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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Edward Redmond

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Edward Redmond

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Irish nationalist politician, John Edward Redmond, about Redmond’s turning down of a position on Prime Minister Herbert Asquith’s Coalition Cabinet. Redmond’s rival, Unionist Sir Edward Carson, was also offered a place in the cabinet. Roosevelt has been reading William Edward Hartpole Lecky’s Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-06-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. M. Dickinson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. M. Dickinson

President Roosevelt is pleased that J. M. Dickinson liked his speech, and Roosevelt likes Dickinson’s speech. Roosevelt is also pleased that Dickinson will take over as Secretary of War in the new administration, and praises having men like Dickinson and current Secretary of War Luke E. Wright in the presidential cabinet.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of State Root that Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus asked to host the final Cabinet dinner comprised only of Cabinet members. Roosevelt explains that if he had allowed Root to give such a dinner, then Straus, and probably several other members, would have wanted to do the same. Roosevelt also expresses concern about Root’s leg.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lawrence F. Abbott

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lawrence F. Abbott

President Roosevelt assures Lawrence F. Abbott that he was not at all annoyed by the New York papers’ stories about The Outlook‘s alleged association with Standard Oil. Abbott’s father, Lyman Abbott, explained to Roosevelt last summer that James Stillman, who is associated with Standard Oil, had helped him purchase The Outlook from Henry Ward Beecher thirty years ago. He believes the story originated in The Sun, and expresses his distaste for William MacKay Laffan, that paper’s editor.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt denies the rumors of his seeking renomination at the convention, and points out that he has steadfastly supported Secretary of War William H. Taft. He also tells Lyman Abbott that he approves of the articles on immigrants that Edward Alfred Steiner has written in The Outlook. Roosevelt has tried to make his Cabinet representative of all types of Americans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-29

Form letter from Theodore Roosevelt

Form letter from Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt invites the recipient to attend the upcoming Conference of Governors on the Conservation of Natural Resources as a representation of their organization. Roosevelt says that practically all the governors will attend and that, in addition to these, Senators and Representatives of the Sixtieth Congress, Justices of the Supreme Court, and members of the presidential cabinet have also been invited. Accompanying the letter is a list of the people to whom this letter was sent, representing a number of national trade associations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-14