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Letter from Emory Speer to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Emory Speer to Theodore Roosevelt

Judge Speer provides historical justification for President Roosevelt’s actions in the Brownsville affair, involving the mass dishonorable discharge of African American soldiers, citing George Washington’s similar discharge of rowdy troops. Speer also mentions the Raid on Deerfield during Queen Anne’s War and the siege of Magdeburg during the Thirty Years’ War. Speer disagrees with Senator Tillman’s assessment that Roosevelt “lynched” the discharged soldiers, as did the editorial boards of several prominent Georgia newspapers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-14

Thackeray in America

Thackeray in America

Ambassador Reid delivers a speech on William Makepeace Thackeray and his special place of respect among the American people at the Titmarsh Club Dinner in London, recounting the kind recollections of men who knew Thackeray while he visited the United States. Reid acknowledges that Charles Dickens’s less flattering depictions of Americans in his own works have their merit, but restates that Thackeray’s writings on his time in America and his skill as a writer have left him as well loved by Americans as the English.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12

Letter from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to Katherine Williams Watson

Letter from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to Katherine Williams Watson

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt responds to a request from Katherine Williams Watson, children’s librarian at the Denver Public Library, to review a list of books called “Girlhood Favorites.” Roosevelt notes that the list includes many of her favorites and the favorites of her children, especially the books of Juliana Horatia Ewing.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1930-10

The books that I read and when and how I do my reading

The books that I read and when and how I do my reading

In his article for Ladies’ Home Journal, Theodore Roosevelt describes the benefits of reading and provides advice on how to get people of any age interested in reading “serious literature.” Roosevelt elaborates on his reading habits and book selection processes, which stem from both his current mood and educational desires.

Collection

Marple Collection

Creation Date

1915-04

In the ambassadorial recruiting office

In the ambassadorial recruiting office

Uncle Sam measures a rotund man oozing money from his pockets, vest, and hat. Uncle Sam has turned toward “Sec. Bryan” who is recording the measurements. Nearby is a poster advertising ambassadorial positions, which states, “Chance to see the world. WANTED. $50,000 men for $17,500 jobs.” The ghost of Benjamin Franklin talks to the ghost of Washington Irving. Caption: Shade of Benjamin Franklin (to Shade of Washington Irving) — This is no place for us. We’d never come up to the requirements nowadays.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-04-16