Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Jeremiah D. Sullivan thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his help in promoting Sullivan to sergeant.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-01-15

Bank draft from the Union Trust Company, for $412.58 to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, signed by Robinson Douglas.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-01-19

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-14

Creator(s)

Gibbins, Joseph Panell

Language

English

This resolution states that marble busts of Vice Presidents may be placed in the Senate.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-01-06

Rear Admiral Evans comments on his recent duck hunt and is glad that Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed the ducks. Roosevelt’s letter “was perfect,” and Evans is certain the Navy will appreciate Roosevelt’s clear presentation of the pay question. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-01-07

Rear Admiral Higginson writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt praising him for his report which emphasizes investing in training Navy personnel. Higginson favors the current bill and hopes it does not die in Congress. However, the selection clause in the bill is as divisive among Navy personnel as the silver currency issue is in Congress. He hopes this bill will make for a more unified, organized Navy for the future.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-01-10

Frederic Remington received Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt’s book The Winning of the West for Christmas and compliments Roosevelt on his ability to write history books. Remington was looking to use some primary sources for inspiration for his art, but Roosevelt’s book did the trick.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-25

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-01-01

Creator(s)

Lounsbury, Thomas R., 1838-1915

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-01-02

Creator(s)

Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Florida Secretary of State Crawford received Wallace S. Weeks’ letter and sends a duplicate of his commission as a notary public in and for Florida. Crawford was glad to hear from Weeks and wants to him. His wife’s birds died, and he wants to procure a Honduran parrot, possibly from Weeks.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-09

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt has purchased a subscription to The Deer of all Lands: A History of the Family Cervidae Living and Extinct by Richard Lydekker from the publisher Rowland Ward Limited.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-14

Rudyard Kipling writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asking him to meet with his friend Sidney Low, editor of the London Gazette, when he visits the United States in February.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-21

Douglas Robinson does not know how to advise Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt on whether to sell or keep his stock in the National Mining and Exploring Company. Robinson did not accept Mr. Post’s offer for Roosevelt’s stock in the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railway, as his bid was too low.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-24

Henry S. Drinker writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt to enclose two letters from their mutual friends, Robert Jenkins Nevin, Pastor of the American Episcopal church in Rome, and William Wells, who recently moved to a new location in Wyoming. Drinker hopes to spend next summer with Wells.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-15

Robert Jenkins Nevin reports to Henry S. Drinker on his recent hunting trip in South Africa with famous hunter Cornelius J. Van Rooyen. Nevin narrates the process of killing a giraffe and hearing a lion fight.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-15

Thomas A. Janvier thanks Assistant Secretary of the Navy for helping him get a research permit. He refuses to be dissuaded by talk about records burning in a fire. Janvier and his wife, Catherine A. Janvier, are grateful for their friendship with Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-19

Richard Wainwright thanks Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt for his kind letter and the esteem that he expressed for him. He values Roosevelt’s praise very highly, not only because of Roosevelt’s high office, but also because of his personal character. Wainwright’s personal and official relations with Roosevelt have given him hope that the Navy will be established on a sound basis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-10

Holmes E. Offley is being reinstated in the Pension Office for the purpose of transfer to the Navy Department.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-13

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-13

Creator(s)

Metropolitan Club (Washington, D.C.)

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

William P. Trent praises Theodore Roosevelt’s latest essays and states he will write an anonymous review of them. Trent tells Roosevelt of his own work to be published within a month, and asks Roosevelt to read it. Trent asks to discuss literary styles the next time they meet in person.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-06