cummings suggested.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-21
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells B. A. Mayr to contact William Bailey Howland at The Outlook for the answer to his request.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-21
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary refers C. Edward Brown to Foreign Missionary Societies for the answer to Brown’s question to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-20
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary advises Reverend Arthur R. Myers to contact the Managing Editor of The Outlook regarding manuscript publication.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-20