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Giddings, Franklin Henry, 1855-1931

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Letter from Brander Matthews to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Brander Matthews to Theodore Roosevelt

Brander Matthews accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to dine at the White House. He encloses an editorial written by fellow Columbia University professor Franklin Henry Giddings, and believes it would be useful for Roosevelt to see how men of Giddings’s station view him. Matthews hopes the kind words in the editorial will make Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt happy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-26

Creator(s)

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Letter from Brander Matthews to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Brander Matthews to Theodore Roosevelt

Brander Matthews recommends that President Roosevelt read the article by Franklin Henry Giddings on the “American People” in the current issue of the International Quarterly. He writes that Leigh Hunt enjoyed spending an evening with Roosevelt and informs the president that Hunt recently gave a dinner for Booker T. Washington. Matthews is glad that Roosevelt met his old pupil, Steward White.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-10

Creator(s)

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929