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Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Arthur Hamilton Lee is enjoying his holiday in the Scottish Highlands and feels refreshed after engaging in outdoor recreation. He is glad to hear Theodore Roosevelt is likewise taking pleasure in his leisure. Lee discusses recent British political issues, including debates over Constitutional law and Irish Home Rule. Additionally, he comments on international relations between Morocco, Germany, and France, and the United States’ proposed arbitration treaty with Great Britain. Hopefully, in the near future, he and his wife, Ruth Moore Lee, can travel to the United States and visit the Roosevelt family. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-10

Creator(s)

Lee of Fareham, Viscount (Arthur Hamilton Lee), 1868-1947

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

Theodore Roosevelt received Corrine Roosevelt Robinson’s messages. He and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are pleased to be grandparents. Robert Bridges told him about the acceptance of Corrine’s second poem and its “power and purpose.” Bridges regards it as one “written about and for those who have toiled and…have known defeat and triumph.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph Bucklin Bishop asks Theodore Roosevelt his opinion on Charles Dewey Hilles’s statement. He heard from an official’s wife that Helen Herron Taft hosts gambling bridge parties at the White House, which he finds hard to believe. Bishop congratulates Roosevelt on becoming a grandparent and thanks him for being “the best friend” their son, Farnham Bishop, “ever had.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-28

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Letter from Edward North Buxton to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Edward North Buxton to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward North Buxton enjoyed Theodore Roosevelt’s letter but wonders if he is satisfied being an editor instead of living “a life of more action.” He discusses English politics and fears the imminent change of paying members of Parliament. Buxton and his wife, Emily Digby Buxton, congratulate Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on becoming grandparents.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-13

Creator(s)

Buxton, Edward North, 1840-1924

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Anna Roosevelt Cowles to explain he has written to Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and everything went as well as possible with Eleanor Butler Alexander Roosevelt, who has given birth to her first child, Grace Green Roosevelt. Roosevelt received a letter from Grace Green Alexander, who told him that mother and child are doing well. Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt are happy to be grandparents. Roosevelt is glad that Cowles’s doctor has encouraged her to go back to Mount Clemens. He is looking forward to her visit in the fall.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-08-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919