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President Roosevelt shares editor of the Churchman Silas McBee’s interest in and puzzlement over the sermon of Bishop Charles Henry Brent of the Philippines, which he analytically criticizes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-27
President Roosevelt begins his letter to Cecil Spring Rice discussing the presidential election and how Alton B. Parker and the Democratic Party chose to campaign. Roosevelt mentions his plans to send Ambassador to Italy George von Lengerke Meyer to St. Petersburg, and spends the rest of the letter discussing Japan and Russia. The Japanese government treats Americans well, while Russia has treated the United States, England, and Japan poorly. However, Roosevelt believes the Japanese Army groups all white men together and considers such men inferior to themselves, as evidenced by the experience of American military attachés in Japan. The president opines that Russia is the main enemy of Japan, as long as it focuses on China, Korea, and Manchuria. However, if Japan desires to become a maritime power, it could threaten the United States, England, and the Netherlands. Roosevelt concludes his letter by saying, “[W]e must trust in the Lord and keep our powder dry and our eyes open.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-27
Theodore Roosevelt found Charles C. Bull’s letter interesting in every respect. He does not want to be nominated. Bull’s talk with John Avery McIlhenny amused Roosevelt. He comments on his average drinking habits and responds to Andrew B. Hammond’s charges that he was not at the Battle of San Juan Hill and drinks heavily.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-24
Theodore Roosevelt asserts to Mark Sullivan that all the money was paid to Panama and France regarding the creation of the Panama Canal. None of Roosevelt’s personal friends bought securities or speculated on the Canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-29
George Otto Trevelyan takes great pleasure in Theodore Roosevelt’s letters and prizes each one he receives. He comments on current politics in Great Britain. Recently, he and his wife, Caroline Philips Trevelyan, vacationed in the Swiss Alps and delighted in the landscape. His son George Macaulay Trevelyan’s new volume will be published in September, and his Parliamentarian son, Charles Philips Trevelyan, will be glad to hear from Roosevelt. Trevelyan sends his regards to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and the family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-03
Minnie L. Kohlsdorf thanks Theodore Roosevelt for autographing the photograph of himself that she won at a fair given by the Republican Club. Kohlsdorf believes that Roosevelt is “the greatest diplomat the world has known” and wishes him well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-07
Charles Francis Adams recalls a phrase Theodore Roosevelt used in a speech, ranking Robert E. Lee among other great generals, and asks if Roosevelt remembers when he said it. In a handwritten note, Roosevelt vaguely recalls having made such a statement, but cannot remember when.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-08-02
Commissioner Roosevelt thanks Captain Cowles for the kind note. Roosevelt has been reading two books on the Duke of Wellington by Earl Roberts and Viscount Wolseley. He was disappointed with both.
1895-12-10
Theodore Roosevelt, on his way to the “Hall of Fame,” passes between two rows of kings, emperors, military leaders, statesmen, and others, including, on the left, “Alexander, Nimrod, Caesar, Joshua, Solomon, Moses,” and possibly Ramses I, King of Egypt; and on the right, “Wellington, Washington, Napoleon I, Frederick the Great, Cromwell, Shakespere [sic], Luther,” and two unidentified kings, possibly William I and Richard I, kings of England.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-09-04