Friendship--Correspondence

Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Arthur Hamilton Lee is unsure how to address President Roosevelt after his term of office has ended, but feels they can discuss this following his return from Africa. Lee does not plan to write while Roosevelt is away other than by request. Lee explains that for Roosevelt’s visit to London in 1910, he has automobiles, stenographers and more waiting to serve Roosevelt. Lee hopes Roosevelt will visit his country homes, and spends the majority of the letter describing their looks and amenities. Finally, he encourages Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Derby Roosevelt to stay with himself and his wife, Ruth Moore Lee, if they come to England in advance of Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-01

Letter from Paul Norton to Theodore Roosevelt

Paul Norton says that he has only taken interest in the political careers of President Roosevelt and J. Sterling Morton and approves of Roosevelt’s political record. Norton calls Roosevelt “the most animate dead king that ever was,” and praises Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s skills as a White House hostess.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-01

Letter from Marion L. Oliver to Theodore Roosevelt

Marion L. Oliver sends President Roosevelt a tie she made for him and hopes it will bring him good luck while hunting in Africa. She is working on another tie for him but it is not yet finished. Oliver hates to see Roosevelt leave and will miss him and extends the well wishes of the Oliver family. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-01

Telegram from William H. H. Llewellyn to Theodore Roosevelt

William H. H. Llewellyn will be President Roosevelt’s faithful friend regardless of place or circumstance. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-03

Letter from John Avery McIlhenny to Theodore Roosevelt

John Avery McIlhenny thanks President Roosevelt for a copy of Professor Foster’s history, an expensive book he could not justify purchasing for himself. McIlhenny further expresses gratitude for the guidance Roosevelt has offered during their friendship. He regrets that Roosevelt’s “great brain and gallant heart” will no longer be leading the nation and cannot imagine ever disapproving of Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-24

Letter from Herman Henry Kohlsaat to Theodore Roosevelt

Herman Henry Kohlsaat writes President Roosevelt with effusive praise, saying that he “crystalized into authenticity the dreams and desires of my middle manhood.”

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Creation Date

1909-02-27

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Cooley happily received word from Solicitor General Henry Martyn Hoyt and President Roosevelt that he “was back in the world again.” Both Ward and Elihu Root have promised to assist him with navigating the incoming administration, and Cooley and his wife, Susan Dexter Dalton Cooley, are grateful for the support of their many friends. He finds the end of Roosevelt’s presidency bittersweet, and wishes that the entire “Tennis Cabinet” could keep their jobs. He is very sorry that Secretary of State Robert Bacon and Secretary of the Interior James Rudolf Garfield will likely “not be retained.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-31

Letter from Francis Bowler Keene to William Loeb

Francis Bowler Keene, U.S. Consul in Switzerland and old friend of President Roosevelt’s, sends William Loeb the enclosed personal letter for Roosevelt’s personal archives.

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Creation Date

1909-02-02

Letter from Francis Bowler Keene to Theodore Roosevelt

Francis Bowler Keene has admired President Roosevelt since their time at Harvard, and he encloses a “tribute” he originally wrote in 1901 and has since edited for submission to a publication seeking verse about the Roosevelt administration. However, Keene does not believe the work is good enough to be published. He is grateful for Roosevelt’s support of his diplomatic career, and alludes to his application for the post of Consul General of Switzerland. “Countless people” have praised his devoted and conscientious work as a consul in Europe. Keene hopes to see Roosevelt in Naples next year.

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Creation Date

1909-02-02

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge believes renominating Governor Charles Evans Hughes is right, but finds him difficult to deal with. Lodge enjoyed his trip abroad but contracted a “grip cold.”

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Creation Date

1908-09-04

Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Cecil Spring Rice informs Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt that his friend Edward Ashley Walrond Clarke, British Consul General to Zanzibar, has promised to look after President Roosevelt. He discusses the Turkish reform movement, its influences, and global impact. The British have appealed to William II, Emperor of Germany, to stop arming.

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Creation Date

1908-09-06

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge finds the incident of the statue in Brownfield, Texas, comedic. He is glad President Roosevelt is going to Oxford but admonishes him to also visit Germany, for “it would never do to omit the Kaiser.” Lodge believes Roosevelt’s visits around Europe will be valuable for the United States. As a favor, Lodge requests Roosevelt look into the situation concerning the purchase of the Windsor ships.

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Creation Date

1908-09-07

Letter from J. J. Jusserand to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Jusserand forwards a letter from Colonel Olivier Mazel to President Roosevelt concerning Mazel’s opinion of American officers at the French School of Application for Cavalry. Jusserand knew John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton but has not read the essays Roosevelt mentioned and will seek to obtain them. He comments on the Turkish revolution along with Wilbur Wright’s work in Le Mans, France. Jusserand wishes to be kindly remembered by the Roosevelt family.

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Creation Date

1908-08-17

Letter from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt

William Allen White sends President Roosevelt two copies of a little book containing an address he gave at Oberlin College, one of which he hopes can be sent to French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand. Jusserand spoke highly of White’s book Stratagems and Spoils, the writing of which has kept him quite busy. He trusts Roosevelt will like the novel.

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Creation Date

1907-12-20

Letter from George Otto Trevelyan to Theodore Roosevelt

George Otto Trevelyan received President Roosevelt’s letter and is very glad the work pleased him. The Christmas present will reach him at his home in England, where he hopes someday Roosevelt will visit. He delivered the letter of introduction to Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, who has shown great hospitality. Trevelyan’s son has recently arrived with his wife.

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Creation Date

1907-12-22

Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Theodore Roosevelt

Andrew Carnegie told President Roosevelt’s fish story and Austen G. Fox told the enclosed story, in which a fish eats its own eye for bait. Carnegie wishes Roosevelt a merry Christmas and says he greatly enjoyed the banquet and Secretary of State Elihu Root’s company.

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Creation Date

1907-12-23

Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt

Jacob A. Riis wishes President Roosevelt and the Roosevelt family happy holidays, and he looks forward to seeing them in February.

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Creation Date

1907-12-23

Letter from Jeannie Penniman Smith Platt to Theodore Roosevelt

Jeannie Penniman Smith Platt sends President Roosevelt a photograph of a memorial honoring Orville Hitchcock Platt to be installed in their village library. She hopes President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will visit her home.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-17

Letter from Owen Wister to Theodore Roosevelt

Owen Wister, author of Lady Baltimore, congratulates President Roosevelt concerning the positive effect the book has had on Roosevelt’s thinking about “In God We Trust.” Wister will soon finish the biography of George Washington, on which he has been working hard.

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Creation Date

1907-11-13

Letter from Laura d’ Oremieulx Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Laura d’ Oremieulx Roosevelt sends President Roosevelt a letter she thinks he will enjoy that discusses his attitudes towards Germany. She sends well wishes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-26