Letter from John Campbell Greenway to Theodore Roosevelt
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1900-12-14
Creator(s)
Greenway, John Campbell, 1872-1926
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-12-14
Greenway, John Campbell, 1872-1926
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-30
Greenway, John Campbell, 1872-1926
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-06-22
Greenway, John Campbell, 1872-1926
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
John Campbell Greenway sends President Roosevelt a photograph of the buck he shot on a recent hunting trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-19
Mining executive John C. Greenway is glad Ted Roosevelt is coming to Duluth, Minnesota. He tells Roosevelt that Edward C. Collins will telegraph to tell Roosevelt when he should be at Cleveland, Ohio, to board the ore ship he will travel on.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-29
Mining executive John Campbell Greenway sends President Roosevelt the correspondence between citizens of Bovey and Coleraine and Minnesota Governor John Albert Johnson during the recent strike of the Western Federation of Miners. Greenway believes these cities are the first to condemn the federation as “a criminal organization committed to anarchy,” to which Johnson failed to respond.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-19
John Greenway informs President Roosevelt that the Traffic Manager of the Pittsburg Steamship Company will wire Roosevelt directly, advising him when to report at Cleveland for passage on the ore boat Duluth.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-29
John Campbell Greenway notifies President Roosevelt that he would be proud to be part of the Rough Rider escort detail for the inauguration. Greenway responded to the invitation by Colonel Alexander O. Brodie stating Brodie can count on him for that glorious event.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-27
John C. Greenway thanks President Roosevelt for his letter of sympathy following the death of Greenway’s nephew, Addison W. Greenway.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903
John Campbell Greenway asks William Loeb to make sure that President Roosevelt gets the enclosed item, and sends his kind regards.
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1901-1909
John Campbell Greenway is going abroad soon, but asks Theodore Roosevelt if it would be possible to meet him for lunch some day before he departs on his ship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-09
John Campbell Greenway welcomes Theodore Roosevelt to Arizona, and tells Roosevelt that he should visit Cochise County on his next trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-16
John Campbell Greenway will be unable to meet Theodore Roosevelt in El Paso or Albuquerque. He recently saw their mutual friend Robert Harry Monro Ferguson, who is depressed, and also drove his “machine” across the desert.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-06
John Campbell Greenway is disappointed Theodore Roosevelt cannot visit him in Bisbee, Arizona. He will try to join Roosevelt in El Paso, Texas. Bisbee’s City Council and Mayor Charles L. Edmundson sent Roosevelt an invitation on a copper plate but have not received a reply. Greenway suggests Roosevelt respond as they are “feeling slightly hurt.” He enjoys living in Arizona and updates Roosevelt on fellow Rough Riders Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and David M. Goodrich.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-31
John Campbell Greenway congratulates President Roosevelt for a job well done.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-03-03
John Campbell Greenway writes to President Roosevelt to mourn the recent death of Albert V. Townsend, a former Rough Rider, who leaves behind a wife and two children. Greenway wishes he could have seen Roosevelt again before wishing him a happy New Year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-01
John Campbell Greenway tells President Roosevelt that he was unable to leave as planned in mid-November, and will not be able to leave until the middle of December. He hopes to see Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., at the end of December. He also hopes that after he has returned from his Africa trip, Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will be able to visit him, either during bass season or moose season. Greenway is very pleased that William H. Taft was elected, and congratulates Roosevelt on the result.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-20
John Campbell Greenway thinks that President Roosevelt’s special message to Congress silenced the faction that opposed him and secured the presidential nomination of Secretary of War William H. Taft. Greenway hopes that when Roosevelt’s term is over, he will visit. He updates Roosevelt on his mining business. He has been able to keep his men working without cutting wages, and will open a new mine and town soon. He asks Roosevelt for the text of the Employers Liability Bill, which he believes is important and must be framed correctly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-12
As requested, John Campbell Greenway informs President Roosevelt that Chester A. Congdon will be in New York City this week and is willing to come to Washington to meet with Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-14
John Campbell Greenway will arrive in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday morning and depart Thursday morning. He wants President Roosevelt to let him know if those times are inconvenient for him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-22