Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-10-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Lambert, L. G.

Lewis M. Hosea introduces himself to Theodore Roosevelt as the Commander of the Loyal Legion, who called on him during William McKinley’s funeral. He appreciates Roosevelt’s good work exposing the “true nature of the evils in our administrative system.” However, he disagrees with Roosevelt’s criticism of the courts and discusses why.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-11

Postcard showing author Victor Hugo’s tombstone with decorations on the top. Charles C. Myers notes that the tomb is in the crypt of the Pantheon in Paris, France.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “the tomb of the great French Poet, Victor Hugo.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Father Time presents the new year labeled “1886” to Puck standing in the foreground, holding his lithographic pencil. Behind him are scenes of events from 1885, such as President Cleveland’s inauguration on March 4, Fredinand Ward’s conviction and William Mahone’s defeat, publication of Pope Leo XIII’s “Encyclical” Immortale Dei, Louis Pasteur’s anti-rabies vaccine, Chinese attacked in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Tacoma, Washington Territory, and the Grim Reaper strikes down Ulysses S. Grant, Alfonso XII of Spain, William H. Vanderbilt, composer Leopold Damrosch, Cardinal McCloskey, Thomas Hendricks, and Victor Hugo. Fighting continues in Bulgaria, Sudan, Tonquin, and Spain.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-12-30

E. M. Glasgow wants to forestall efforts by large corporations to see that Roosevelt is defeated in the upcoming presidential election. He discusses recent copper mine closures in Montana by Amalgamated Copper Company.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-07