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Letter from George Otto Trevelyan to Theodore Roosevelt

George Otto Trevelyan writes to President Roosevelt about Panama and the Philippines, drawing parallels with Macaulay’s histories and Ancient Rome. Trevelyan discusses the British diplomatic service and his latest work on the American Revolution. He also describes a recent visit from Charles Francis Adams and his wife, and he muses on what it is like to be old. Trevelyan writes of their shared love of English literature, mentioning Milton, Chaucer, and W. W. Jacobs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Otto Trevelyan

President Roosevelt describes his trip to Panama and Puerto Rico. He comments on the uniqueness of Panama and the canal project. He praises William Crawford Gorgas’s work regarding the health of the Americans working on the canal. Black workers from Jamaica have not been as healthy, and Roosevelt feels as though they may need to get Chinese laborers as Jamaican Governor James Alexander Swettenham has been disagreeable to work with. He describes the trip and some reading he has done, saying about John Milton, “What a radical republican, and what a stanch partisan, and what an intense protestant the fine old fellow was!” He plans to read more Greek and Roman literature.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt had not been able to read Senator Lodge’s book A Frontier Town, and Other Essays until their voyage to Panama. Roosevelt is very pleased with the book and provides his thoughts on several of the essays.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit Roosevelt that he has been a bit bored on the trip, but he has been reading a lot, and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has been enjoying herself. The officers and crew have been very good to them. He describes the sight of the three battleships cruising at night and reflects on his current state as president helping to build the Panama Canal. He outlines their typical day. In an entry a few days later, Roosevelt comments on their reaching San Salvador, where Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas. They are getting closer to Panama and hope to reach it that afternoon, just six days from when they left Washington, D. C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John M. Schick

President Roosevelt sends twenty dollars to Reverend John M. Schick for the Waldenses who have always interested him. He feels John Milton’s poem about them is “one of the finest poems in our language.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-23

Poets Corner, West, Westminster Abbey

Postcard showing a stone wall with various carved statues and alcoves. Charles C. Myers identifies the area as part of Westminster Abbey’s poetry room in London, England, which honors British poets.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Another view of the Poets corner where are placed statues etc in memory of Lord Tenneson [sic], Thos. Shadwell, John Milton, Longfellow, Chauser [sic] and others well known to all literary people.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry E. Howland

President Roosevelt wishes he could attend the meeting to which Judge Howland invited him, but will be unable to join. Roosevelt says that even if he were able to attend, he would be unable to present any sort of speech simply because he would not have the time to prepare any materials.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-04

Speech by George Otto Trevelyan

Transcript of a speech given by George Otto Trevelyan at a bookseller’s dinner. Trevelyan discusses many matters relating to bookselling, book buying, and publishing. He also discusses his reminiscences with various literary figures and reflects on the relationship between literature and politics.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-17

The Illusion of “Social Equality”

The author of this article attacks the idea of “social equality,” and on the idea that race makes one person superior or inferior to another, and argues that “social equality consists logically in adaptability for enjoyable companionship.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-27

The books that I read and when and how I do my reading

In his article for Ladies’ Home Journal, Theodore Roosevelt describes the benefits of reading and provides advice on how to get people of any age interested in reading “serious literature.” Roosevelt elaborates on his reading habits and book selection processes, which stem from both his current mood and educational desires.

Collection

Marple Collection

Creation Date

1915-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Ted is performing well in wrestling and is troubled by his classmates’ lack of interest in poetry. He has recently started to read Milton for the second time.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-08