Periodicals

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt tells Lyman Abbott that he is amused that the Outlook just printed an article that comes close to expressing his own views on socialism. Roosevelt compares some of the figures involved in socialist movements of the present to figures of the French Revolution, and says that while the French Revolution was beneficial and necessary in its early stages, it turned sharply towards evil as it progressed. Roosevelt has sent Abbott the open letter that he wrote to Rudolph Spreckles.

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1908-06-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to David Decamp Thompson

President Roosevelt has received David Decamp Thompson’s letter, and regrets that he must refuse his request. If he agreed to write a brief article for Thompson, he would either be obliged to write hundreds of other articles, or risk offending other people. Roosevelt suggests that he take an extract of something he already wrote about Abraham Lincoln and send it to Thompson.

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1908-06-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

President Roosevelt informs Ambassador Whitelaw Reid that it appears that Secretary of War Taft will be the Republican Presidential nominee, and reflects on the arguments he has made to try to persuade people who nevertheless want Roosevelt to remain in office for another term. Roosevelt also remarks that when he feels gloomy from the renown given to “the more preposterous variety of mugwump,” who writes for magazines and is treated as a thinker, he reads articles by a British analogue. He hopes to be on safari in a year’s time.

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1908-06-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joel Chandler Harris

President Roosevelt tells Joel Chandler Harris of a recent conversation that he had with Fitzhugh Lee and Archibald Willingham Butt in which they discussed the popularity of the song Dixie, and how they wished that the Battle Hymn of the Republic was as well known. Roosevelt asks if Harris would print the lyrics to the Battle Hymn of the Republic in his magazine to help popularize the song.

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1908-06-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Stephen Bleecker Luce

President Roosevelt returns Admiral Stephen Bleecker Luce’s article, and says that he does not know of any reason why Luce should not print it. He gives this provision without having read the article, as otherwise he would be held accountable for every phrase in it.

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1908-06-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt denies the rumors of his seeking renomination at the convention, and points out that he has steadfastly supported Secretary of War William H. Taft. He also tells Lyman Abbott that he approves of the articles on immigrants that Edward Alfred Steiner has written in The Outlook. Roosevelt has tried to make his Cabinet representative of all types of Americans.

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1908-05-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Bacon

President Roosevelt quotes an extract from the English Fortnightly Review praising the men of his administration.

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1908-05-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt quotes from an article in the English Fortnightly Review praising the men of his administration.

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1908-05-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Rudolph Garfield

President Roosevelt quotes an excerpt from the English Fortnightly Review which praises the quality of men in his administration.

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1908-05-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin K. Lane

President Roosevelt quotes an excerpt from the English Fortnightly Review which praises the quality of men in his administration.

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1908-05-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt quotes an excerpt from the English Fortnightly Review which praises the quality of men in his administration.

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1908-05-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lawrence O. Murray

President Roosevelt quotes an excerpt from the English Fortnightly Review which praises the quality of men in his administration.

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1908-05-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Patrick Neill

President Roosevelt quotes an excerpt from the English Fortnightly Review which praises the quality of men in his administration.

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1908-05-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit is ending his studies at Groton on such a high note. He quotes a portion of an article from the English Fortnightly Review praising his cabinet, and sends along a letter from Edward North Buxton regarding their upcoming trip to Africa. Roosevelt updates his son on the goings on in the family.

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1908-05-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Oscar S. Straus

President Roosevelt quotes an excerpt from the English Fortnightly Review which praises the quality of men in his administration.

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1908-05-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt quotes an excerpt from the English Fortnightly Review which praises the quality of men in his administration.

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1908-05-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Wilson

President Roosevelt quotes an excerpt from the English Fortnightly Review which praises the quality of men in his administration.

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1908-05-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Andrew Munsey

President Roosevelt thanks Frank Andrew Munsey for fighting for the policies he believes in. He thinks Munsey’s articles on the business situation will “do real good” and hopes the American people will not be swayed by those who want them to abandon the effort to improve social and business conditions in the country.

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1908-04-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Reuben T. Durrett

President Roosevelt thanks Colonel Durrett for sending a publication by the Filson Club and promises to read it at once. Roosevelt also thanks Durrett more broadly for the letter and was touched by what Durrett wrote. Roosevelt fondly recalls his visit to Louisville, Kentucky where he met with Durrett in person.

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1908-03-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Sydney Brooks

President Roosevelt was pleased with Sydney Brooks’s article on the voyage of the American fleet, and additionally plans to read the article on Irish gentry. He is glad that Brooks liked his message. Roosevelt says that he wrote the message because he was concerned that the voices of people advocating short-term gain at the cost of long-term punishment would be louder than those who can face temporary unpleasantness in the pursuit of long-term goals. In a lengthy postscript, Roosevelt corrects Brooks’s statement regarding pension bills, saying that while there are undoubtedly some abuses, there are not any “padded and fraudulent” bills like Brooks has written about.

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1908-03-21