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Letter form Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter form Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge tells President Roosevelt that Herbert H. D. Peirce is having financial troubles, and would like an appointment somewhere in South America. Lodge also discusses a recent law in Newfoundland that he feels goes too far in discriminating against Americans after the United States did not accept the terms of a treaty as requested. Lodge would like Roosevelt personally to investigate the matter, because he fears that Secretary of State John Hay is too sympathetic to Newfoundland. Finally, Lodge praises Roosevelt’s speech before the Texas legislature and hopes that he has a good hunting trip in the mountains.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-10

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Elihu Root writes in the interest of Speyer and Co. to ask President Roosevelt if he would either send an American representative or name a presidential commissioner to take part in an international conference about the refinancing of Venezuela. Root has expressed his doubts about the President’s support but inquires anyway, due to Secretary of State John Hay’s confidence that Roosevelt may take action. Root also discusses travel to Newfoundland.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-01

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Elihu Root writes to President Roosevelt of an upcoming trip he is going to be making to Newfoundland. He hopes to hear good news from Vermont, and offers advice if Roosevelt needs to communicate about the Venezuela matter. Root also discusses the presidency of a lawyers’ club and says that he should not be president, but could be vice president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-05

Book notes

Book notes

The “Book Notes” column has two separate articles dealing with the historiography of Theodore Roosevelt. In “Paperbacks on T.R.,” John A. Gable looks at seven works, mostly biographies and mostly published in the 1960s, about Theodore Roosevelt and notes the contributions that each makes to the study of Roosevelt. Frederick W. Marks reviews ‘A Good Innings’: The Private Papers of Viscount Lee of Fareham in “A Special English Friend: Arthur Hamilton Lee.” Marks traces the history of the Roosevelt-Lee friendship, examines the editing of the volume by Alan Clark, and remarks on Lee’s descriptions of prominent Americans. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1977

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt feels he and Secretary of State Hay should focus on the arbitration treaties and the San Domingan protocol rather than the Newfoundland treaty. Roosevelt received a membership invitation to the Academy of Arts and Letters. Uncertain if he should accept, he shares his thoughts on the ridiculous nature of such “foolish” academies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-28

The Newfoundland fisheries

The Newfoundland fisheries

The Foreign Office released a modus vivendi, a temporary international accord, stating that the government of Newfoundland wishes to conduct the upcoming herring fishing season according to the rules observed in the previous year. The United States accepted this proposal, with the provision that they will not abandon the use of purse seines, pending the outcome of arbitration before the Hague Tribunal. The article goes on to examine the legality of this agreement from the point of view of the British people.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-14

Letter from Frederick Courteney Selous to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Frederick Courteney Selous to Theodore Roosevelt

Frederick Courteney Selous thanks President Roosevelt for the generosity of writing a foreword for his new book, African Nature Notes and Reminiscences, especially considering Roosevelt’s other important duties. Selous wishes he could get J. H. Patterson to contribute a chapter about his experiences with the man-eating lions of Tsavo, but Patterson has just written his own book on the topic. Selous discusses his dealings with the publishing industry and his recent works, A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa and Recent Hunting Trips in British North America. Selous has had to cancel his hunting trips this year due to losses in many of his investments. Recently Selous was in Turkey, but had to leave because it was unsafe. Selous thanks Roosevelt for the photographs of him on his horse Roswell, noting that “he must be a splendid animal to carry a man of your weight over a brush hurdle.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson

President Roosevelt was pleased to hear that Kermit and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are enjoying the company of the Fergusons. He gives permission for Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson to speak to Whitelaw Reid, perhaps about an appointment in Washington, D.C., as he goes on to say there are some “ticklish things” coming up regarding the Newfoundland fisheries, and it may be important to have “a good man here.”

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1906-07-20

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge is pleased with the settlement of the Anthracite Coal Strike and believes Republicans in Massachusetts will benefit. Lodge has two problems with which he would like help. First, he is seeking a fishing treaty with Newfoundland but wants to delay an agreement until after the election because he believes such a treaty will be unpopular in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Secondly, there is a Swedish translator that is set to be removed as he has not passed the civil service exam. Lodge would like him to keep his position as his removal will be unpopular and the replacement candidates are less than adequate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-20

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Secretary of State Adee remains in contact with Robert Bond regarding the reciprocity convention between the United States and Newfoundland. Arthur Stewart Raikes, British charge d’affaires, has been informed that a proposal should be submitted through the British embassy to the Secretary of State.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-27