Note of mailing
“Sent by mail to French chargé for cabling to Ambassador Jusserand.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-27
Your TR Source
Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit he is happy with Kermit’s marks and is very interested in the books he is reading. Roosevelt wants to know if he would be interested in Flashlights in the Jungle, but adds in a postscript that Edith said Kermit would not enjoy it. He also talks of taking a scramble down Rock Creek with C. Grant La Farge, Douglas Robinson, Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon, and the French Ambassador.
Collection
Creation Date
1906-01-21
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay
President Roosevelt found Baron Takahira’s letter to be remarkable and believes that Ambassador Jusserand’s comment is due to jealousy. He hopes that the British will act with “sanity and propriety” in the Alaska boundary business. If they do not, it will be a misfortune for the United States and a greater misfortune for Great Britain and Canada.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-21
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Elizabeth Towne
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary is unaware of quotations from Henry Labouchère regarding Roosevelt. He will be unable to provide the other opinions on Roosevelt requested by Elizabeth Towne, as they do not keep clippings which reference Roosevelt. The secretary suggests numerous people whom Towne could contact for these opinions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-10-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. Herbert Warren
President Roosevelt approves of the arrangements T. Herbert Warren suggests for the publication of his 1910 Romanes lecture, both in the United States and England. He will write the lecture before he leaves for his African safari, but may make revisions after his trip before he delivers it. Roosevelt is concerned that Warren may be expecting his lecture to be intended for a wider audience, because he is preparing a largely academic talk.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gerald Morgan
Theodore Roosevelt hopes that the enclosed letter will be of use to Gerald Morgan. Roosevelt does not know French officials well so he has addressed his letter to Ambassador Jusserand.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-03-29
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Raymond Poincaré
President Roosevelt thanks France’s President Raymond Poincaré for the letter. French ambassador and Roosevelt’s friend, J. J. Jusserand, can provide Poincaré with Roosevelt’s writings on the subject of the war.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-03-29
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Carl Hovey
Theodore Roosevelt is concerned by what he has learned from Carl Hovey. Roosevelt tends to believe John Reed’s letter and debates how Ambassador J. J. Jusserand should proceed in the matter. The controversy involves Robert Steel Dunn being at the front as a neutral war correspondent. Dunn fired two shots from the German trenches into the French trenches.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-03-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecil Spring Rice
Theodore Roosevelt believes the allies will win the war and that Great Britain and France will greatly benefit. The manhood of these nations has shown “ugly traits” and “should be tried and purged.” He is unsure if victory will bring justice to Belgium or allow the people of middle and southeastern Europe to develop as they should. Ambassador Spring Rice and Ambassador Jusserand are performing a great service to their country when it is most needed. The are standing for their nations, humanity, and mankind. Roosevelt invites Spring Rice and his wife to Oyster Bay, New York, and wants to tell them about his grandchildren. He recently received a sad letter from Winthrop Chanler reminiscing on the old times when they had youth and its “unconquerable spirit.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-02-18
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mark Sullivan
Theodore Roosevelt has a negative opinion of Arthur Ruhl and will not provide a letter to help him in Russia and Serbia. He suggests Mark Sullivan write to Ambassador Jusserand. Roosevelt enjoyed the Jonas story and approves of John Waterbury’s poem, especially since Waterbury styles himself as an appropriate type of hyphenated American, an “American-American.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-01-04
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt
President Roosevelt shares his doubts about his son, Ted Roosevelt, taking a job on New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s staff, and encourages Ted to speak to his boss, Robert P. Perkins, about it. Roosevelt believes that at best the position would be largely a symbolic one, and at worst would commit Ted to attending events that he does not wish to attend and gain him “a certain unenviable notoriety.” Roosevelt acknowledges he may be mistaken, and again encourages Ted to speak to Perkins. Roosevelt enjoyed having his son visit recently, and provides an update on his recent activities since Ted departed.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-16
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft
President Roosevelt warns President-Elect Taft not to let the “horrid female creature” Cecile de Wentworth paint his portrait. In a moment of weakness, Roosevelt let her “make believe” painting his portrait that she then tried to hang in the Paris Salon. She tried to get the American ambassador in France to convince the French that it was disrespectful to Roosevelt not to hang the “awful daub” in a good place. Roosevelt has also directed Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry’s fleet to stop, and thinks that Sperry is an “old jack” to get misled about it.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-21
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Archibald B. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt tells his son Archibald that the note and two-dollar bill “perfectly delighted” his brother Quentin, who is in bed with his leg in a plaster cast. Quentin used the money to buy a “fascinating little steam engine.” The rector at Groton has sent Roosevelt Archie’s last report, and commented that he is not doing as well in his studies as he could or should be; Roosevelt agrees. Roosevelt is going for a ride with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge this afternoon. Yesterday, while he was playing tennis with Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon, and French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand, William Loeb came out to announce that Harvard had won the football match, which made Roosevelt “as pleased as possible.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-22
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Cary Morse
After receiving the message from the YMCA boys who ran from New York to Washington, D.C., President Roosevelt gives Richard Cary Morse a message that he can use at any time. He reflects on the importance of exercise and physical fitness in the “after life” of the boys who delivered the message. Although “hardy and vigorous bodies” are important, it is important that the bodies be servants as the boys do “the work of the world.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-23
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Scribner’s Sons
President Roosevelt has referred the Hachette firm in Paris to Charles Scribner’s Sons. They wish to translate his African book, and French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand says they are the best firm for the job.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-23
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt
Although President Roosevelt is proud of his daughter Ethel, he tells her that he cannot help but feel nervous when he thinks of her taking risks. He updates her on the goings-on at the White House, including tennis with the French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand, a visit from Alice and Nicholas Longworth, and some of Quentin’s exploits.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-10
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. Herbert Warren
President Roosevelt discusses arrangements for the publication of his 1910 Romanes lecture in both England and the United States on the day it is delivered. He will write the lecture before he goes to Africa, but may make revisions after his trip and before he gives it. He approves of the “usual arrangement” of having the lecture printed and published by the University Press.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry White
President Roosevelt sends the enclosed letter to Ambassador White, and instructs him to take it to London and show it to Arthur Hamilton Lee. After Lee has finished reading it, White is to ensure that it is destroyed. Roosevelt has been invited by J. J. Jusserand to give a lecture at the Sorbonne after his trip to Africa. He will also give the Romanes lecture at Oxford.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-10-17
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit, telling him about the pleasant weather that Washington, D.C., has had recently. He also mentions that he thinks that they should take a good camera with them when they go to Africa. Roosevelt has been keeping a close eye on the Chicago Convention, and it appears that Secretary of War William H. Taft will be nominated as the Republican presidential candidate. In a handwritten postscript Roosevelt remarks on some birds that he has seen around the White House recently.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-06-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Wilson
President Roosevelt has heard from French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand that French products including vinegar, apricot liqueur, and baby food are being held up by customs for various improper reasons. Roosevelt includes labels for the vinegar and instructs Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to allow the shipment into the country at once, and to find the man responsible for holding it up. The Pure Food Act, if properly enforced, is a good law, but Roosevelt warns that if it is not enforced well, it could hinder commercial relations.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-05-31