Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Louis Madelin
President Roosevelt thanks Louis Madelin for Le Rome de Napoleon, his book on Roman history.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-04-29
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Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Grafton D. Cushing
President Roosevelt was very touched by the letter from Grafton D. Cushing, and feels just as he does. Many people in Roosevelt and Cushing’s social circles do not realize the fervor with which many Americans demand a change in the social order. If progress is not made under reasonable leadership, there is a risk of approaching revolution or tyranny, as occurred in France during the French Revolution. Likewise, if leadership is given to radicals like William Jennings Bryan or Eugene V. Debs, Roosevelt thinks that they will try to enact impossible programs and fail, leading once again to revolution. Roosevelt agrees with Cushing’s statement that the government must be concerned with the primacy of justice and the equality of opportunity.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-27
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Letter from William G. Taylor to Theodore Roosevelt
William G. Taylor posits the theory that France’s low birthrate is due to the Napoleonic Wars’ effect on the population.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-04-12
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Letter from Benjamin F. Howell to Theodore Roosevelt
Howell calls Theodore Roosevelt’s attention to John Kenneth Turner’s article “Barbarous Mexico,” describing the “most horrible conditions of slavery” in the “so called Republic.” He argues that if the United States was morally right to interfere on behalf of the oppressed Cubans, there is a greater imperative to intercede in Mexico.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-01-21
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Chronology October 1858 to December 1870
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
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Theodore Roosevelt Association
Creation Date
1985
Creator(s)
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Paris–L’Opéra
Postcard showing the front of the Palais Garnier, the opera house in Paris, France. Many people can be seen walking and standing in front of the building. Charles C. Myers describes the cost and dimensions of the building and comments on the social impacts of attending the opera.
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Creation Date
1910
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Panama–the human side
Poultney Bigelow compares the challenges Ferdinand de Lesseps faced constructing the Suez Canal to those of the Panama Canal. He argues that real-estate ownership among canal officials is responsible for the crowded, unsanitary conditions of Colon and that the government has failed in its administration of the canal zone.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-09
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Princeton lecture, National strength and international duty
Handwritten draft of Theodore Roosevelt’s lecture at Princeton. Roosevelt compares the ethics of a nation to ethics on an individual level. He calls for a balance between taking care of oneself (or nation) and paying one’s duty to others (at an international level). He points to Germany’s actions during the first World War as an extreme example of caring only for the individual. Roosevelt discusses the current state of the American military and the war with Germany, including reports from the government and newspapers. He presents a list of America’s shortcomings in not being prepared for the war and advises the young university men to learn from the lessons of the past and become leaders in the future.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1917-11-16
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Princeton lecture, National strength and international duty
In his lecture at Princeton, Theodore Roosevelt compares the ethics of a nation to ethics on an individual level. He calls for a balance between taking care of oneself (or nation) and paying one’s duty to others (at an international level). He points to Germany’s actions during the first World War as an extreme example of caring only for the individual. Roosevelt discusses the current state of the American military and the war with Germany, including reports from the government and newspapers. He presents a list of America’s shortcomings in not being prepared for the war and advises the young university men to learn from the lessons of the past and become leaders in the future.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1917-11-16