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Richard Harding Davis offers his thoughts on the most important elements to bring along while hiking or marching long distances, backed up by his experiences as a war correspondent.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04
President Roosevelt sends Brander Matthews an excerpt of a letter that Edith Wharton sent Henry Cabot Lodge. The excerpt focuses on Wharton discussing George Otto Trevelyan’s history of the American Revolution with a soldier who participated in the South African War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-07
John V. Ellard seeks to ascertain if Theodore Roosevelt actually stated that Garnet Wolseley’s monograph on Robert E. Lee was “an insult to Gen. Lee.” Ellard takes a forgiving stance and states perhaps he missed something in his reading of the work; however, he hopes to aid in campaigning for Roosevelt in Missouri again and asks if he can continue to write him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-13
Joe F. Decker studies Theodore Roosevelt’s use of language and focuses on some of his most colorful expressions and opinions, which was most often found in his correspondence. Decker says that Roosevelt tended to be more cautious with his language when speaking in public. He dwells on the object of much of Roosevelt’s invective, President Woodrow Wilson, but he cites numerous letters to various figures such as Amos Pinchot and Henry Cabot Lodge to give examples of Roosevelt’s use of language. Decker notes that Roosevelt was also willing to use animated language to poke fun at himself.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1986
Viscount Wolseley attempts to glue the tail labeled “Prestige” onto a weeping British Lion with the aid of British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone who is holding a glue pot labeled “Berber Expedition.” A large, bloody animal trap labeled “Khartoum Trap” and “El Mahdi Patent” is in the foreground.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-02-18
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