Battlefields

George Otto Trevelyan writes to President Roosevelt about Panama and the Philippines, drawing parallels with Macaulay’s histories and Ancient Rome. Trevelyan discusses the British diplomatic service and his latest work on the American Revolution. He also describes a recent visit from Charles Francis Adams and his wife, and he muses on what it is like to be old. Trevelyan writes of their shared love of English literature, mentioning Milton, Chaucer, and W. W. Jacobs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-12

Creator(s)

Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928

Acting Secretary of State Loomis forwards to William Loeb a message from Japan’s American Minister, along with military relics that the Japanese Minister of War has offered President Roosevelt and a letter from the Minister of War.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-08

Creator(s)

Loomis, Francis B. (Francis Butler), 1861-1948

Stereograph showing Roosevelt, Governor Benton McMillin, and others standing on a stone platform.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-11-13

Creator(s)

Underwood & Underwood

Stereograph showing Roosevelt, Governor Benton McMillin, and others standing on a stone platform.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-11-13

Creator(s)

Underwood & Underwood

Theodore Roosevelt advises S. M. Reynolds not to listen to the man who said he did not take part in the San Juan fight. Roosevelt discusses charging up Kettle Hill and San Juan and the casualties sustained by his regiment. Roosevelt suggests that Reynolds read his book on the Rough Riders and that he should not listen to false tales.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Emilie Christinet shares Roosevelt’s interest in reading battle accounts. However, he finds it difficult to view events clearly. He proposes projecting an image of the battlefield and using a magnet to move the armies. He asks Roosevelt to share and possibly patent his idea.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-25

Creator(s)

Christinet, Emile, 1849-1918

Oliver Davis saw in the newspapers that President Roosevelt may take a tour through the battlefields of Natal while he is in Africa. Davis would like to give Roosevelt a tour of Majuba and the battlefields near Ladysmith.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-01

Creator(s)

Davis, Oliver, 1865-1927

Dr. Rixey forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from an admirer near Warrenton, Virginia, and mentions that he has many other admirers there as well. He invites President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to take a trip with him, either by horseback or automobile, to visit Warrenton and see some of the Civil War battlefields near there. Rixey recently returned from Newport, Rhode Island, where he consulted with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry about the site of a new hospital.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-11

Creator(s)

Rixey, Presley Marion, 1852-1928

George Otto Trevelyan regards large, expensive battleships as the “height of folly” and discusses the important considerations of naval artillery. He commiserates with President Roosevelt’s difficulties with Cuba. Trevelyan comments on Charles Francis Adams’s recent visit and is pleased Roosevelt likes the poetry of his friend, Gilbert Murray.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-27

Creator(s)

Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928

Leonard Wood tells Theodore Roosevelt that H. C. Pollock has been removed from civil service with the military. Wood describes the environment of the Battle of Mount Dajo. Wood discusses developing Baguio.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-14

Creator(s)

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1908

Creator(s)

Island Curio Co.

Language

English

Period

(1905, March-1909, February) U.S. President – 2nd Term

Photograph showing the battlefield at San Juan Hill, Cuba.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898

Creator(s)

Dinwiddie, William, 1867-1934

Postcard in which the location of the Battle of San Juan Hill is depicted and a tour guide describes the events that took place on July 1, 1898. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt led his Rough Riders to victory during the battle. Message on the reverse from Milton says, “Hello: Hope you are feeling as good as I am. This is fine weather. Good Bye. Milton.”

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1911-02-11

Creator(s)

Milton

Postcard printed in Germany depicting the battlefield of San Juan Hill. Printed as a Memorial Day souvenir, the scene shows men charging up a hill over the fallen men to win the battle. Reverse has postmarks for Broad Street Station and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1908-05-28

Creator(s)

Unknown

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt rides into battle during the Spanish American War.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899

Creator(s)

Unknown

President Roosevelt addresses the crowd gathered to see him at Remington, Virginia. He expresses his pleasure at being shown the American Civil War battlefields at Manassas and Cedar Mountain, Virginia, by veterans of both the Union and Confederate armies. He concludes by saying America’s citizens are now unified, and that people North and South can be proud of their veterans who did their duties as they saw fit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt addresses the crowd gathered to meet him at Manassas, Virginia. He jokes about turkeys not showing up for his hunt earlier that day, to the amusement of the crowd. Roosevelt enjoyed the walk, his first in six weeks, as he had been recovering from a leg injury during the previous month. He says he enjoyed visiting the American Civil War battlefields nearby, saying all Americans, North and South, can glory in that their soldiers did their duty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has been enjoying his trip through eastern Tennessee. He came to the state for the meeting of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman, and he has also visited several Civil War battlefields.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed his mother’s long letter and looks forward to seeing the “curiosities and living things” she has collected for him. He describes his four mice to his sister, Corinne Roosevelt. Roosevelt asks his father to write and take Martha Bulloch Roosevelt to a battlefield so she can collect some “trophies” for him.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1868-04-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt is proud that Quentin Roosevelt is going to the front as a pursuit pilot after many months of waiting and that the pride outweighs the anxiety. He mentions Flora Payne Whitney sending them the letter Quentin wrote her and how it amused him, especially given the work of the censors. Roosevelt has finished his speaking engagements and believes the country is hardening against German sentiment.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-06-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919