Gifts

Urges gifts’ free entry

Charles S. Hamlin argues that the gifts Alice Roosevelt received on her recent trip to the East were given to her as the daughter of the President of the United States, and that she could not have declined them without causing misunderstanding and bad feelings. Thus, Hamlin believes, Congress should use a special act to allow the gifts to be brought into the country without a duty being paid on them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-29

Letter from William Loeb to Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox

On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, William Loeb thanks Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox for the book.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-03

Letter from John R. Carter to Theodore Roosevelt

John R. Carter, secretary of the American Embassy in London, sends President Roosevelt five facsimiles of the Oxford reproduction of William Shakespeare’s works not included in his first folio. The Authorities of the University of Oxford hope he will accept them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-15

Letter from Sherrard Billings to Theodore Roosevelt

Sherrard Billings thanks President Roosevelt for the autographed picture. He reports that he has asked Arthur Woods to write to Roosevelt about Roosevelt’s son, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt, playing football. While Ted is stronger than he was last year, “he plays so hard that he needs […] one more year before the first spread.” Billings believes Ted’s physical ability should be closer to his playing ability, but writes that Woods’s letter will explain more.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-08

Letter from Kogoro Takahira to William Loeb

Japanese Ambassador Takahira sends William Loeb information from Minister for Foreign Affairs Jutarō Komura regarding Yogoro Matsumoto.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-21

Letter from the Japanese Legation

The Japanese Legation reports that Yogoro Matsumoto “is a man of respectable character” who offers the sword to President Roosevelt because he heard of Roosevelt’s interest in Bushido.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-21

Letter from William Loeb to Charles K. Farley

William Loeb confirms that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt received Charles K. Farley’s letter and book of poems, and sends her thanks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-02

Exhibit F Extract of Lossing’s Life of Washington

This extract from George Benton Lossing’s Life of Washington suggests that George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River and surprising of the Hessian mercenaries, ‘awakened in Frederick of Prussia the sympathy and high appreciation which he manifested by the gift of a sword, with an inscription exclusively in praise of Washington’s generalship.’

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-18

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to William Loeb

Postmaster General Cortelyou informs William Loeb that he has sent a “musical machine” to Oyster Bay for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Carl C. Young

President Roosevelt thanks Carl C. Young for the interesting wine jug.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Johnson

President Roosevelt thanks George Johnson for the miniature teapot made out of a penny that he sent, and says that he gave it to his daughter Ethel Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. Dudley Coleman

President Roosevelt thanks H. Dudley Coleman for the olive tree that he and his wife, Jessica Prague Coleman, sent him. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-27

Donations to the Associated Charities and Neighborhood House

Three donations were made to Neighborhood House and the Associated Charities of the District of Columbia: $100 on February 4, 1907; $50 on May 10, 1906; and $10 on February 21, 1906.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05

Note on Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s annual donation

“This institution is one of those to which Mrs. R. contributes $10 every November. File P. P. F.” This note was attached to an appeal letter and subscription form from the Central Union Mission of Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-11

Letter from Edward North Buxton to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward North Buxton informs President Roosevelt that the elephant rifle is ready, and that he hopes to send it to Roosevelt for any adjustments. Buxton has spoken with Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, who believes he will be able to send the gun as a foreign office parcel. He sends Roosevelt a list of the people who donated to have the gun made for Roosevelt, and says that they all wish Roosevelt a good time on safari in British East Africa.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-20

Letter from William Lawrence to Theodore Roosevelt

William Lawrence thinks that President Roosevelt did a great and honorable thing in refusing to be nominated for a third presidential term, and recalls an earlier remark by Roosevelt about wishing that President-Elect William H. Taft would be elected president in 1909. Lawrence asks if Roosevelt has read the book Eighteen Years in Uganda and East Africa in his preparations for his upcoming African safari. If he has not, Lawrence would like to make a gift of it to him. Lawrence hopes to visit Roosevelt at the White House one more time before he leaves office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Kent

President Roosevelt thanks William Kent for his donation of Redwood Canyon to the government, to be used as a park for the preservation of redwood trees. The park will be named Muir National Monument. Roosevelt believes that Kent has “conferred a great and lasting benefit upon the whole country.”

Collection

Muir Woods National Monument

Creation Date

1908-01-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George von Lengerke Meyer

President Roosevelt thanks George von Lengerke Meyer for the two salmon. He is glad to have “a sporting member of the administration.” Roosevelt is unsure if Meyer can be any help on “certain matters connected with the Japanese business,” but he would like Meyer to stop in New York on his way to Washington to discuss the matter.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1907-07-27

Letter from Henry K. Love to Theodore Roosevelt

Former Rough Rider Henry K. Love sends his old Colonel a gift taken from his collection of arms.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-28

Letter from D. O. Thomas to William Loeb

D. O. Thomas asks William Loeb to express his thanks to President Roosevelt for the $25.00 check toward Reverend John M. Schick’s expenses abroad. Schick was pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Washington, D.C., which Roosevelt attended from the time he was Vice President until he left office in 1909.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-23