Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945

Lee of Fareham, Viscount (Arthur Hamilton Lee), 1868-1947

Creation Date

1911-09-10

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit regarding possibilities for officer commissions for Kermit and updates him on some family members.

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Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1917-06-25

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

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.

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Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1917-06-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

La disparition du lieutenant Roosevelt

A newspaper clipping reporting that General Pershing and Prime Minister Lloyd George have cabled Theodore Roosevelt regarding the loss of his son, Quentin Roosevelt, in combat during World War I.

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Creation Date

1918-07-20

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La disparition du lieutenant Roosevelt

A newspaper clipping reporting that both General Pershing and Prime Minister Lloyd George had cabled Theodore Roosevelt regarding the loss of his son, Quentin Roosevelt, in combat during World War I.

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Creation Date

1918-07-20

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Renseignements mondains

A newspaper clipping saying that both General Pershing and Prime Minister Lloyd George have cabled Theodore Roosevelt regarding the loss of his son, Quentin Roosevelt, in combat during World War I.

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Creation Date

1918-07-20

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Le general Pershing a auresse a M. Roosevelt

A newspaper clipping that notes General Pershing has cabled Theodore Roosevelt as has the British prime minister Lloyd George about the loss of his son, Quentin Roosevelt, in combat during World War I.

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Creation Date

1918-07-20

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Letter from Samuel A. Dyke to Theodore Roosevelt

Samuel A. Dyke presents Theodore Roosevelt with a plea on behalf of Plymouth. He hopes Roosevelt will support the cause with a kind word or financial help and mentions appealing to David Lloyd George and King George V of Great Britain. Dyke references the Pilgrims to highlight Plymouth’s historical importance and the transatlantic ties between the United States and Great Britain.

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Dyke, Samuel A. (Samuel Allerthorn), 1845-1931

Creation Date

1911-09-07

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Letter from C. Silvester Horne to Newell Dwight Hillis

Many prominent men have spoken at meetings of the Whitefield’s Central Mission, which has been well-regarded by leading American ministers. The Mission’s chairman and minister, Reverend Horne, invites President Roosevelt to speak at one of their meetings when he is in London in 1910.

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Horne, C. Silvester (Charles Silvester), 1865-1914

Creation Date

1908-11-19

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Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Ambassador Reid writes to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt a “letter of indiscretions” about English society life and the state of affairs in Europe. First, he reflects upon the precarious and sad position of the German Emperor William II, who keeps making blunders and “plunging from one extravagance to another” in hopes of making people forget about his last mistake by making new ones. Reid fears that some mistakes, like his asking France to apologize for a matter when he had already agreed to arbitration, could lead to war in Europe. Reid also updates Roosevelt about Walter Spencer Morgan Burns’s drinking problem, and the controversy surrounding the separation of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill and Consuelo Vanderbilt Spencer-Churchill. King Edward VII has banned the Marlboroughs from Court until they live together again, but the Duchess is refusing to reconcile. Mrs. Reid’s private secretary, Helen Rogers, is recovering from surgery to remove her appendix. Reid has discussed having an American or Anglo-American Exhibition in a year or two, at the White City in Chicago. Mrs. Reid will be sailing in December to visit her father, but Reid cannot go because the State Department issued a circular instructing all Ambassadors to remain at their posts and not take further leaves of absence.

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Creation Date

1908-11-12

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Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Reid has discussed President Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Africa with Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, and reports that the issue regarding permits to enter game reserves has been resolved. The licenses will be taken care of. Crewe-Milnes assured Reid that Roosevelt’s needs will be taken care of, but that the British government understands that he does not want a fuss. Reid also discusses a number of domestic political issues in England, as well as the state of international affairs in Europe. He thinks that in spite of rumors in the British press about southwestern Europe, a war is unlikely. Reid encloses a caricature of Roosevelt that he thinks he will find amusing.

