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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt praises Secretary of State Root’s recent lectures at Yale University, calling them “lofty essays.” In an extended postscript, Roosevelt says he is enclosing a letter from Japanese Ambassador Kentarō Kaneko, saying he likes Kaneko, but also calls him a “fox.” Roosevelt says the Japanese have reason to be offended over the treatment of Japanese immigrants in San Francisco, and asks what other legal measures can be taken to protect them. On the other hand, Roosevelt says that these problems do not give Japan the excuse to be thinking of war with the United States. Roosevelt does not believe the Japanese will attack American positions in the Pacific or Alaska, but “there is enough uncertainty” for the United States to be on its guard for war.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Edward Redmond

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Edward Redmond

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Irish nationalist politician, John Edward Redmond, about Redmond’s turning down of a position on Prime Minister Herbert Asquith’s Coalition Cabinet. Redmond’s rival, Unionist Sir Edward Carson, was also offered a place in the cabinet. Roosevelt has been reading William Edward Hartpole Lecky’s Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-06-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Morley

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Morley

President Roosevelt was recently reading a volume of John Morley’s work Critical Miscellanies, and wished to write to him about a number of the issues he raises, and critiques several other historians and works of history. Roosevelt pivots to talking about the recent election in the United States as he identifies it as having taken place under circumstances similar to those identified by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay–with a recent financial panic and a demagogue opposing William H. Taft–but because of the moral superiority of the Republican party, Taft became president-elect. Roosevelt believes that foolish optimism can get in the way of sane optimism, but also believes that there is cause to hope in the future. He would like to see Morley when he visits England in 1910.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Sydney Brooks

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Sydney Brooks

President Roosevelt was pleased with Sydney Brooks’s article on the voyage of the American fleet, and additionally plans to read the article on Irish gentry. He is glad that Brooks liked his message. Roosevelt says that he wrote the message because he was concerned that the voices of people advocating short-term gain at the cost of long-term punishment would be louder than those who can face temporary unpleasantness in the pursuit of long-term goals. In a lengthy postscript, Roosevelt corrects Brooks’s statement regarding pension bills, saying that while there are undoubtedly some abuses, there are not any “padded and fraudulent” bills like Brooks has written about.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

An historical retrospect: the development of religious liberty in the United States

An historical retrospect: the development of religious liberty in the United States

Oscar S. Straus gives an address at the University of Georgia tracing the development of religious liberty in the United States. Beginning with the founding of several American Colonies, including Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, Straus examines how many of the colonies dealt with religious freedom, or lack thereof, and how as the United States has developed as a nation it has set forth the law that no religion or sect of religion is above any other, and that the laws apply to all equally.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-13

Creator(s)

Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926