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President Roosevelt thanks W. Laird Clowes for the copy of the Naval history (most likely Clowes’s book The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900) and was very pleased with the introduction.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-27
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sends Henry White a copy of his manuscript, written in conjunction with A. T. Mahan, for W. Laird Clowes’ history of the British Navy. Roosevelt asks White to have his messenger deliver it to Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. for him. Roosevelt laments about the stresses of his new position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and confides in White that he wishes action would be taken regarding Cuba and Hawaii.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-24
German Ambassador Sternburg thanks President Roosevelt for his letters. He has been gravely ill but hopes to return to his duties in October. He is upset over the accusation that poor information from him to Emperor William II caused the incident with Ambassador David Jayne Hill. Sternburg asks Roosevelt not to say anything about his illness. He congratulates Roosevelt on the Great White Fleet’s accomplishments, which are “unique in the history of the world’s navies.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-16
Joseph Adams Smith asks President Roosevelt about a historical fact regarding the battle between the ships the Alabama and the Kearsarge for an address Smith is delivering at the Union League of Philadelphia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-04
Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee Roosevelt are having a splendid time in Liverpool, England. Irvine S. Bulloch, Roosevelt’s uncle, is the “jolliest, kindest host.” Roosevelt has been discussing naval history with his other uncle, “the blessed old sea-captain” James Dunwody Bulloch. He has convinced him to publish a work regarding “naval operations abroad” during the American Civil War. Bulloch was a Confederate agent in Great Britain and managed these operations. Roosevelt really enjoys speaking with his uncle, even though had Roosevelt been of age during the war he would have served the Union.
1881-09-14
Little, Brown and Company send a copy of Naval Operations of the War of 1812, President Roosevelt’s portion of The Royal Navy, A History. Copies have been printed to take out a copyright in the United States but not for publication.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-23
Admiral Luce commends Theodore Roosevelt on his Naval War of 1812 as “the very highest authority we have on the subject.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1888-02-13