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Isaac Newton Seligman read in the papers of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident and hopes the report is exaggerated. Seligman asks Theodore Roosevelt to give Edith sympathy and greetings from himself and his wife, Guta Loeb Seligman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-04
Banker and reformer Isaac Seligman sends a bronze sculpture to President Roosevelt that he hopes will remind him of his Western days. He encloses a feature article from Harper’s Weekly about the artist, C. M. Russell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-07
Isaac Newton Seligman has enjoyed hearing news about Theodore Roosevelt’s safari from occasional press dispatches, and hopes that he and Kermit will return in good spirits. Seligman recently gave an address on the “Ethics of Business” which mentions Roosevelt. Seligman and his wife Guta wish Roosevelt a happy new year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-12-31
Isaac Newton Seligman wishes President Roosevelt a happy New Year, and sends him the gift of a plaster model of Abraham Lincoln’s hands.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-23
Isaac Newton Seligman asks President Roosevelt if he will accept an appointment to the National Child Labor Committee. Seligman lists other notable members and states the committee will not require work from Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-27
Isaac Seligman reports on a productive conference with Sergei Vitte, wherein they discussed the mistreatment of Jews in Russia. The conference demanded immediate freedom from persecution for Russian Jews, and Vitte will discuss this with the government assembly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-17
Isaac Newton Seligman informs President Roosevelt that he has written to Elihu Root concerning the importance of Root not refusing the candidacy for governorship. Seligman trusts that Roosevelt has supplemented his views with those of other “true loyal Republicans.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-20
Isaac Newton Seligman comments on William Barclay Parsons, who has been appointed to the Isthmian Canal Commission. Seligman has written to Admiral John Grimes Walker about Benjamin D. Woodward, who had also been considered for work with the Commission. Seligman is circulating copies of the pamphlet “Mr. Roosevelt and the Presidency, By A Spectator,” believing that it is the duty of Roosevelt’s friends to combat “unfair criticism.” Seligman also notes that he attended the funeral of Marcus Alonzo Hanna in Cleveland and hopes to visit Roosevelt in Washington soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-24
Isaac Newton Seligman informs President Roosevelt of his meeting in New York City with Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw to discuss the current financial situation and the scarcity of money.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-27