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Theodore Roosevelt informs W. Robert Foran the death of Edward VII’s death has upended his plans and free time. Roosevelt would like to meet with Foran about the Zanzibar appointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-05-17
Theodore Roosevelt informs W. Robert Foran the death of Edward VII’s death has upended his plans and free time. Roosevelt would like to meet with Foran about the Zanzibar appointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-05-17
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Robert John Wynne about arranging a date for a meeting with Arthur Hamilton Lee.
1910-05-12
A proof for private circulation only of Oliver Cromwell by Theodore Roosevelt, with a foreword written by Viscount Lee of Fareham. Handwritten dedication on the cover, “For Ted from his affectionate friend L of F,” presumably meaning Lee of Fareham.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1923-06
General Barry asks William Loeb to hand the enclosed letters to President Roosevelt. They concern a matter Roosevelt was interested in after Colonel Arthur Hamilton Lee’s last visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-08
As General Barry is aware of President Roosevelt’s interest in Colonel Lee’s request for the Spanish campaign badge, Barry encloses his reply to Lee on the subject so that Roosevelt is fully informed. Barry notes that they will include all foreign officers who were attached to the United States Army during the Spanish-American War in any action they might take.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-08
Sir Gerald C. Kitson congratulates President Roosevelt on behalf of himself and his wife. Kitson briefly comments on the state of international relations involving Russia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-12
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit regarding possibilities for officer commissions for Kermit and updates him on some family members.
1917-06-25
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit and daughter-in-law Belle to say he sent letters to Arthur Hamilton Lee and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Lloyd George regarding a commission for Kermit in the British military in Mesopotamia. He also says that Ted and Archie Roosevelt sailed for Europe today and Ethel’s husband Richard Derby is eager to go as well. Quentin will be leaving next month.
1917-06-20
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to say he agrees with him and will write to Arthur Hamilton Lee and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Lloyd George and send duplicates to Kermit. Ethel Roosevelt Derby is set to give birth soon.
1917-06-17
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about the weather, jumping the horses with Captain Lee and Mrs. Wadsworth, and Pete the bulldog killing squirrels. Roosevelt says he has been busy since Congress closed with the trouble on Wall Street and with Edward Harriman. Roosevelt is also working on four or five speeches.
1907-04-07
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Maurice Francis Egan for sending Arthur Hamilton Lee’s letter and comments that Mr. Smalley was the exiled American – an exile in “every sense of the word.” Roosevelt asks that Egan think about whether Egan’s response to Mr. Phillips’ letter would be “apt to hurt” Egan before he signs it; Roosevelt looks fondly upon Egan and would feel “exceedingly bad” if anything happened to interfere with Egan’s career.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-26
Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could help Bryan Leighton, but the medals were only given to members of the American Army.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-20
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-09-22
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Delamere, Florence Anne Cole, Lady, 1878-1914
English
Theodore Roosevelt has enclosed an article that he hopes both Ruth Moore Lee and her husband Arthur Hamilton Lee will read.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-17
Theodore Roosevelt would be delighted to have the painting Mark Sullivan requested photographed for reproduction in Charles Henry Davis’s pamphlet. Roosevelt is happy to write whatever letter is necessary for its use. Roosevelt agrees that the best portrait of himself is the one made for Arthur Hamilton Lee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-01
Theodore Roosevelt encloses several articles he has written about the war. He finds it difficult not to condemn the actions and policies of the Wilson administration. The advance of the allies is “very, very slow” but Roosevelt believes that the war will wear down Germany. He is concerned about the Dardanelles campaign and is unsure about diverting resources from the primary objective. Roosevelt concludes with brief updates on several family members.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt asks Ruth Moore Lee to send his enclosed letter and Metropolitan Magazine to her husband, Arthur Hamilton Lee. Roosevelt expresses his admiration and sympathy for what she is going through and states that he and his boys will go to war if needed and his wife and daughters will endure as Lee has.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-16
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter for Arthur Hamilton Lee that is self-explanatory and wonders if Ruth Moore Lee received the other letters and books he sent. Roosevelt thinks of the Lees often and wishes he could be of comfort to them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-26
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Ruth Moore Lee for forwarding letters from her husband, Arthur Hamilton Lee, who is at the front lines of the Great War. Roosevelt expresses sympathy and admiration for the couple in their challenges associated with the war. He states that while the Lees are “playing heroic parts,” he and his family are “lookers-on.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-16