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William Loeb requests Rudolph Forster send all correspondence regarding the Bruton Parish Church lectern written by Loeb or President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-16
All correspondence regarding the lectern for Bruton Parish Church should be collected.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-16
Andrew Carnegie updates President Roosevelt on matters in Great Britain. Carnegie says Roosevelt’s handling of the “Japanese flurry” was masterful, and says Japan will not make any more trouble due to her financial status. Carnegie notes that many countries are restricting entry to Japanese citizens, and that Roosevelt has solved the problem. Carnegie comments on the stances of Great Britain and Germany at the International Peace Conference at The Hague.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-31
Reverend Power of St. Dominic’s Church thanks President Roosevelt for his donation to the church’s building fund. Power says it will be hard to resist the temptation to tell his congregation about the gift, but he will obey Roosevelt’s wishes in the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-02
Senator Bourne sends William Loeb and President Roosevelt and their families some Oregon cherries and hopes they enjoy the fruit. Bourne has been struggling to get any work done in the summer heat. He encloses a letter for delivery to Roosevelt, and will take his suggestion regarding John W. Foster. Bourne supports a “second elective term” for Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-19
William Sturgis Bigelow sends President Roosevelt a book of photographs of authors. He recommends that Roosevelt read a pamphlet on Foucault’s pendulum. Next time newspapermen gin up war talk he could set one up in the Capitol. Bigelow is glad to be going away during Boston’s Old Home Week.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-25
Frank B. Bigelow, head librarian of the New York Society Library, acknowledges President Roosevelt’s donation of ten volumes of the series, Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-04
Yick Nam Quan has sent Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. some firecrackers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-30
J. Stewart Barney sends William Loeb a photograph of his progress on the lecturn commissioned for the 300th anniversary of Williamsburg by President Theodore Roosevelt. The lecturn will be presented by Roosevelt to the Bruton Parish Church to hold a Bible presented by King Edward VII of England. Barney asks permission to release the photograph to the press.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-18
John S. Kennedy has sent a four pound salmon he killed to President Roosevelt and hopes it will be acceptable to him and his family. Kennedy goes on to describe the lateness of the fishing season.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-26
Stephania A. Porter has sent President Roosevelt a miniature portrait on ivory of his mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. Porter had intended to leave the portrait, given to her as a girl, to her own family, but she feels the Roosevelts should have it and take it to the White House with them. Porter wishes Roosevelt’s parents could see him now as president. Porter recently injured her knee but will soon visit her son.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-20
J. Stewart Barney thanks William Loeb for permission to release a photograph to the press of the lecturn he is creating for President Roosevelt. Barney asks for Roosevelt’s opinion on the work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-21
Bishop John Lancaster Spalding presumes President Roosevelt is responsible for the gift of six volumes of Roosevelt’s works and thanks him. He considers the books to be more powerful than others. Spalding wishes he was not an invalid, as Roosevelt could have found some use for him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-04
Attorney George K. French provides an excerpt from the May 9, 1907, issue of the Miners Magazine which he thinks will interest President Roosevelt. The item acknowledges funds subscribed to the Moyer-Haywood defense organization by a Jewish anarchist weekly in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-12
Earl Grey has sent a gift of Canadian Northern Spy apples to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-29
Reverend Goodwin describes a recent baptism he performed, in which the baby’s first and middle names were “Theodore Jennings.” Goodwin found this amusing, as the baby’s sponsors were Democrats. Regarding President Roosevelt’s gift of a lectern to display the Bible given by King Edward, Goodwin hopes that Roosevelt can be present at the General Convention in October, when Bishop Alfred Magill Randolph will formally receive the lectern.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-22
Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace has given Ambassador Reid a package from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer for President Roosevelt, which Reid has enclosed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-29
On behalf of the Associated Charities, of which Supreme Court Justice Brewer is president, and the Citizen’s Relief Association, of which General Sternberg is president, Brewer and Sternberg request donations to support their work in “befriending, relieving and upbuilding the friendless, undeveloped, sick, widowed and despairing poor people of the community.” They reach out to the Roosevelts because they had been subscribers in the past.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-20
Victor Geza Fischer sends some “interesting Americana” to President Theodore and First Lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt with his highest expressions of respect.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-27
Arthur E. Scobey sent President Roosevelt a pair of boots from Purcell, Indiana, which he regrets did not arrive earlier.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-03