Letter from Ulysses Grant-Smith to William Loeb
Ulysses Grant-Smith forwards to William Loeb a letter from Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett to President Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-06-22
Your TR Source
Plunkett, Horace Curzon, Sir, 1854-1932
Theodore Roosevelt, John Quinn, and The Irish Home-Rule Convention
Francis M. Carroll examines Theodore Roosevelt’s opinions on the question of home rule for Ireland during World War I, and demonstrates how John Quinn, a prominent Irish-American, used arguments Roosevelt made in an August 1917 letter to George Russell in his book on the home rule question. Carroll examines the state of Irish-British relations during World War I and looks at Roosevelt’s correspondence with those involved in the home rule issue. The article reprints in side by side columns Roosevelt’s August 1917 letter to George Russell and portions of Quinn’s The Irish Home-Rule Convention, demonstrating that Quinn used much of Roosevelt’s language and arguments in his own work.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
1980
Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt
President-Elect Taft tells President Roosevelt that he had a very pleasant talk with Horace Curzon Plunkett, for whom Roosevelt had written a letter of introduction. He promises to continue addressing the problem of a declining birth rate and the movement of population away from rural areas as best he can, and says that he will rely on Gifford Pinchot as a conscience. Taft answers Roosevelt’s question about his life and career, but does not think that Roosevelt should have taken on the burden of writing an introduction to Taft’s inaugural address. He approves of Roosevelt’s planned executive order.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-24
Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt
Acting charge d’affaires to Great Britain Henry White writes to President Roosevelt about many topics dealing with Ireland and England. White served in this role because Ambassador Joseph Hodges Choate was on the continent. As a result, he will go to the country estate of Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour for a weekend visit. White will inform Secretary of State John Hay by letter or telegraph of any important information that he learns during that visit. White encloses the book Ireland in the New Century, by Sir Horace Plunkett, which he describes at length. White discusses negotiations between England and France over territories in Africa. White also mentions that Professor S. H. Butcher, who taught Greek at Edinburgh, will be lecturing in the United States and asks if the President would see him. The professor would be a very interesting dinner guest at the White House.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-25
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Sloss
Theodore Roosevelt forwarded Robert Sloss’s letter to Edwin Augustus Van Valkenburg who might be able to help. Roosevelt’s recent experience with the British has convinced him that they are just as foreign to Americans as the Germans or French. He would not recommend a British or German alliance. Roosevelt was surprised at the British reaction to his book, Fear God and Take Your Own Part, which was widely perceived as an “electioneering pamphlet.” He has provided the British with some support because they were in the right and not because of friendship or a greater sense of community.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-06-07
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mrs. Humphry Ward
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Mrs. Humphry Ward for her book. Roosevelt asks Ward to tell Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett to contact him regarding a note to the British government.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-06-06