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James Jeffrey Roche shares his views on a range of topics with President Roosevelt, including Roosevelt’s handling of Bellamy Storer’s “indiscretion” in Rome, the public’s response to the Brownsville case, and Roche’s support for Roosevelt’s simplified spelling idea.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-28
George Otto Trevelyan writes to President Roosevelt about Panama and the Philippines, drawing parallels with Macaulay’s histories and Ancient Rome. Trevelyan discusses the British diplomatic service and his latest work on the American Revolution. He also describes a recent visit from Charles Francis Adams and his wife, and he muses on what it is like to be old. Trevelyan writes of their shared love of English literature, mentioning Milton, Chaucer, and W. W. Jacobs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-12
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis gave President Roosevelt a copy of “Mereille,” a poem by Frederic Mistral along with a silver medal for Edith Roosevelt which Mistral sent to him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-15
At 9:00 a.m., President Roosevelt signs a paper that reads, “Grafting must be stopped.” At 10:00 a.m., Roosevelt points to a banner that reads, “Why certainly, Wilkes-Barre, anything to oblige.” At noon, Roosevelt holds a picnic basket and a fishing rod as he walks with several children. At 1:00 p.m., Roosevelt talks on the telephone. At 2:00 p.m., Roosevelt hands a “letter to peace conferences” to a messenger. At 4:00 p.m., Roosevelt travels in a submarine and says, “Delighted!” At 8:00 p.m., Roosevelt sits in a rocking chair writing poetry with a book of “poems” beside him. At 10:00 p.m., Roosevelt falls asleep in a tent. The moon says, “Delighted.” A handwritten note is included: Respectfully submitted.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-28
Poem titled the “Despot of Guam.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-28
Racist poem likely in response to President Roosevelt hosting Booker T. Washington at the White House. A caption with the article states, “Publications like this show something of what is the matter with Missouri.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
Huguenot hymn recited by Rev. Howard Bliss which was submitted to the newspaper by Philo Pratt Hotchkiss.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
A poem written by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. when he was about eighteen and published under the pen-name Jacob Van Vechten in Scribner’s Magazine.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-1906
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit and daughter-in-law Belle about how happy he is that Scribners accepted Kermit’s poem. He describes his travels for the liberty loan drive and criticizes President Woodrow Wilson’s handling of the war. Roosevelt closes with a list of recent dinner guests.
1918-10-13
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt in poetic form about a telegram received from her about the World’s Fair. He informs her of his attempt to procure tickets and the travel plans that he has arranged.
1892-1893
This poem encourages the public to vote for President Roosevelt in the presidential election. The author states that Roosevelt “has proved himself a true defender” and notes that the country was not prosperous when the Democrats were in power.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit regarding plans for Ethel Roosevelt’s wedding and traveling to Arizona with Archie and Quentin Roosevelt. He includes an Edith Thomas poem in the letter as well.
1913-03-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit on a number of topics including thanking him for visiting Quentin Roosevelt, hanging the Devon stag’s head, congratulating him on joining the Pudding Club at Harvard, his grades, running races and dreading the rest of his Western trip. He adds that Mother is enclosing a poem that reminds them of Edwin Arlington Robinson.
1911-02-28
In a letter dated February 28, 1911, Theodore Roosevelt wrote to his son Kermit that his mother wanted to enclose this poem for him because it reminded them of the poet Edwin Arlington Robinson.
1911
Selected verses from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905
President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit on the planning for his trip to Africa, though he is not yet sure he can make it. Results from Massachusetts and New York have settled the Republican presidential nomination for Secretary of War Taft, and Governor Hughes’s run is over. Roosevelt says Edith enjoys riding much better since getting a new horse, and Congress is refusing to do what it should.
1908-04-11
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to discuss his views on the work of Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray. He also talks about a poem by Philip Roosevelt and a visit from cousin Emlen Roosevelt, Christine, Frank Lowell, and his wife. Roosevelt closes by saying he had dinner with Ambassador Jusserand and Justice Moody.
1908-02-23
John Woodbury sends President Roosevelt a newspaper clipping that includes a poem written about Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-28
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to congratulate him on being third in his class at Groton School that month. Roosevelt also updates Kermit on his work, the state of the country, and the gardens at the White House. Roosevelt closes by saying he and Edith enjoyed Seymour Blair’s poems in the last Grotonian.
1907-05-27
A handwritten copy of the poem “A Forsaken Garden” by Algernon Charles Swinburne.
1877