Friendship

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914

Language

English

Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Anna how he has been spending his time on the ranch. His home is comfortable and the walking is awful due to the mud. He has been hunting and will travel to Mandan, North Dakota, when the weather gets milder. Roosevelt truly enjoys being with the men out there.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1886-03-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is glad to hear from Fitzhugh Lee, who is missed as “Master of Horse” and family friend. Roosevelt gives an update on Ted Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt’s career and education, respectively, and on Archie Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt’s school lives. Roosevelt is proud of Lee, and looks forward to hearing more from him while he is at the cavalry school.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is glad to have received a letter from Nathaniel A. Elsberg. Roosevelt valued Elsberg’s friendship at Albany.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

The Roosevelts congratulate Secretary of State Root on the birth of his granddaughter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

President Roosevelt updates Henry Cabot Lodge on personal and political matters. Roosevelt feels obligated to enjoy a series of essays by Westerlick because his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, assumes he would not care for them; the puzzling problem of the re-nomination for Charles Evans Hughes for governor of New York; the plans for Roosevelt’s upcoming African safari, and his desire to tour Europe on the way home as a private citizen without pomp; his plans to write for Scribner’s and The Outlook post-presidency, and his reasoning for selecting those offers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt will have a report on the matter Mornay Williams raised at once. Roosevelt enjoyed the time he spent with Jacob A. Riis last night, saying it did him good just to see Riis. Roosevelt asks about Riis’ upcoming travel plans to the West.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is glad to see Secretary of State Root returning to his old self. Roosevelt feels he should accept the appointment of Tingfang Wu as China’s Ambassador to the United States as they are unlikely to get an ambassador like the one who has just left. He has received a report that the Chinese Army has stopped reforming itself and cannot compare to leading military powers. Roosevelt asks Root to give his good wishes to Mexican President Porfirio Díaz.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Waldo D. Parker for his two letters, for tutoring Archibald B. Roosevelt, and for being “a close and valued friend.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from John Riis, son of his dear friend Jacob A. Riis.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks if C. Grant La Farge and his wife can visit before October first and discuss “everything, from politics to nature faking.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Donald McDonald Dickinson for remembering him on Christmas, and says how much Dickinson’s friendship and confidence means to him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Senator Clay for his recent letter, and notes that he would have invited the senator to a recent dinner if fewer gentlemen than ladies had been invited. He thanks Clay for his friendship and association.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt did not know J. Henderson Macauley’s location. Joseph A. Ferris is still at Medora, North Dakota. Roosevelt wonders if MacAuley ever thinks of their buffalo hunt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

In confidence, President Roosevelt shares that he would be delighted if Philip Battell Stewart was elected to Congress from Colorado as it would strengthen his position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt had been intending to call upon Abram S. Hewitt and express his respect for Hewitt’s model citizenship.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt hopes that Hermann Speck von Sternburg and Lillian Langham von Sternburg can visit the White House during the Roosevelt administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has been thinking of Cecil Spring Rice and would like him to visit the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has appreciated Frederick Getman Fincke’s support and would like him to spend a night at the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919