Your TR Source
Attorney General Knox believes that District Attorney Summers is honestly investigating the officials of the Indian Office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-17
Longmans, Green & Co. has been approached by the publishing company Gebbie & Co. for the right to republish Roosevelt’s book New York in a general edition. Longmans has no objection and will arrange terms.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-17
Newspaper article defending a statement from a southern judge that the race which denies social equality must demonstrate its superiority by upholding law and order.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02
Joseph Bucklin Bishop starts his letter with “I had to say this to preserve my self respect.” Bishop also mentions Senators Aldrich and Spooner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-18
Charles Scribner’s Sons, publisher of Roosevelt’s book Oliver Cromwell, have a contract with Ferdinand Defrance to translate the book into French and must advise against signing another contract for a French translation until the status of the Defrance contract can be ascertained. Scribner’s has not heard from Defrance since December.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-18
Advance copy of the speech Representative Smith will be delivering at the Michigan Republican convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
The Merchants and Manufacturers Exchange of Detroit recommends George Y. Wisner for appointment to the international commission regarding the water boundary between the United States and Canada.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-18
“Century company accord with pleasure permission to Izoulet.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-18
Text of “Valor,” a poem by Nathanial Southgate Shaler.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-26
Ben Daniels would like President Roosevelt to invest in the Jefferson Mining Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-18
Current difficulties with the Moro Rebellion center around Bacolod and Masiu. General Davis believes that these locations must be invested and captured to prevent future hostilities. Davis supports Brigadier General Baldwin’s request for a field mortar and asks for a “mule packing outfit” to transport the weapon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-18
Charles Harris and the Commercial Club of Emporia, Kansas, object to the appointment of John Wiggam as postmaster.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-18
G. P. Putnam’s needs to know how elaborate the leather binding for Hunting Trips should be as there are several options of various expense.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-18
Olin Templin sends a warning about George Washington Ellis, who is being considered for the secretaryship of the consulate in Liberia. Templin has a low opinion of Ellis and states that Ellis is not a graduate of the University of Kansas but was actually expelled from that institution for forgery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-18
Multiple articles from the June 19, 1902, edition of the Commercial Advertiser.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-19
Joseph Bucklin Bishop informs President Roosevelt that the country is behind him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-19
The Sultan of Bacolod is causing problems; he is fortifying the area under his control and claims to be at war with a rival. Generals Davis and Baldwin believe he is only stalling in order to have time to harvest the season’s crop of rice and, once this is accomplished, will engage in hostilities with the United States. Davis will keep a watchful eye on the Sultan and maintain a correspondence with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-19
Freiherr Sternburg writes from India where Viceroy Curzon is preparing for the Delhi Durbar of 1903 to honor the coronation of Kind Edward VII and where the Indian Army is bracing itself for the reforms and reorganization expected from General Kitchener.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-19
Booker T. Washington feels that Alexander B. Kennedy and Isaiah B. Scott are both qualified for the position in Louisiana.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-19
William Allen White is sending evidence of Wiggam’s incompetence and unreliability.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-19