Report from Max Pracht
Subject(s): Alaska, Brady, John Green, 1847-1918, Coal, Colorado, Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Employees--Dismissal of, Fraud, Government travel, Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909, Indian reservations, Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909, Macey, James T. (James Thomas), 1870-1946, Mitchell, John H. (John Hipple), 1835-1905, Political corruption, Pollock, George F., Prouty, Charles A. (Charles Azro), 1853-1921, Richards, William A. (William Alford), 1849-1912, Smith, W. Scott (Winfield Scott), 1847-1919, Union Pacific Railroad Company, United States. Auditor for War Department, United States. Auditor for War Dept., United States. Congress. Senate, United States. Department of the Interior, United States. Department of the Treasury, United States. Dept. of the Interior, United States. Dept. of the Treasury, United States. General Land Office
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Max Pracht reports on corruption in the land office that he witnessed while a special agent in Colorado. Pracht details the misuse of government funds by William A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and his report of it to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock and Hitchcock’s private secretary W. Scott Smith. The final two pages detail Pracht and Smith’s relationship.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-10-22
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
5
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Report from Max Pracht. [October 22, 1906]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o54693. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Pracht, Max, 1846-1918. Report from Max Pracht. [22 Oct. 1906]. Multi-image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 4, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o54693.
APA:
Pracht, Max, 1846-1918.: , [1906, October 22]. Report from Max Pracht. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o54693.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 4, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
