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Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Tommaso Gallarati Scotti’s letter and was pleased to meet Antonio Fogazzaro during his time in Italy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-10-07
Theodore Roosevelt forwards Robert Bridges a study on Antonio Fogazzaro, along with a letter from Mr. Townsend explaining things. He asks that Bridges return them if he is not interested, but adds the comment that he wishes his European friends would not keep sending him things.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-08
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador to Italy White for the French translation of Antonio Fogazzaro’s Le Saint. Although he is Protestant, Roosevelt sympathizes with the fundamentals Fogazzaro teaches.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-24
President Roosevelt is “immensely impressed” with Antonio Fogazzaro’s The Saint and appreciates William Roscoe Thayer’s interpretation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-01
Mary Prichard Agnetti submits an essay about Antonio Fogazzaro for publication in the Outlook. Theodore Roosevelt may already be familiar with Agnetti for her translations of Fogazzaro’s works.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-06
Ambassador Henry White reports to President Roosevelt on a week he spent with King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. White and Emmanuel discussed international disarmament, about which both were skeptical. They talked about Vatican relations with many nations, especially Italy and France, and of how the Jesuits were involved. White also describes hunting ibex and shares that the king offered to send Roosevelt some ibex heads.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-29
President Roosevelt has been impressed with Antonio Fogazzaro’s The Saint and appreciates William Roscoe Thayer’s interpretation given in the introduction.
1906-09-01