Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-25

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Elbert F. Baldwin suggests that President Roosevelt is misquoted regarding the Panama Canal locks. Baldwin would like to correctly quote Roosevelt in his editorial and suggests adopting engineer John Findley Wallace’s sea level plan for the locks.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-23

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin of The Outlook wishes to confirm President Roosevelt’s approval of a pending editorial which states that while President McKinley greatly reduced the number of civil service positions from competitive examination lists, to the contrary Roosevelt greatly expanded them.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-11

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin recommends that President Roosevelt appoint F. Marion Crawford to the Constantinople legation because Crawford has a good understanding of customs and culture in the region and because he is a Roman Catholic. Baldwin discusses Crawford’s qualifications in detail, including mentioning his time in Turkey and India. Baldwin is acquainted with the other men suggested for this mission, but he does not believe they measure up to the same standard as Crawford does.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-25

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the comment made by the Wall Street Journal that he mentioned at lunch recently.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-07

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin greets Theodore Roosevelt on his birthday and sends good wishes from himself and his family.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-10-27

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin has been asked to personally inform Theodore Roosevelt that the executive committee of the New Jersey State Teachers Association would like to have him deliver a speech at their upcoming annual meeting. Baldwin vouches that the association is influential, and would likely be a sympathetic audience.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-10-05

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-06-22

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Elbert F. Baldwin, European editor at The Outlook, encloses a criticism of his article regarding China and asks President Roosevelt to respond with any comments he wishes to make. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-25

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin is saddened to hear that President Roosevelt will not be writing John Hay’s biography. As a long-time friend of Hay, Baldwin wants the biography to be done well and believes that Roosevelt is the best person for the job. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-20

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin believes that the speech President Roosevelt gave yesterday will be “among the great orations of our time,” comparing it to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-13

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

In a previous letter, President Roosevelt claims that his veto of the water power bill was more important than his veto of the census bill. Elbert F. Baldwin thinks this is the case in an economic sense, but thinks that the census bill veto was more important in a moral sense. Baldwin hopes that Roosevelt likes the commentary he wrote about these vetos for The Outlook.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-10

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin, European editor of The Outlook, requests that President Roosevelt confirm the message of an article published in The Sun.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-21

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin asks President Roosevelt about the possibility of United States Bonds being sold by the federal government to purchase permanent resources including waterways, watersheds, and streams, with the interest on those bonds being paid from the use of such resources. Baldwin congratulates Roosevelt on a recent meeting on conservation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-09

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin thanks President Roosevelt for the kind letter he sent him. Roosevelt’s sympathetic words were a “great comfort” to Baldwin in his “bruised condition.” He was also glad to read that Roosevelt approved of his sentiments about necessary legislation regarding railroad accidents. Baldwin has dictated paragraphs about the Farmingdale disaster for this week’s Outlook.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-24

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin, European editor of The Outlook, informs President Roosevelt that the German people are thrilled with his statements about the late Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg. He describes his own admiration of and friendship with Sternburg. Baldwin shares insights on Sternburg’s potential replacements, including Gustav Adolf von Götzen and Hilmar von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen. Baldwin believes Sternburg would have approved of the latter’s appointment.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-03

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin forwards President Roosevelt the text of a note from Charles Evans Hughes, in which Hughes declines the vice-presidential nomination for the Taft ticket. Baldwin is going over to Secretary of War Taft’s house to show him the message in person.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-19

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin thanks President Roosevelt for the letter, and says that he immediately telegraphed the President’s congratulations to his wife, Mary Washburn Baldwin. Baldwin refutes three arguments that have been used against John Hayes Hammond who is being proposed as a vice presidential candidate.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-10

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

Elbert F. Baldwin is out of town attending to the birth of his fifth child, Janet Sterling Baldwin. Baldwin shares his opinion with President Roosevelt that his friend John Hays Hammond should be Secretary of War William H. Taft’s vice presidential candidate. Hammond’s strength as a mining engineer and his sympathy with the Roosevelt administration’s conservation reforms would make him a good candidate.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-06

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-

In lieu of their previous conversation where President Roosevelt spoke about republishing his appreciation of Secretary of War William H. Taft, Elbert F. Baldwin informs Roosevelt that American editor of The Outlook Ernest Hamlin Abbott is publishing his own appreciation of Taft and would like to include large excerpts from Roosevelt’s article.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-11

Creator(s)

Baldwin, Elbert F. (Elbert Francis), 1857-