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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John St. Loe Strachey

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John St. Loe Strachey

Theodore Roosevelt tells John St. Loe Strachey, editor of the London Spectator, that he is mistaken in believing that the American public will acknowledge Roosevelt as a leader again. Roosevelt does, however, believe that what he has said will influence public opinion and they will see that his position was right. Roosevelt sends two of his articles about the Lusitania disaster to Strachey, which were and are still not popular. Roosevelt sends his regards to Strachey’s daughter and wife and is glad their house has become an emergency hospital. Roosevelt will write James Bryce expressing his approval of Bryce’s report on German atrocities.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-05-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Frederic J. Paxon to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Frederic J. Paxon to Theodore Roosevelt

Frederic J. Paxon, as president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, asks Theodore Roosevelt for support in stopping the federal government from closing down the Department of the Gulf which is headquartered in Atlanta. Paxon and other Atlanta residents worry about the loss of prestige and money were the city to lose a portion of their officers. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-20

Creator(s)

Paxon, Frederic J. (Frederic John), 1866-1939

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge is glad to hear of Judge Horace H. Lurton’s opinions; Lodge is most concerned at present with the difference between nationalists and separatists. Lodge would like to see a judge on the bench who holds the views of Alexander Hamilton and John Marshall not Thomas Jefferson and John C. Calhoun. He would someday like to see Attorney General Moody in the Supreme Court. Lodge closes with a discussion of his anxiety regarding the campaign in Maine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-10

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

The duty of great nations

The duty of great nations

Print shows John Bull attempting to reassure Uncle Sam that the storm clouds labeled “Philippine Complications” blowing in from the right will soon pass; he gestures toward a monument labeled “Civilization” carved with figures labeled “Guiana, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, India, Canada, Egypt, S. Africa, [and] W. Indies,” topped with “Britannia” seated with the British Lion.

Caption: John Bull–Don’t get discouraged, Sam! I’ve had just that sort of trouble for three hundred years, while I’ve been building this monument. It has cost many human lives and much money, but the whole world, as well as England, has benefited by it.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-02-15

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Getting hot enough for him

Getting hot enough for him

Print shows Chester Alan Arthur sitting on a chair at a beach on the seashore, he is perspiring heavily and using a fan labeled “Stalwart Method” to cool himself, as the sun, labeled “Disunion-of-the-Republican-Party,” sets. As it sets the sun gives off rays labeled “Stalwarts, Independents, Anti-Monopolists, Half Breeds, Tariff Reformer, [and] Civil Service Reformer”.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-07-05

Creator(s)

Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913

The only plumber busy in the hot season

The only plumber busy in the hot season

A dejected and perspiring New York Governor David B. Hill, as a plumber, sits on a road between the “Irving Hall Democracy” on the right and the “Tammany Democracy [and] County Democracy” on the left. The road leads up a hill to the “Mugwump Head-Quarters” where there is a sign that states “No Connection with Machine Politics.” He is attempting to fit a connection labeled “To Connect with Mug-Wumps” that is hanging over his shoulder to a pipe labeled “Albany Main,” from which there are branches that extend “To Buffalo, To Rochester, To Brooklyn, To Tammany, To County De[mocracy], [and] To Irving Hall.” Caption: And he fails to make his principal connection.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-08-19

Creator(s)

Zimmerman, Eugene, 1862-1935

The base-ball Laocoon

The base-ball Laocoon

Three baseball players are entwined by snakes formed of baseballs labeled “Base Ball Trust.” Each carries a “Contract,” one for $8000, one for $10000, and one for $12000 and also stuffed in his belt papers labeled “Bonds, Stocks, [and] Deed Oran[ge] Farm.” Caption: No class of labor feels the grip of grinding monopoly more than our underpaid, overworked ball-players.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-05-14

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge expresses his concern for Vice President Roosevelt in the wake of William McKinley’s near-assassination and hopes that Roosevelt will write him “at once” to assure Lodge of his well being. Lodge talks about a clipping that speaks of Roosevelt in French. Lodge also mentions that George H. Lyman is “here” and worrying about Roosevelt as well. Lodge recounts a story “because it tickled my vanity” of a conversation between Lyman and a German, about Lodge and whether he might not be Secretary of State when Roosevelt was President, and whether Lyman and Lodge would not be dangerous to German interests. The German thought Roosevelt must be dangerous because he had killed 1800 “mountain cats” last winter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-12

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge expresses his concern for President Roosevelt’s well being and his confidence in Roosevelt’s abilities in the “greatest office man can now hold on Earth” in the wake of William McKinley’s assassination. Lodge regrets his absence from the nation at such a time, but knows that Roosevelt is surrounded by experienced men who will advise him and approves of Roosevelt’s request that the current Cabinet stay on. Lodge discusses his opinion that John Hay will not remain in public office despite having all the qualities a Secretary of State should have and Elihu Root’s qualifications for the position of Secretary of State. Lodge also assures Roosevelt that he will help him in the Senate if he can and that Roosevelt should call on him whenever he needs assistance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-15

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924