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Robert Halsey Patchin, knowing of President Roosevelt’s interest in White House history, forwards on to William Loeb an article about Andrew Jackson from the Lynchburg Virginian.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-25
President Roosevelt thanks George Macaulay Trevelyan for the copy of Songs before Sunrise. Currently, he is reading Guglielmo Ferrero’s The Greatness and Decline of Rome and notes that there are similarities with the conditions he describes and those of “our modern industrial civilization.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-23
Ripley A. Hanrick informs Theodore Roosevelt that it would be agreeable for Roosevelt to give the documents to the New York Historical Society. Hanrick has already given them to the Texas society.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-10
George Otto Trevelyan writes to President Roosevelt about Panama and the Philippines, drawing parallels with Macaulay’s histories and Ancient Rome. Trevelyan discusses the British diplomatic service and his latest work on the American Revolution. He also describes a recent visit from Charles Francis Adams and his wife, and he muses on what it is like to be old. Trevelyan writes of their shared love of English literature, mentioning Milton, Chaucer, and W. W. Jacobs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-12
Arizona historian James H. McClintock writes to President Roosevelt to ask for his opinion on the task of writing a historical narrative on Cuba’s regiment. McClintock mentions that he can add to the work already completed by using official Cuban records.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-30
G. P. Putnam and Sons are sending a copy of England Under the Stuarts by George Macaulay Trevelyan in accordance with instructions received from his father, Sir George Otto Trevelyan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-04
Historian James Ford Rhodes is pleased to have received a long letter from President Roosevelt. Rhodes responds to questions raised by Roosevelt, using historical precedents. Rhodes discusses tariff revision. He thinks Roosevelt is right not to “break with [his] party” over legislation. Rhodes asks Roosevelt if he can share the president’s views on “the Southern question” with Henry S. Pritchett, president of MIT, who has asked Rhodes for assistance. Pritchett is preparing a paper for Roosevelt. Rhodes answers Roosevelt’s comparison of his Cabinet with President Lincoln’s Cabinet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-01
Historian James Ford Rhodes thanks President Roosevelt for his “kind words” and discusses the volume on which he is currently working. Rhodes mentions that when Roosevelt is no longer president, he would like to sit and talk with him about history and literature.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-15
A press release regarding the recent endowment by James Speyer of the Theodore Roosevelt Professorship of American History and Institutions at the University of Berlin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-13
A translated summary of Chilean history.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1913-11-21
This program contains a list of The Ranelagh Lectures by William Michael Byrne. Lecture topics include Ireland and religion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-21
Uncle Sam, with a bundle of papers labeled “Canal Plans,” pats a diminutive man, wearing a hat labeled “Panama,” on the shoulder. The man smiles broadly and is leaning on a large sword. Canal construction equipment is just offshore, in the background. Caption: Uncle Sam — Well! Well! You boys have at last had a revolution which will help the whole world.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-11-25
George F. Hoar, Carl Schurz, David B. Hill, and former Massachusetts Governor George S. Boutwell place their “Anti-Expansion Speech” at the feet of a huge American soldier holding a rifle and the American flag, while opposite them Filipinos place guns and swords at the soldier’s feet. Caption: The American Filipinos and the Native Filipinos will have to submit.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-06-04
David B. Hill stands on a platform, speaking to an unseen audience. He holds a paper that states “Jefferson! Jeffersonianism!! Jeffersonian Simplicity!!!” The ghost of Thomas Jefferson is tapping him on the elbow. Caption: “Hold on there, David! – Don’t make me ridiculous! Remember, I was always an Expansionist – and if I were alive to-day I should be doing just as McKinley and Roosevelt have done.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-06-11
George F. Hoar sits on the U.S. Capitol dome using a telegraph to send a “wireless” message “Keep it up! We are with you!” across a body of water to the insurgent forces fighting against American troops in the Philippines. At the base of the Capitol are several men waving “Anti-Expansion” banners.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-02-26
Uncle Sam sits at a table with 10 figures, three of which are unidentified, the others showing the attributes of the rulers of Russia (Nicholas II), England (Edward VII), Germany (William II), Japan (Meiji, Emperor of Japan), Italy (Victor Emmanuel III), Austria (Franz Joseph I), and France (Emile Loubet), representing the eight nation alliance. A large tray of fruit labeled “Chinese Indemnity” is on the table. Hanging above the table by a thin string is an enormous sword labeled “Awakening of China.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-09-04
President Roosevelt enjoyed the second part of George Otto Trevelyan’s History of the American Revolution and believes it to be the best account of the Revolution every written. Roosevelt would like to discuss a few points that were raised and invites Trevelyan to the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-12
If possible, Theodore Roosevelt asks Charles Scribner’s Sons to send a copy of Fletcher’s most recent work on English history by Tuesday.
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1912-03-24
Theodore Roosevelt celebrates Archibald B. Roosevelt’s educational accomplishments after he passes two more subjects, French and History. Roosevelt thinks it would be a joke on Groton School if Archie Roosevelt is able to get into Harvard University two years early because of his studies at the Evans School, where he had to go because of his poor health. He credits Evans for the good work he has done for Archie Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-02
Theodore Roosevelt was very interested in Professor J. B. Bury’s Romanes Lecture. He offers some comments and questions regarding Anatolia, the Byzantine Empire, the Seljuk Turks, and the overall historical development of the region.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-13