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Letter from Thorstein Hoverstad

Letter from Thorstein Hoverstad

Thorstein Hoverstad is a teacher at the Normal School of Notodden in Norway and is traveling in the United States to study the educational system. Since he cannot visit all states, he is sending out this letter and questionnaire and asking superintendents to respond in the hopes their efforts will help the the schools in Norway. In a postscript Hoverstad explains he usually sends this letter to superintendents but he hopes the recipient will fill out the questionnaire and return it to him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09

Creator(s)

Hoverstad, Thorstein, 1880-

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Reid reports to President Roosevelt about affairs in Europe. Reid’s impression is that neither Great Britain nor Germany want tensions to escalate to a war, and he is still trying to get more details about their negotiations. Reid informs Roosevelt that the King seems to be in ill health. He is also worried that Roosevelt’s friend, Silas McBee, is stirring up trouble by seeming to interfere in debates about the Education Bill. Reid referred the Grocers’ Federation to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor Howard Metcalf so that they might receive more information about complying with America’s meat inspection laws, and he enclosed a copy of a speech he gave at Cambridge on the American Revolution. Reid concludes by saying that he hopes the British government will help the United States settle disputes with Canada.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-16

Creator(s)

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912