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Archduke Ludwig Salvator thanks Theodore Roosevelt for sending the book on African hunting. Books can take time to arrive from Vienna, so Salvator is thanking Roosevelt now and will write again once it has been received. Salvator hopes to come back to America and see Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911
Fredr. of Son asks Theodore Roosevelt to write the preface of his book. It has now been translated into English to publish it in the United States and England and Fredr. asks Roosevelt if there is a suitable paper or magazine in which to publish it first.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-06
Speech written by George Washington Emery Dorsey honoring Theodore Roosevelt, his favorite president and the ideal American. Dorsey says there are few truly great men, one is Abraham Lincoln, another is Roosevelt. The world is brighter and better because they have lived and they will stand forever, marking the glorious Republic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-04
Asahi Ikeda tells Theodore Roosevelt he misses Roosevelt a great deal. After leaving America Ikeda traveled the world and returned home where he changed his name to Ikeda and began working for a successful Japanese company. Ikeda asks for a picture of Roosevelt to hang in his room.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-13
Charles M. Miller copies part of a news letter sent by Janette Miller from her missionary post in Angola, Africa. Janette Miller describes the climate, weather, and details the long trip from Lisbon to the village where she lives and works. The men, women, and children she helps to educate and teach Christian ways are also described. Janette Miller ends saying she trusts her African friends and reminds the reader that there are cousins of the tribe she lives with in the United States who are suffering because of what her race did to them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-18
Millard J. Bloomer thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter declining the invitation to the Citizen’s Peace Banquet. Bloomer explains his own beliefs around world peace as well as his understanding of the purpose of the banquet. Bloomer appreciates Roosevelt’s caution and will be wary of any request to act contrary to his convictions
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-13
Heinrich H. T. Haas asks Theodore Roosevelt about the safety of the United States for the twentieth century. Haas believes the continued existence of the United States is up to the will of God and also depends on future presidents and Haas hopes Roosevelt will be president in 1912.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-17
Oscar S. Straus acknowledges the letter and enclosures Jacob Saphirstein sent him of an editorial from the Jewish Morning Journal regarding the Russian passport question and the endorsement by Straus of Theodore Roosevelt’s proposal for arbitration of the passport question. Straus verifies his support of Roosevelt’s proposal and lists some of reasons for doing so. Straus invites Saphirstein to visit to discuss further details.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-24
Draft of a letter of introduction from Theodore Roosevelt to William J. Calhoun on behalf of Charles P. Stewart, who will be traveling to China on behalf of United Press and the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
Drafted by Gilson Gardner for Theodore Roosevelt to type up and send with Roosevelt’s signature.
Samuel Strasbourger writes of the importance of this moment when President Taft has called a special session of Congress to deal with tariffs, reciprocity, and other big issues facing the nation. Strasbourger believes the Republican Party can continue to make the country and its people prosperous if they stick to Republican principles. Taft will need to continue to be firm and courageous, willing to be vilified to do what is right for the country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-05
Bela Tokaji writes to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Times to refute claims that immigrants will be the downfall of America made by Alfred Paul Karl Eduard Schultz. Tokaji states the peaceful and industrious men and women who come to America have demonstrated their loyalty. The children of immigrants will continue to take care build America for centuries to come.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-10
Bela Tokaji writes to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Times to refute claims made by Alfred Paul Karl Eduard Schultz that immigrants will be the downfall of America. Tokaji states the peaceful and industrious men and women who come to America have demonstrated their loyalty. Mary Emelia Clark Barnes is quoted from her speech at the international congress for the welfare of children saying immigrant children are the future of the nation. Since four in five children born in New York City are born to immigrant parents, Tokaji agrees with Barnes and cites immigrant’s enormous contribution to the industrial growth in America as proof.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-09
Publisher George Haven Putnam writes to President Roosevelt about the inadequacy of current copyright laws. Putnam asks that the topic be included in Roosevelt’s upcoming “Presidential Message.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-18
The memorandum records an interview between Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee and Japanese Minister Kogoro Takahira concerning the Japanese position on Russia’s violation of China’s neutrality at Shanghai. Although the matter has been settled, Takahira offers Adee an informal communication before the Japanese make an official announcement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-26
Transcription discussing creating a universal arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain. A treaty between the United States and the Dominican Republic is mentioned. This may be the words of Theodore Roosevelt. There are a number of words missing and a note on page 2 says the subject is continued for 6 more pages of shorthand.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1911
Theodore Roosevelt informs George Nathaniel Curzon Marquess Curzon of Kedleston that he looks forward to Fraser’s book and adds that American politics are far less interesting at the moment due to them being unclear. Roosevelt comments on the Italian-Turkish affair and is ready for a treaty between Great Britain and the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-20
President Roosevelt summarizes two letters he has received from Oscar K. Davis for Elihu Root. The letters, from Times reporter William Bayard Hale, describe an interview Hale had with German Emperor William II. In the first letter, Hale describes the two-hour interview itself, in which William makes several incendiary statements regarding England, Russia, China, Japan, the United States, and the Catholic Church. In the second letter, Hale reports that after showing the interview to the German Foreign Office and American Ambassador David Jayne Hill, both decided it would be unwise and improper to quote the emperor. Roosevelt told Davis that he strongly discouraged making the interview public. In domestic news, Roosevelt is making a “quiet canvass” of feeling regarding the re-nomination of Charles Evans Hughes for governor of New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-08
The writer challenges the pessimistic view of the degradation of American society, including quotes from President James Roscoe Day of Syracuse University and Chancellor Henry S. Drinker of Lehigh University.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-29
Herman Bernstein congratulates and thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his recent editorial in the Outlook, which he believes will help “America’s case against Russia.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-14
William N. Freeman informs Theodore Roosevelt about New Jersey’s law requiring schoolchildren to salute the flag and asks for his support.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-14