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William S. Cowles congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on becoming a grandfather and says he likes Roosevelt’s article “Dante and the Bowery.” Cowles praises Senator Boies Penrose. President William H. Taft and Governor Simeon E. Baldwin will be at the Connecticut State Fair. Cowles is glad John Ellerton Lodge is getting married, ending an awkward situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-31
Even though their political views are moving in opposite directions, Theodore Roosevelt assures Senator Lodge that he will never lose his personal affection. Roosevelt was pleased to see Lodge’s son, John Ellerton Lodge, and John’s wife, Mary Connolly Lodge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-01
President Roosevelt believes that Secretary of War William H. Taft is up to a fight against Senator Joseph Benson Foraker Foraker; Senator Lodge can confidentially send him anything he wants to on the Brownsville Affair. Roosevelt describes the singing one recent night of four African American servants and two white ones. He urges Lodge’s son John to appreciate the work of Martin Luther for saving some countries from the abuses of papal misrule.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-27
President Roosevelt is pleased that Senator Lodge’s son, John Ellerton Lodge, was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Roosevelt was also pleased with Secretary of State Elihu Root’s reception at Harvard’s commencement and has sent Lodge’s letter to him. Finally, Roosevelt says he likes James Bryce, but is amused by the “deification” of him by the Mugwumps.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-01
President Roosevelt approves of Andrew Dickson White’s letter, which Richard Watson Gilder shared with him. Roosevelt in turn sends Gilder a letter he wrote to John Ellerton Lodge, who had wanted Roosevelt to meet Maksim Gorky, which shows that Roosevelt has taken the same view of Gorky that Gilder and White have.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-25
Senator Lodge asks Theodore Roosevelt to have his secretary send a copy of the statement about his work for the railroad men and the material from Moseley to Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner. Lodge is glad that The Sun is focused on assailing Governor-elect Eugene Foss instead of him and that the situation in Massachusetts is improving. He reports that John Ellerton Lodge is doing better.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-09
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-12-25
William Sturgis Bigelow tells President Roosevelt about the visit he had from the Lodge family, who have now departed. Anna Cabot Mills Lodge enjoyed the peace and quiet, but spent some time visiting George A. James, Henry Cabot Lodge’s recently widowed brother-in-law. Senator Lodge appeared invigorated by his success at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, and greatly enjoyed seeing all the newspaper reports praising him. Bigelow wishes that Lodge could continue to be somewhat more relaxed while he is in Europe, but thinks that Lodge is too much like Roosevelt in needing, and loving, to work. Bigelow describes some of the features of the island he is at, particularly the birds and june-bugs. He has heard that Roosevelt is enjoying Irish literature currently, and offers to send him a related encyclopedia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-12
Senator Lodge describes the commencement activities at Harvard University, where Secretary of State Elihu Root, French ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand, and British ambassador James Bryce received honorary degrees. Lodge’s son John has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-28