Excerpt from The Life of Theodore Roosevelt
An excerpt from the book The Life of Theodore Roosevelt by Murat Halstead.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902
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Halstead, Murat, 1829-1908
Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt
Murat Halstead sends President Roosevelt a document to review.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-07-15
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Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt
Murat Halstead has strong feelings against providing Filipinos with greater independence. Compared to Cubans, he believes that Filipinos are too divided by language, culture, and religious beliefs.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-30
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Letter from Murat Halstead to George B. Cortelyou
Murat Halstead needs more information about the Roosevelt family for his “prosaic publisher.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-12-10
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Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt
Murat Halstead is writing a biography of President Roosevelt and asks for his assistance in obtaining information. He requests additional insight about Roosevelt’s time in the New York legislature and about publishing a story concerning his parents from his boyhood. Halstead would like to include maps of Roosevelt’s journeys during the 1900 campaign and asks his opinion of the title, The Strenuous Life of Theodore Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-19
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Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt
Murat Halstead encloses a report of John Morley’s address at the unveiling of a statue of W. E. Gladstone in Manchester, England. Halstead does not care for Morley except for his literary work.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-06
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Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt
Murat Halstead encloses some clippings from the London Times. He has been saddened to see the negative reaction to President Roosevelt’s dinner with Booker T. Washington. Halstead recalls a dinner he had with Frederick Douglass who was a very “interesting gentleman.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-18
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Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt
Murat Halstead would like to write an article on President Roosevelt’s literary achievements. He has access to Roosevelt’s books and requests permission to use a few quotations from them.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-19
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Preface and personal letter from The Illustrious Life of William McKinley
Text of the preface and an opening personal letter from Murat Halstead’s The Illustrious Life of William McKinley.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-04
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Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt
Murat Halstead sends President Roosevelt the first copy of his biography of William McKinley. Halstead will be able to visit Roosevelt within a week.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-04
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Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt
Murat Halstead concedes that President Roosevelt may have been correct about not increasing his guard. The anarchists seem “cowed and disheartened” after the severe public reaction to William McKinley’s assassination. Halstead is going to send Roosevelt proofs of his new novel that just commenced publishing.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-29
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The radical cross roads
Text of The Radical Cross Roads by Murat Halstead.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901
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Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt
Murat Halstead encourages President Roosevelt to look after his security and establish a guard. Roosevelt’s acts since becoming president have impressed the public.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-21
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Letter from Murat Halstead to Theodore Roosevelt
Murat Halstead urges Governor Roosevelt to accept the probable nomination for the vice presidency as a vehicle to run for the office of president in the future, pointing out that Daniel Webster missed being president twice by refusing to accept a nomination as vice president for William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor. Halstead thinks that Roosevelt should spend the next four years as vice president while working on his writing career and then run for president.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1900-06-01