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The Alexandria Aqueduct Bridge serving as a connection for canal boats between the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Alexandria Canal. Two gentlemen stand conversing in the foreground and Georgetown is visible in the background.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1865
A pontoon bridge stretches from the Georgetown shore to Analostan, later called Theodore Roosevelt Island. Men and women cross the bridge, a carriage full of men waits on the shore and a woman stands looking toward the island.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1865-06
Theodore Roosevelt admires German valor and efficiency but is indignant over what has happened to Belgium. He believes that Germany would do the same to the United States if necessary. Roosevelt agrees with William Astor Chanler regarding “living dangerously” and admires Chanler for living up to these ideals. He also admires the young Americans that have gone to the front and regrets that he could not join them due to his age and health issues. If the United States enters the war, Roosevelt hopes to take an active role and raise a cavalry division. He opposes neutrality as “worse than nothing” which only incurs the “contempt of both sides.” Roosevelt wanted the United States to stand up for Belgium and views the allies as fighting what should have been an American battle. A German victory will eventually lead to a confrontation in the Americas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-13
George Riker Bishop has been meaning to call on Theodore Roosevelt at The Outlook. He appreciated Roosevelt’s recent article in which he stated that men should be held morally responsible for misconduct just as women are. He comments on his political activity and laments the death of Tristram B. Johnson, who was a rising Republican star. Bishop would like to stop by and speak with Roosevelt when he has time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-22
Lawrence F. Abbott initially missed John Campbell Greenway’s letter and has now made sure the package is en route. He recently spoke to Dr. C. F. P. Bancroft about Greenway and Bancroft called Greenway “a perfect gentleman.”
1892-08-11