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Professor Roosevelt wishes that he could do as Professor Dunn asked but has had to refuse many similar invitations and cannot accept. He asks Dunn to come to lunch at the White House, along with Dr. Maurice Francis Egan and Dr. Douglas Hyde, either on the day the lecture takes place or the day after.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-03
President Roosevelt thanks John Quinn, Secretary of the Irish Literary Society of New York, for the copy of Literary History of Ireland. He asks if, when Irish academic Douglas Hyde visits the United States, Quinn would bring him to have lunch with Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-26
President Roosevelt is interested in subscribing to Charles Welsh’s book entitled Irish Literature, but he asks that Welsh not make his letter public. If Roosevelt is known to have endorsed one book, he explains, he would be expected to endorse many others.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-07
President Roosevelt thanks T. P. Gill for the Cuchulain saga. Roosevelt had ordered the saga but has canceled his order and instead purchased A Literary History of Ireland by Douglas Hyde. Roosevelt hopes to meet with Gill again.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-22
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett praises President Roosevelt for his efforts to promote agriculture and rural life at a time when the population is gravitating towards cities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-22
John Quinn recommends new works of Irish literature for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-25