Chanler, Winthrop, 1863-1926

Letter from Edward Sandford Martin to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward Sandford Martin informs Theodore Roosevelt of a private dining room on the top floor of The Century where he could host Taylor, James G. Croswell, and three of four other men for lunch. Martin suggests it will pay to meet Croswell. Martin will be reading Roosevelt’s recent editorial from The Outlook tonight and asks if Roosevelt has read History of Freedom by Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, mentioning it works well in Taylor’s book.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-17

Creator(s)

Martin, Edward Sandford, 1856-1939

Letter from Frances M. Wolcott to Theodore Roosevelt

Frances M. Wolcott updates President Roosevelt about the comings and goings among her friends and family in Paris, many of whom are ill with Diphtheria. She also explains the gift she sent him, a thermos.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-13

Creator(s)

Wolcott, Frances M. (Frances Metcalfe), 1851-1933

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about an issue regarding sister Corinne and her husband Douglas Robinson. One of the Robinson’s nurses became stricken with the measles so they sent her to Roosevelt’s house without informing him. They had to have the house fumigated and wife Edith was extremely upset. Roosevelt hired Winty Chanler’s pony for the summer.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1891-05-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

Governor Roosevelt informs his sister of who will be joining them for lunch on Saturday: George Haven Putnam, John Fox, Jr., and Winthrop Chanler.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1900-04-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Margaret Chanler

Theodore Roosevelt send his thanks to Margaret “Daisy” Chanler for her visit with her husband Winthrop and sketches she had given him. Roosevelt also mentions that he was recently visited by Henry Cabot Lodge and General Ian Hamilton.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecil Spring Rice

Theodore Roosevelt believes the allies will win the war and that Great Britain and France will greatly benefit. The manhood of these nations has shown “ugly traits” and “should be tried and purged.” He is unsure if victory will bring justice to Belgium or allow the people of middle and southeastern Europe to develop as they should. Ambassador Spring Rice and Ambassador Jusserand are performing a great service to their country when it is most needed. The are standing for their nations, humanity, and mankind. Roosevelt invites Spring Rice and his wife to Oyster Bay, New York, and wants to tell them about his grandchildren. He recently received a sad letter from Winthrop Chanler reminiscing on the old times when they had youth and its “unconquerable spirit.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Austin Wadsworth

President Roosevelt tells William Austin Wadsworth that his children Ethel and Kermit had “a heavenly time.” Gifford Pinchot will be around to go to the dinner, and Roosevelt hopes that Wadsworth will write and urge Secretary of State Elihu Root and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge to come. He celebrates the Harvard football team’s victory.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt discusses with his son Kermit which cameras he should bring on their trip to Africa. He believes that Kermit should definitely bring a Kodak, and plan on taking a lot of pictures to be sure there are good ones to choose from. Roosevelt is pleased with Kermit’s plan to take two trips to Geneseo to hunt and ride. He also is happy about his son’s efforts in the two-mile run. For his birthday, Roosevelt intends to go riding without Edith and take his horse Roswell over many jumps. Roosevelt discusses the rifles that W. S. Rainsford has offered to loan he and Kermit in Africa. In a postscript, Roosevelt thanks his son for the birthday wishes, and tells him about his day.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Evans Hughes

President Roosevelt expresses his support for Governor Hughes during this campaign, and notes that corporations should be glad of regulations, because they prevent abuses that would lead to a popular movement against them. William H. Taft has been praising Hughes’s efforts on the campaign trail and will “lay all possible emphasis” on getting him elected in New York. Roosevelt asks if he can do anything to help. Roosevelt is also amused by the reactions of The Sun and Evening Post towards Hughes. When they thought Roosevelt opposed Hughes, they supported him, but their support cooled when they found out that Roosevelt was for him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Cabot Mills Lodge

