Lodge, George Cabot, 1873-1909

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1907-09-19

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Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt about the career implications for Admiral C. H. Davis should Atlantic Fleet Commander Admiral Robley D. Evans retire. Lodge feels that Davis deserves the position more than Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich and that Evans’ actions in Jamaica after the 1907 earthquake should not be held against him. Lodge adds that his sister-in-law’s health continues to deteriorate and that according to the doctors she should have died several days before.

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Creation Date

1907-04-09

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that Mr. Lane could not be appointed to the position Lodge was discussing, as it must go to someone from Maryland or Delaware. He as instead appointed General Felix Agnus. Roosevelt has been concerned about the conviction of Lodge’s private secretary, Robert G. Proctor. Other cases with far more evidence of wrongdoing have resulted in acquittals, and Roosevelt believes the verdict in Proctor’s case was politically motivated. He comments that the present Congress has had a better record than any other Congress he knows of, but that he is wary for a “smash” in the following sessions.

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Creation Date

1906-07-03

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge

President Roosevelt asks if Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge, her husband Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, their son George Cabot Lodge, and his wife Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen Davis Lodge can come to dinner on Wednesday or Friday.

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Creation Date

1906-03-11

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Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry Cabot Lodge thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his note and for agreeing to write an introduction for his late son George Cabot Lodge’s collected works of poetry. Henry Adams has written a biographical memoir so Roosevelt is free to write merely about Lodge’s poetry and his opinion of him as a man. The Lodge family feels “very great happiness” to have Roosevelt associated with “Bay’s” memory.

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Creation Date

1911-02-11

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Letter from J. J. Jusserand to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Jusserand sends Theodore Roosevelt Christmas wishes and hopes for his continued safety. He informs Roosevelt of his election to the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences on his own merits, with no opposing votes. Jusserand shares an incident of a mother cat saving her kitten from a caged tiger. Roosevelt’s letter was delightful and complemented his articles in Scribner’s Magazine, which everyone follows with interest. He does not have much to comment on regarding internal politics other than that he deplores the quarrel between Gifford Pinchot and Secretary of the Interior Richard Achilles Ballinger. Jusserand updates Roosevelt on several of their friends. Ambassador to France Robert Bacon was recently injured in a fall from his horse before leaving for his assignment. A letter “full of pleasant chattering” from Justice Alford Cooley hints at a possible improvement in health. Secretary of the Navy George von Lengerke Meyer and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop are trying to capture Jose Santos Zelaya in Nicaragua. While Henry Cabot Lodge and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge are in good physical health, they still mourn for their son George “Bay” Cabot Lodge, especially on Christmas. Jusserand includes a newspaper clipping on Roosevelt’s election to the Academy and part of a political cartoon featuring Roosevelt.

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Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932

Creation Date

1909-12-25

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Chronology January 1884 to December 1891

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

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Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association

Historical study of buildings at Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch site at Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park

Ray H. Mattison gives a historical summary of the construction and use of Theodore Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch, and discusses the buildings present there. Mattison draws from a number of sources, including books, letters, photographs, and interviews to try to give a complete picture of the ranch and its activities.

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Midwest Archeological Center

Creation Date

1960-05

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Mattison, Ray H., 1903-1980

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt congratulates Senator Lodge on the birth of his grandson, Henry Cabot Lodge, and is glad that Lodge’s daughter-in-law Bessie is in good health. Roosevelt lays out the cases both in favor of, and against, Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes as a Supreme Court Justice. Roosevelt is concerned about Holmes’s speech about former Chief Justice John Marshall and hopes that Holmes understands that Supreme Court justices should be neither partisan nor politicians. Roosevelt has been happy with the majority of the Supreme Court but is concerned with the “reactionary folly” of the minority. Roosevelt wants to ensure that the replacement for Justice Gray upholds his legacy.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-07-10

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Arizona Historical Society

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Macomb Flandrau

Commissioner Roosevelt asks Charles Macomb Flandrau whether he has seen Roosevelt’s friend George Cabot Lodge. He would like to introduce Flandrau to a couple of people once Flandrau is settled at Harvard. Roosevelt advises Flandrau to socialize only with underclassmen during his first year at Harvard.

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Creation Date

1891-10-23

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt is grieved to learn of George Cabot Lodge’s death. His worry over the sorrow Corinne Roosevelt Robinson continues to experience because of the loss of her son causes Roosevelt to reflect on how one should approach life and handle the grief that comes with the death of a loved one. Roosevelt notes that he is “on safari” as he writes this letter and will leave East Africa for Uganda and the Nile in mid-December.

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Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1909-10-17

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Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt about a variety of subjects, appointments, issues within the Republican Party. Lodge encloses a letter from Lucius Tuttle, President of the Boston and Maine Railroad, expressing concern about the appointment of someone new by Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw to handle transportation matters.

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Creation Date

1903-06-27

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Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Hay confirms a December 4 luncheon with President Roosevelt. The consul position in Genoa, Italy, is vacant and needs to be filled.

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Creation Date

1901-11-28

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Hay, John, 1838-1905

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry Cabot Lodge assures Theodore Roosevelt that President Harrison intends to stand by him. Following Roosevelt’s sojourn out West, the President will be able to ask for increased appropriations. Lodge thanks Roosevelt for his comments on a speech he gave.

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Creation Date

1889-07-13

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