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President Roosevelt informs Lyman Abbott of William Howe Tolman’s inappropriate request to Henry White, ambassador to France. Roosevelt notes that Tolman’s request to confer the Legion of Honor award upon William Bailey Howland is improper and requests that Abbott allow Howland and Tolman to see the relevant correspondence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-19
President Roosevelt requests asks Ambassador White to provide context to the foreign office regarding William Howe Tolman’s request. Roosevelt believes that his newfound association with The Outlook is part of the reason that Tolman wants William Bailey Howland to be conferred the Legion of Honor. However, Roosevelt believes this request is wholly inappropriate and objects to the conferment on the grounds that it will hinder his ability to publish anything about France.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-19
On behalf of The Outlook, Lawrence F. Abbott apologizes to Ambassador White regarding William Howe Tolman’s inappropriate request for William Bailey Howland to receive the Legion of Honor. Abbott stresses that The Outlook had no part in the matter, nor did he ever approve or support Tolman’s request.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-24
Lawrence F. Abbott thanks President Roosevelt for giving The Outlook the opportunity to clear the air regarding William Howe Tolman’s inappropriate petition for William Bailey Howland to receive the Legion of Honor. Abbott also confirms receipt of the Japanese and Tolstoy editorials and will publish them in the order Roosevelt requested. Finally, Abbott offers his condolences for Roosevelt’s nephew, Stewart Douglas Robinson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-24
France’s Foreign Office has asked Ambassador White whether decorating William Bailey Howland with the Legion of Honor would be well received by the American people. As Howland is the publisher of The Outlook and has recently secured President Roosevelt to write for it, White wonders whether this association would influence the magazine’s future coverage of France. White believes that “the American people would not care in the least one way or the other,” but will act in accordance with Roosevelt’s views on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-09
Lawrence F. Abbott acknowledges receipt of President Roosevelt’s letter and apologizes for William Howe Tolman’s inappropriate request. Abbott wishes to convey to Ambassador Henry White that The Outlook had no part in Tolman’s desire to award William Bailey Howland the Legion of Honor. Finally, Abbott makes clear to Roosevelt that The Outlook would never take advantage of their association with the president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-20
List of unknown origin titled “American Members of the League for International Conciliation,” enclosed with a letter created by Nobel Prize winner Nicholas Murray Butler. Andrew Carnegie and Andrew D. White are listed as “Honorary Presidents,” 12 people are listed under “Council of Direction,” and 46 people are listed as “Members.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-05