Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie supports rate bill regarding railroads and indicates that he forced the railroad company to give him the lowest rate by threatening to stop all work. Carnegie suggests appeals to the court be limited to cases involving more than $250,000 per year and closes by stating that he thinks of Theodore Roosevelt as the most oppressed man in the land.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-18

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie tells Secretary of State Root that he felt it was his duty to send Senator Francis G. Newlands “words of Wisdom.” He also mentions that Senator Jeff Davis is about to publish an article about the Pan-American Railroad.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-18

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie discusses foreign policy matters, including William H. Taft’s opinion concerning the Philippines, policy towards Russia, free trade with Canada, a preference tariff in Britain, and the Panama Canal.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-11

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie writes to President Roosevelt to address the issue of Canadian food products being given preference over British food products.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-17

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie’s New Year greeting stresses the efforts of President Roosevelt and Czar Nicholas II to make the Hague Tribunal a viable means of settling international disputes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-01

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie praises President Roosevelt for his support of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague. He likens the agreement between Roosevelt and the Russian Emperor Nicholas II to the position of Abraham Lincoln and a previous Russian Emperor, Alexander II, to end slavery.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-26

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie sends New Years greetings. Carnegie argues that the Cooper Union audience is the intelligent mass that sees what the general masses only see later. He argues further that the American idea will continue, not imperialism, but Americanism.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-21

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie is disturbed by the British treatment of the defeated Afrikaners and believes that the Afrikaners (or Dutch as he calls them) will one day once again rule in South Africa. Carnegie compares the situation to American occupation of the Philippines.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-13

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie would like President Roosevelt to look at an enclosed article. Carnegie is going sailing.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-30

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie wishes President Roosevelt a happy New Year.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-01

Creator(s)

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie is donating $10 million to a body of trustees for an unnamed purpose. He would be pleased if President Roosevelt would agree to serve.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-27

Creator(s)

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie requests the return of the university papers.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-20

Creator(s)

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie sent this list of prospective trustees for an endowment he was establishing, in hopes President Roosevelt might consent to serve as one of the trustees.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-27

Creator(s)

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie encloses documents related to his new “scheme” and has gathered considerable support. There is no rush for President Roosevelt to present the matter to Congress.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-02

Creator(s)

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Andrew Carnegie describes his vision of founding an independent research institute in Washington, D.C., as opposed to previous suggestions that he found a university. He encloses a rough draft of the plans.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-28

Creator(s)

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919