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President Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews that the enclosed letter, regarding his appointment as a Knight of the Legion of Honor, “explains itself.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-08
President Roosevelt has spoken to Ambassador J. J. Jusserand about Brander Matthews receiving the Legion of Honor from the French government, as both Roosevelt and Peter Townsend Barlow desire for him. Jusserand assured Roosevelt that it would be done.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-05
Quentin Roosevelt memorial envelope stamped “Quentin Roosevelt Post No. 4, American Legion , Memorial Celebration, Home of Theodore Roosevelt,” with image of Theodore Roosevelt. Imprinted with black and white image of Quentin Roosevelt’s headstone.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1929-05-30
Envelope with printed return, “Theodore Roosevelt House.” “Cross of the Legion of Honor” typed on face of envelope.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1947-10
The Cross of the Legion of Honor has been received by the Roosevelt House.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1947-10-06
P. Busquet sends, through officials of American Legion, the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Busquet’s son Lucien was a friend of Quentin Roosevelt. He requests that the cross be placed between photographs of Quentin and Lucien. Letter in French. Translation included.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1927-09
President Roosevelt requests asks Ambassador White to provide context to the foreign office regarding William Howe Tolman’s request. Roosevelt believes that his newfound association with The Outlook is part of the reason that Tolman wants William Bailey Howland to be conferred the Legion of Honor. However, Roosevelt believes this request is wholly inappropriate and objects to the conferment on the grounds that it will hinder his ability to publish anything about France.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-19
President Roosevelt informs Lyman Abbott of William Howe Tolman’s inappropriate request to Henry White, ambassador to France. Roosevelt notes that Tolman’s request to confer the Legion of Honor award upon William Bailey Howland is improper and requests that Abbott allow Howland and Tolman to see the relevant correspondence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-19
President Roosevelt writes to express his support in the efforts of Elisabeth Marbury’s friends’ to secure her the French Legion of Honor. Marbury has done great things in service of France and deserves the award.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-10
President Roosevelt asks William Howe Tolman to convey his congratulations to Carroll D. Wright on his receipt of the French Legion of Honor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-24
Philippe Bunau-Varilla, an engineer of the Panama Canal, writes to the New York Evening Post to clarify publicly why he dropped his libel lawsuit against the newspaper. As Bunau-Varilla counters recent negative remarks made by the Post, he recounts his role in the Panama Canal’s construction, discusses the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair, and asserts that he is indifferent to further attacks from this newspaper.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-31
Lawrence F. Abbott thanks President Roosevelt for giving The Outlook the opportunity to clear the air regarding William Howe Tolman’s inappropriate petition for William Bailey Howland to receive the Legion of Honor. Abbott also confirms receipt of the Japanese and Tolstoy editorials and will publish them in the order Roosevelt requested. Finally, Abbott offers his condolences for Roosevelt’s nephew, Stewart Douglas Robinson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-24
On behalf of The Outlook, Lawrence F. Abbott apologizes to Ambassador White regarding William Howe Tolman’s inappropriate request for William Bailey Howland to receive the Legion of Honor. Abbott stresses that The Outlook had no part in the matter, nor did he ever approve or support Tolman’s request.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-24
William Bailey Howland is irritated that William Howe Tolman attempted to capitalize on President Roosevelt’s affiliation with The Outlook by requesting the Legion of Honor for Howland. Howland recalls that Tolman requested the same award earlier for Carroll D. Wright, Richard Watson Gilder, Percy Stickney Grant, and Howland for their work with the American Institute of Social Service. Although Howland was ultimately not awarded a Legion of Honor, he believed that the matter was resolved years ago and is upset that Tolman pursued the same request again.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-20
Lawrence F. Abbott acknowledges receipt of President Roosevelt’s letter and apologizes for William Howe Tolman’s inappropriate request. Abbott wishes to convey to Ambassador Henry White that The Outlook had no part in Tolman’s desire to award William Bailey Howland the Legion of Honor. Finally, Abbott makes clear to Roosevelt that The Outlook would never take advantage of their association with the president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-20
France’s Foreign Office has asked Ambassador White whether decorating William Bailey Howland with the Legion of Honor would be well received by the American people. As Howland is the publisher of The Outlook and has recently secured President Roosevelt to write for it, White wonders whether this association would influence the magazine’s future coverage of France. White believes that “the American people would not care in the least one way or the other,” but will act in accordance with Roosevelt’s views on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-09
Arthur von Briesen comments on the strangeness of him receiving an award, the Croix de Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, for 25 years of service to impoverished French citizens when Von Briesen is German, and has tried to aid distressed German citizens.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-25
Ambassador Cambon requests permission from President Roosevelt to recommend to the French government that Admiral Dewey and General Miles receive the Grand Officer Cross of the Légion d’honneur as a French tribute to the Army and Navy of the United States. He also mentions that the resolution for a Rochambeau statue has been referred to the appropriations committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-10