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Ambassador Choate thanks President Roosevelt for offering him the opportunity to remain as ambassador until Choate can personally dedicate his memorial window to John Harvard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-10
Ambassador Choate expresses his gratitude after six years of service and submits his letter of resignation to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-12
President Roosevelt reluctantly accepts Ambassador Choate’s resignation. He believes that no one since John Quincy Adams was Ambassador to England has been as dedicated as Choate. Roosevelt would like Choate to be able to stay in England until he is able to dedicate the memorial window to John Harvard in the St. Saviour’s Church personally, and will have Choate’s resignation take effect shortly after this occurs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-24
President Roosevelt informs John La Farge that finishing the John Harvard memorial window “is of the utmost importance” as Ambassador Joseph Hodges Choate wants to dedicate it rather than have his successor do it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-21
President Roosevelt reluctantly accepts Ambassador Choate’s resignation. He believes that no one since John Quincy Adams was Ambassador to England has been as dedicated as Choate. Roosevelt would like Choate to be able to stay in England until he is able to dedicate the memorial window to John Harvard in the St. Saviour’s Church personally, and will have Choate’s resignation take effect shortly after this occurs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-24
Marie Corelli has led an effort to rescue and restore the childhood home of John Harvard’s mother Katherine in Stratford-on-Avon, the town of William Shakespeare. The house has been gifted to Harvard University and will be officially opened in October by American Ambassador Whitelaw Reid. She invites Theodore Roosevelt to also attend the ceremony.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-09-01
Souvenir copy of the Harvard House Gazette, detailing the festivities surrounding the grand opening of the Harvard House in Stratford-Upon-Avon. The Harvard House originally belonged to the parents of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University. The effort to purchase it for the university and restore it was led by Marie Corelli and funded by Edward Morris. A number of dignitaries and academics spoke at the ceremonies.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-10