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Letter from Jonathan Bourne to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Jonathan Bourne to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Bourne believes conflict with Japan is likely in the future. He hopes President Roosevelt will send the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific as it will accomplish much regarding foreign policy. His wife, Lillian Elizabeth Wyatt Bourne, recently visited Japan. He includes a lengthy excerpt from one of her letters in which she provides social commentary on the Japanese.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-09

Letter from Jonathan Bourne to William Loeb

Letter from Jonathan Bourne to William Loeb

Senator Jonathan Bourne is disappointed that the cherries he sent William Loeb did not arrive in good condition. He blames the shipper. He hopes to see Loeb and his wife in Oregon soon and is glad to hear of the improvement in Katharine W. Dorr Loeb’s health. He appreciates Loeb’s advice to hike and encloses a letter to President Roosevelt that he would like Loeb to deliver.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-22