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Newsletter from the Champlain Society detailing their history, membership fees, and publications, including volumes already published and works to be published.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01
Edgar D. Crumpacker invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend and speak at an event in Indiana commemorating the one hundred years’ anniversary of the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-13
Homer A. Everest has invented a non-refillable bottle and an improved loom. He and his partner do not have enough money and would like to show Theodore Roosevelt their inventions in the hope he will be interested. Everest explains his family history to Roosevelt and decries the whiskey tampering occurring in Rhode Island, enclosing related clippings. He hopes to meet Roosevelt in Boston.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-19
The article “Some Important Historical Works” reviews two recently published books, one of which is the sixth volume of the series The Royal Navy, a History from the Earliest Times to the Present. While the work had several authors, including Alfred Thayer Mahan, the review focuses largely on Theodore Roosevelt’s coverage of the War of 1812.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-21
President Roosevelt praises the efforts of the Navy. He declares that an efficient navy of adequate size is “not only the best guarantee of peace, but is also the surest means for seeing that if war does come the result shall be honorable to our good name and favorable to our national interests.” He stresses the necessity of training and preparedness in assuring the Navy’s success in times of war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-26
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-01-26
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Heisler, Emanuel Frederick, Jr., 1838-1922
English
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt strongly objects to getting the frigate, President, back from the British Royal Navy and hopes Admiral Stephen Bleecker Luce agrees.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt heard rumors that Ambassador Hay had been asked to become involved with having the frigate, President, returned to the United States, which the British Royal Navy captured in 1815. If such plans exist, he earnestly hopes Hay will refuse involvement in such a “preposterous and undignified” effort. Roosevelt has greatly enjoyed his work and has accomplished a few things in the Navy Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt writes a reference letter to the Committee on Admissions of the Century Club regarding Robert Cameron Rogers. Roosevelt praises Rogers’s poetry and writing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-18
Roosevelt asks Mahan if he has finished his books on the history of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Roosevelt is concerned for their publisher, W. Laird Clowes, that both his and Mahan’s books on the War of 1812 will be published at the same time. Theodore Roosevelt asks A. T. Mahan to write to him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-17
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt permits Rodney MacDonough to send a photographer to the Navy Department to photograph the dispatch from his grandfather, Thomas MacDonough, announcing the result of the battle on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-04-22
Senator Lodge is submitting an article to The Outlook on the last one hundred years of peace between the United States and Great Britain. Lodge fears a public debate on the arbitration treaties as it could damage relations with several foreign nations. He read in the newspaper that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was ill and hopes it is not serious.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-08
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
William H. White examines the writing of Theodore Roosevelt’s The Naval War of 1812. White compares Roosevelt’s work to those written by the British author William James and the American James Fenimore Cooper. White concentrates on the work of James who produced a very biased account of the naval battles in favor of Great Britain, and White argues that Roosevelt set out to “write an accurate and unbiased history” of the naval war and that Roosevelt succeeded in doing so. White concedes that Roosevelt does allow his opinions to flavor his work, but he argues that Roosevelt produced a work superior to James’s, one marked by quality research and Roosevelt’s determination to teach himself the intricacies of naval warfare in the age of sail.
A photograph of White, a page from Roosevelt’s research notes, and the cover of The Naval War of 1812 illustrate the essay.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007-10-26
The Theodore Roosevelt Association announces that it will hold a cocktail reception in the historic house museum that once belonged to naval commander Stephen Decatur in Washington, D.C. The announcement notes that Theodore Roosevelt criticized Decatur’s actions in his book The Naval War of 1812.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2005
Six works compete for attention in this edition of the “Book Reviews” section, including two works by Theodore Roosevelt: a collection of nine of his speeches and essays published by the Theodore Roosevelt Association and a reissue of his The Naval War of 1812. The review of The Man in the Arena: Speeches and Essays notes that John A. Gable wrote the introduction and explanatory notes, and it provides context for some of the selections. A portion of Gable’s introduction follows the review. Seth Cropsey praises Roosevelt’s naval history and stresses its fairness and “balanced objectivity” and notes its relevance to contemporary debates about how to deploy the American navy.
Lewis L. Gould reviews James Wright’s study of the Progressive era in New Hampshire and notes that Roosevelt’s Bull Moose campaign set back the cause of reform in the state. Archibald B. Roosevelt, Junior, joins his cousin Kermit Roosevelt, Junior, both grandsons of Theodore Roosevelt, in publishing a memoir of his service with the Central Intelligence Agency, For Lust of Knowing: Memoirs of an Intelligence Officer.
The section notes the publication of works on Roosevelt’s time as Police Commissioner of New York City and on his relationship with the naval strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan, and notes that each will be reviewed in an upcoming issue of the Journal.
George C. Batcheller, in the newspaper article “Reciprocity vs. forefathers,” discusses the New York Commercial’s attitude towards reciprocity between Canada and the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-14
An English translation of a flattering article about President Roosevelt published by the Danish magazine Varden. Berthold De Linde describes his first encounter with President Roosevelt as an infantryman in the Spanish-American War. He then details Roosevelt’s life and accomplishments, from his time at Harvard to his ascendance to the presidency. De Linde particularly emphasizes Roosevelt’s strong moral character and tireless battle against corruption.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-15
In this Danish magazine sent to President Roosevelt by Ambassador Maurice Francis Egan, a profile of Roosevelt by Berthold de Linde appears on pages 14-22. The article details President Roosevelt’s life and accomplishments from his time at Harvard through becoming President. It particularly focuses on his strong moral character and good qualities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-15
Charles Prestwood Lucas’s recent book The Canadian War of 1812 is a worthy counterpart to works by Captain A. T. Mahan and President Roosevelt, although it is somewhat overshadowed by the fame of the others. Each author approaches the subject from a different point of view, which justifies the existence of all three works.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-10