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Creation Date

1908-11-03

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Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Reid informs President Roosevelt he has heard from Sirdar F. R. Wingate, who is gathering information for Roosevelt regarding his African trip. Believing it will amuse Roosevelt, Reid shares “the queer transmutations” that the third modus vivendi on the Newfoundland fisheries underwent. Roosevelt’s perplexity about journalist Edward Dicey amuses Reid, who shares the same opinion of him. Reid details the seeming ill-luck of British statesmen and their families. Ogden Mills Reid, Reid’s son, plans to return to the United States to participate in the presidential election.

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Creation Date

1908-08-22

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Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Whitelaw Reid sends President Roosevelt documents providing an example of the British style of stump speaking, campaign handbills, and circulars. The documents are from Winston Churchill’s reelection campaign and include a speech by David Lloyd George.

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Creation Date

1908-04-23

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Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Reid updates President Roosevelt on a number of unfortunate and tragic events befalling members of the British government and their families. The “hoodoo” culminates in the death of recently-resigned Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman.

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Creation Date

1908-04-22

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Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Ambassador Reid updates Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on the visits of royalties to London, England, including the dinner held for German Emperor William II and his wife Auguste Viktoria. Reid raves about Auguste Viktoria’s dress and notes she wore the “biggest pearls I ever saw worn in any part of the world.” Reid also tells Roosevelt about the Bourbon wedding he and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid attended. The ambassador includes an anecdote about Spanish King Alfonso XIII who wanted to change his clothes, but his wife Maria Cristina told him he could not because the luggage had already left. Reid concludes by telling Roosevelt about a luncheon for the new Mexican minister and a dinner for the Alfonso XIII and Maria Cristina of Spain. Reid discusses his plans for a leave of absence, which will include stopping in New York.

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Creation Date

1907-11-20

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Theodore Roosevelt, John Quinn, and The Irish Home-Rule Convention

Francis M. Carroll examines Theodore Roosevelt’s opinions on the question of home rule for Ireland during World War I, and demonstrates how John Quinn, a prominent Irish-American, used arguments Roosevelt made in an August 1917 letter to George Russell in his book on the home rule question. Carroll examines the state of Irish-British relations during World War I and looks at Roosevelt’s correspondence with those involved in the home rule issue. The article reprints in side by side columns Roosevelt’s August 1917 letter to George Russell and portions of Quinn’s The Irish Home-Rule Convention, demonstrating that Quinn used much of Roosevelt’s language and arguments in his own work.

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Creation Date

1980

Creator(s)

Carroll, Francis M., 1938-

Newspaper articles from Great Britain

The elections in Manchester have generated a great deal of conversation about the three candidates, largely centering on the Irish vote. Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George has spoken on behalf of Winston Churchill, while John Edward Redmond, a prominent Irish nationalist politician, has spoken against Churchill and in favor of his opponent, William Joynson-Hicks. Lloyd George, in his speech endorsing Churchill, also spoke broadly on the interests of Manchester and its various industries, and reviews how the present government has supported the area.

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Creation Date

1908

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Leland

Theodore Roosevelt believes that Colonel Leland can do the most good at his current munitions position under Prime Minister David Lloyd George. Roosevelt admires Lloyd George’s work and the recent differences between the United States and Great Britain are that the British have Lloyd George and the United States has no one. He has been surprised at the resilience of the Central Powers and feels that Germany is currently “on the whole victorious.” Roosevelt is pleased that Leland supports conscription and Roosevelt has been working in support of obligatory American military training and service. He believes the British were too harsh on the leaders of the Irish Easter Rising and should not have used capital punishment. Roosevelt is disgusted at the policies of the Wilson administration and has been waging a lonely war in favor of military readiness and against hyphenated Americanism. He does not expect to be a presidential nominee and believes the Republicans will nominate Justice Hughes.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Creation Date

1916-06-07

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Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to William A. Prendergast

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary forwards a letter written by Roosevelt introducing Henry Bruère to David Lloyd George. Bruère will travel to England to research their public policies and municipal work. The secretary relays that Lloyd George is unable to introduce Bruère to Winston Churchill, but that Bruère will benefit from meeting with Robert Donald, the editor of the Daily Chronicle and the Municipal Year Book.

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