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Letter from J. J. Jusserand to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from J. J. Jusserand to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Jusserand sends Theodore Roosevelt Christmas wishes and hopes for his continued safety. He informs Roosevelt of his election to the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences on his own merits, with no opposing votes. Jusserand shares an incident of a mother cat saving her kitten from a caged tiger. Roosevelt’s letter was delightful and complemented his articles in Scribner’s Magazine, which everyone follows with interest. He does not have much to comment on regarding internal politics other than that he deplores the quarrel between Gifford Pinchot and Secretary of the Interior Richard Achilles Ballinger. Jusserand updates Roosevelt on several of their friends. Ambassador to France Robert Bacon was recently injured in a fall from his horse before leaving for his assignment. A letter “full of pleasant chattering” from Justice Alford Cooley hints at a possible improvement in health. Secretary of the Navy George von Lengerke Meyer and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop are trying to capture Jose Santos Zelaya in Nicaragua. While Henry Cabot Lodge and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge are in good physical health, they still mourn for their son George “Bay” Cabot Lodge, especially on Christmas. Jusserand includes a newspaper clipping on Roosevelt’s election to the Academy and part of a political cartoon featuring Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-12-25

Creator(s)

Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932

Letter from Giovanni Genocchi to John Fox

Letter from Giovanni Genocchi to John Fox

Father Genocchi thanks Reverend Fox for the Christmas greetings, and returns the sentiment. He will happily help any of Fox’s friends who come to Rome. Autumn is the only season when he might not be in the city. Genocchi regretfully informs Fox that the “sectarian suspicion of modernism” ultimately led to the dissolution of his S. Jerome Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Everyone is in mourning for the recent earthquake in Southern Italy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-04

Creator(s)

Genocchi, Giovanni, 1860-1926

Letter from Masayoshi Matsukata to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Masayoshi Matsukata to Theodore Roosevelt

Masayoshi Matsukata, former Prime Minister of Japan, thanks President Roosevelt for the kind letter of condolence following the death of his son. Matsukata’s grief is partly alleviated by the knowledge that his son died among friends. Matsukata further expresses gratitude for the kindness shown to his son by Admiral Sands and the officers of the Naval Academy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-27

Creator(s)

Matsukata, Masayoshi, 1835-1924

Coroner Harrison is a little too previous

Coroner Harrison is a little too previous

Uncle Sam reclines in a chair with his feet resting on a foot stool. On a table next to him are medications labeled “Tariff Reform Tonic” and “Repeal of Sherman Silver Law Elixir.” Benjamin Harrison stands at center holding a large “Certificate of Death – Died of Democratic Rule.” He is attended by several men with their mourning hats, including Thomas Collier Platt, Charles A. Boutelle, Whitelaw Reid, George F. Hoar, and Thomas B. Reed. They have come to pay their last respects.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1893-09-06

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

The dead issue

The dead issue

President Cleveland stands on the steps of the “White House” watching a funeral procession with the hearse labeled “Calamity Cry killed by Business Revival” and a long line of Republican mourners. Among them are Reed, Harrison, McKinley, Sherman, Chandler, Hoar, W. Reid, and Boutelle. The U.S. Capitol is on a hill in the background.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-06-05

Creator(s)

Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909

Over-production

Over-production

In this vignette cartoon Father Knickerbocker stands at center looking on in dismay at the site of a planned “49” story building near several other skyscrapers already under construction. The surrounding vignettes show an abundance of college athletes, excessive periods of mourning, a spate of frivolous lawsuits with juries that take “busy men” away from their work, “over-production of trashy newspapers and voracious newspaper readers,” and overly ostentatious “mausoleums.” Caption: Some New Year’s reflections on our great national weakness.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1896-12-30

Creator(s)

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937

Decoration-day, 1883

Decoration-day, 1883

A large group of politicians and others stand in a cemetery on Memorial Day. Each seems to be grieving at gravestones that bear special messages. Pope Leo XIII stands in front of a stone that states “Here lies my Irish Influence.” Ulysses S. Grant places a wreath labeled “Tho’ Gone Not Forgotten” at a monument that states “Here Lies the Third Term 1880.” Stephen Dorsey and Thomas Brady, arm in arm, stand in front of a stone that states “[Star] Route Here Lies Our Hope of Acquittal.” James G. Blaine places a wreath on a stone that states “[He]re Lies My South American Policy.” Samuel J. Tilden and Charles A. Dana stand in front of a stone that states “Tilden Boom 1876 Rest in Peace.” Clustered around Grant are Roscoe Conkling holding a tattered military standard labeled “Stalwart Battle Flag 1880,” J. D. Cameron on crutches labeled “1882,” John A. Logan as a drummer with number “306” on his drum strap, and Thomas Collier Platt as a little girl. Also grouped before a stone that states “Here Lies Democratic Consistency on the Tariff” are Benjamin F. Butler, Winfield Scott Hancock, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Stephen B. Elkins. Others depicted are Simon Cameron, John Kelly, Jay Gould, George W. Childs, George M. Robeson, David Davis, Robert Ingersoll, Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, and a man identified as “Campbell.” Caption: They deck with flowers, this Day of Decoration, full many a blighted hope and reputation.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-05-30

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896

Letter from Jean Degoutte to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Jean Degoutte to Theodore Roosevelt

General Degoutte writes to Theodore Roosevelt about plans to bury fallen troops, including Quentin Roosevelt, in the territory reconquered by the Sixth Army between the Marne and Aisne rivers. This will allow mourning families to recognize the place they are buried, and to stand as a monument for future generations. Degoutte sends a photograph of the place where Quentin died, near the Reddy farm, and expresses his shared grief to Roosevelt, while also praising the common ideals of the United States and France during the conflict.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-09-05

Creator(s)

Degoutte, Jean, 1866-1938

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Derby

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Derby

After Quentin Roosevelt’s death, it has been a great comfort for Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to visit Ethel Roosevelt Derby and the children. Roosevelt relates an incident where Richard Derby, Jr., angled to get a new toy and he describes Edith Roosevelt Derby as a “fairy princess.” Flora Whitney will be visiting tomorrow and Quentin’s death has been very difficult for her. The Derby’s neighbors have been friendly, and Roosevelt gave them a speech in response.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-08-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919