Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Owen Wister

President Roosevelt agrees with Owen Wister’s thoughts. Roosevelt is grateful to the American people even though he has had a great deal of work as president. Roosevelt notes his cabinet has been a huge support to him and is glad he owed the election to “Abraham Lincoln’s ‘plain people.'” The president expresses his frustration with certain journalists and newspapers who criticize Roosevelt about having too close of a connection with “the wicked” but who ignored Alton B. Parker’s “hand-in-glove intimacy” with James J. Hill, William F. Sheehan, and Thomas Taggart. Roosevelt acknowledges he has made mistakes, but many of the criticisms leveled at him are due to ignorance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to René Lacroix de Vimeur

President Roosevelt was pleased to host Comte de Rochambeau and his wife during their visit, and he will gladly accept the bust of George Washington.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Otto Gresham

President Roosevelt rejects the argument that Panama declaring independence from Colombia is a similar situation to the secession of Southern states before the American Civil War. Roosevelt believes that Colombia acted in bad faith during the treaty negotiations and ratification. As such, the United States owes nothing to Colombia “in law or in morals.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to David E. Thompson

President Roosevelt is pleased with the George Washington letters and will frame them to be hung in the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James M. Lamberton

President Roosevelt thanks James M. Lamberton for the bound memorial volume celebrating the anniversary of George Washington’s initiation into the Freemason brotherhood.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Silas McBee

President Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee for the book and asks if he has considered anyone for the “student’s position in China.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt expresses an admiration for Abraham Lincoln and compares the Roosevelt administration to the challenges faced by President Lincoln.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John McCormick Lea

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks John McCormick Lea for the letter from William Robertson Garrett. He thinks the protest against his comments on John Sevier comes from the belief that historians should not “tell the truth about certain favorite heroes.” Roosevelt considers this perspective a disservice. He wishes there was a better chance of him visiting Tennessee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Eugene E. Prussing to Theodore Roosevelt

Eugene E. Prussing tells Theodore Roosevelt of a letter from Gouverneur Morris to George Washington, which he found while examining the last year of Washington’s correspondence. Prussing had two copies of the letter made and intended to send one to Roosevelt, but has realized that Roosevelt referred to the letter in his book on Washington and so has read it before. He sends him a copy of the letter nevertheless.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-03-07

Creator(s)

Prussing, Eugene E. (Eugene Ernst), 1855-1936

Letter from Christopher G. Boland to Theodore Roosevelt

Christopher G. Boland congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his escape, recovery, and return following the assassination attempt on him. Boland had previously sent Roosevelt a message when he returned from Africa and Europe that was a prayer for his safety. He sends another prayer now, that Roosevelt will have a long life like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, so he can help guide the country through crises.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-22

Creator(s)

Boland, Christopher G., 1854-1924

Letter from Eugene G. Asher to Theodore Roosevelt

Eugene G. Asher congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his speedy recovery after being shot by a would-be assassin, and compares Roosevelt’s survival to several Bible stories that feature God protecting chosen figures. Asher says that Roosevelt is standing for and fighting for principles that immortalized such figures as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. He hopes that Roosevelt will completely recover and be able to give more speeches before the election next month, and that he will be victorious.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-27

Creator(s)

Asher, Eugene G., 1865-1942

Letter from Lotta E. McFarland to Theodore Roosevelt

Lotta E. McFarland’s daughter, Lucille McFarland, wrote Theodore Roosevelt upon his return from Africa. She shares that she has some China plates that belonged to George Washington. McFarland asks Roosevelt for help selling them to support her family and describes their provenance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-10

Creator(s)

McFarland, Lotta E.

Letter from Arthur B. Farquhar to Theodore Roosevelt

Arthur B. Farquhar believes Theodore Roosevelt’s interest in rural conditions was one of the greatest works of his administration and should have been endorsed by Congress. The Pennsylvania Rural Uplift Society wants to send a committee to Roosevelt to discuss the matter. Farquhar asks Roosevelt if he is available on December 16. The committee also wants to meet with James J. Hill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-05

Creator(s)

Farquhar, Arthur B., 1838-1925

Letter from Arthur S. Treat to Theodore Roosevelt

Arthur S. Treat asks Theodore Roosevelt if the new package of sardines packed by Seacoast Canning Co. and distributed by U. H. Dudley & Co. might use the Roosevelt name and his picture. Or it could be the President brand, with Roosevelt’s picture. Treat believes it will only help Roosevelt and Treat is a traveling salesman who will get the product to the masses.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-25

Creator(s)

Treat, Arthur S. (Arthur Sidney), 1853-1915

Letter from Tunis G. Bergen to Theodore Roosevelt

Tunis G. Bergen invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak at the unveiling of a mural donated to Brooklyn Public School No. 5. The piece depicts the Battle of Long Island, the fortifications of which the school is built. This is the first piece of its kind to be donated to a public school. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-08

Creator(s)

Bergen, Tunis G. (Tunis Garret), 1848-

Letter from Harry A. King to Theodore Roosevelt

Harry A. King, president of Moores Hill College, sends Theodore Roosevelt good wishes on their shared birthday. He has long admired Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-27

Creator(s)

King, Harry A. (Harry Andrews), 1867-1927

Letter from Frederick E. Von Riethdorf to Theodore Roosevelt

Frederick E. Von Riethdorf congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his birthday. He hopes President William H. Taft sees the folly in running for president again. Taft is not popular in the West, and Westerners predict the Republican Party will certainly be defeated if Taft is renominated. Von Riethdorf comments that his translation of From Rough Rider to President is selling well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-25

Creator(s)

Von Riethdorf, Frederick E.

Letter from Harvey S. Bomberger to Theodore Roosevelt

Harvey S. Bomberger introduces Theodore Roosevelt to the restoration projects of the Washington Monument and sends over photographs, sketches, and clippings from the Baltimore News. The project community hopes the government is able to provide aid and David J. Lewis has promised to present the project to the next congress. Bomberger hopes Roosevelt can offer his sympathy to the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-20

Creator(s)

Bomberger, Harvey S. (Hervey Smith), 1860-1937

Letter from Ella T. H. Haines to Theodore Roosevelt

Ella T. H. Haines writes Theodore Roosevelt about a patriotic-inspired painting of hers on display in an exhibition on Market Street in San Francisco. She hopes he will write something describing it. She says she had a “spiritual inspiration” to create this painting and she also “knew two years before” that William McKinley would be assassinated.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-18

Creator(s)

Haines, Ella T. H. (Ella T. Hill), 1851-1928

Letter from Wayne Whipple to Theodore Roosevelt

Wayne Whipple sends Theodore Roosevelt a set of his book The Story-Life of Washington for review, noting it credits excerpts from Winning of the West, includes praise from the New York Times, and asks Roosevelt for an appreciative word.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-08

Creator(s)

Whipple, Wayne, 1856-1942