Your TR Source

Luncheons

Search by Date Range

Clear Filters

398 Results

Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Arthur Hamilton Lee recently returned from Canada where he was on a mission to gather opinions related to the Alaskan Arbitration land dispute. Locals seems to be glad the matter is over, although there is resentment towards Newfoundland’s “modus vivendi.” Self-described “King of Newfoundland” Robert Gillespie Reid thinks only the basest politicians are against it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-30

Letter from William Augustus Patton to William Loeb

Letter from William Augustus Patton to William Loeb

William Augustus Patton, Assistant to the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, informs William Loeb, Secretary to President Roosevelt, that they are pleased to make the arrangements for Roosevelt’s trip from Washington, D.C., to Oyster Bay. Roosevelt will travel in a Pullman private car and breakfast and lunch will be provided for 12 people.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-24

Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Arthur Hamilton Lee thanks President Roosevelt for the prompt and generous response to his request for a letter of credentials. Lee has written to Sir Edward Grey and hopes to get a response within the next few weeks. Lee plans to return to Washington, D.C., to see Roosevelt before he leaves for Panama and proposes lunching with Elihu Root, William H. Taft, and Robert Bacon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-16

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Reid has forwarded President Roosevelt’s letter to the people of Salisbury, and he is sure it will promote kindly feeling. Reid hopes that they may be able to bring the “slow-moving” Colonial Office to an early agreement, as the only currently contentious issue between the parties is that of purse-nets. Reports of William Jennings Bryan’s speech in Madison Square Garden produced instant revulsion in Great Britain, as the public thought he “dished” himself by proposing government ownership of the railways. Reid has not yet had a chance to discuss Roosevelt’s letter to Andrew Carnegie with Sir Edward Grey, but plans to bring it up at first chance. Frederick Scott Oliver, author of the new book about Hamilton, does not seem to be a prominent literary figure among the Englishmen Reid has asked. Reid has been watching the Cuban situation with great anxiety, as he has always believed the United States made foolish decisions about Cuba at the beginning of the Spanish-American War.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-14

Letter from Theodore P. Shonts to John F. Stevens

Letter from Theodore P. Shonts to John F. Stevens

Theodore P. Shonts sends John Stevens a copy of the invitation for bids to complete the Panama Canal. Shonts reminds Stevens that it is still a working document and sends a letter that should have gone on a previous boat about the nature of the competitive bids, in particular, that contractors select their own machinery but be held responsible for the work accomplished. Shonts asks for Stevens’ recommendations on these matters.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-11

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Reid writes to President Roosevelt about a conversation he had with John Wanamaker about international postal rates and improving postal service between London and New York. Reid hopes Roosevelt will listen to Wanamaker when he comes to discuss it. Reid is sending gossip to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and will send the president more on political matters in coming days.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-10