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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jutarō Komura

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jutarō Komura

President Roosevelt hopes that Baron Komura’s health continues to improve. Columbia University president Nicholas Murray Butler would like Komura and Sergei Witte to receive honorary degrees from the school, and Roosevelt hopes they will accept. In a postscript, Roosevelt suggests that Komura speak with his doctors about taking a cruise on the presidential yacht the Mayflower as soon as he’s fully recovered.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Francis E. Clark

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Francis E. Clark

President Roosevelt apologizes to Reverend Clark that he will not be able to accept his invitation, as it comes at the worst time of the year for Roosevelt. He has a long delayed promise to Nicholas Murray Butler to address the National Education Association, and he does not believe that he will be able to make another speech at the same time. Additionally, he is unsure if there will be an extra session of Congress at the time. If there is an extra session, he will try to run over to Baltimore to greet Clark briefly, but he cannot promise anything.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Benjamin Ide Wheeler

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Benjamin Ide Wheeler

President Roosevelt was interested in the letter from Benjamin Ide Wheeler, President of the University of California. Roosevelt has seen some of the same reaction to Democratic presidential candidate Alton B. Parker, and he was sorry to hear about Metcalf. Roosevelt thinks Wheeler is wise to stick to the university, which is also the decision of Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick W. Whitridge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick W. Whitridge

President Roosevelt tells railroad owner Frederick W. Whitridge that he has sent Whitridge’s previous letter, in which he offered to help circulate speeches by Secretary of State John Hay and former Secretary of War Elihu Root, to Republican strategist and Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with whom Roosevelt will consider the offer. Roosevelt reflects on Whitridge’s statement that Roosevelt’s reelection is near-certain by guessing that the Democratic Party might nominate someone similar to Roosevelt, such as U. S. Court of Appeals Judge George Gray, who had been appointed by McKinley. Roosevelt wishes Whitridge luck on his upcoming grouse hunt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt quotes a letter from Leigh Hunt that was sent to Nicholas Murray Butler. Hunt wrote at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War that Russia would struggle and that Japan would “whip” them. Roosevelt is impressed with the accuracy of Hunt’s prophecy. Since the horses have been laid up, Roosevelt has been exercising with two Japanese wrestlers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leigh S. J. Hunt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leigh S. J. Hunt

President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed the letters that were forwarded to them. He was particularly interested in the “river voyage through a primeval world” and he hopes to travel to Africa after his political career is over. In a postscript, Roosevelt notes that he believes the opposition to his presidential nomination has ended.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919