President Roosevelt sends Anna Cabot Mills Lodge a letter he received from Winthrop Chanler for her to read and return to him. Of Chanler, Roosevelt writes, “What a bright fellow he is!”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt is happy to hear that his son Ted is having fun and doing well in his first semester at Harvard despite a rocky start. In particular, Roosevelt is glad that Ted’s studies are going well and is surprised that he made the freshman football team. He offers his son advice about gaining popularity and good standing in his class.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitney Warren

President Roosevelt congratulates architect Whitney Warren on the report of the New York City Improvement Commission, which he received through Winthrop Chanler. Roosevelt is trying to improve the architecture of Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William A. Baillie-Grohman

President Roosevelt acknowledges receipt of his copy of William A. Baillie-Grohman’s book The Master of Games. Roosevelt expresses his admiration for the book as well as his shame in the lack of Americans “who appreciate what it amounts to.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Robert J. Collier to Theodore Roosevelt

Robert J. Collier invites Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to have lunch and attend the first National Polo Match game at Meadow Brook.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-11

Creator(s)

Collier, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1876-1918

Letter from William A. Baillie-Grohman to Theodore Roosevelt

William A. Baillie-Grohman invites President Roosevelt to attend the Vienna Sports Exhibition next year and give a speech if so inclined. Baillie-Grohman also extends a personal invitation for President Roosevelt to spend time in Tyrol, Vienna, and notes that he and his wife, Florence Nickalls Baillie-Grohman, would be delighted to host him at their schloss.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-23

Creator(s)

Baillie-Grohman, William A. (William Adolph), 1851-1921

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth tells President Roosevelt that his children Ethel and Kermit enjoyed themselves, although the weather was too dry to be conducive to good sport. Wadsworth will invite the people Roosevelt wants to the dinner. He booked the banquet room of the Metropolitan Club for the 12th. Roosevelt’s friend General F. V. Greene visited yesterday, and Winthrop Chanler came to announce the results of the football game.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-22

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918

Letter from William Austin Wadsworth to Theodore Roosevelt

William Austin Wadsworth sends President Roosevelt information on a friend of his, who comes with strong endorsements from Bell Weston Burton and S. Schofield. Wadsworth asks Roosevelt to tell Edith Roosevelt that he rode her favorite horse yesterday and thought of her. Wadsworth reports that James Wolcott Wadsworth, his representative in Congress, is sure of reelection, and does not care what his opponent Peter A. Porter does. Representative Wadsworth has said that the Honorable George Aldrich believes James Goold Cutler, the mayor of Rochester, can be elected governor and later become president. Wadsworth encloses a picture of Katherine Coolidge with Eleanora Randolph Sears.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-08

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Having been recently appointed ambassador in Rome, Italy, Henry White has just learned that Lewis Morris Iddings, first secretary at the embassy there, has been appointed minister in Cairo, Egypt. White believes that the current second secretary in Rome is too young and inexperienced to serve as Iddings’s replacement, and suggests that R. S. Reynolds Hitt might fill the position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-20

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927

Letter from William Henry Hunt to Theodore Roosevelt

Governor Hunt informs President Roosevelt about the plans for the arrival and inauguration of the next governor of Puerto Rico, Beekman Winthrop. After the inauguration Hunt will travel to New York and requests to see Roosevelt in Oyster Bay if possible. He has heard that Roosevelt and Senator Fairbanks received the nominations for president and vice-president and regrets that he will not be able to help on the campaign.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-29

Creator(s)

Hunt, William Henry, 1857-1949

Letter from William A. Baillie-Grohman to Theodore Roosevelt

William A. Baillie-Grohman sends President Roosevelt two copies of the new edition of The Master of Game that Baillie-Grohman edited and for which Roosevelt wrote the foreword. Baillie-Grohman discusses the American orders for the work so far and suggests that Roosevelt might exhibit a copy of the work at the St. Louis Exposition.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-22

Creator(s)

Baillie-Grohman, William A. (William Adolph), 1851-1921