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Frederic Jesup Stimson and Minister Maurice Francis Egan have been having “a bully time” together. He wonders whether Theodore Roosevelt received the copy of his book “Popular Law-making”. Stimson is going to Russia to see Ambassador Curtis Guild. He likely will not see Roosevelt for some time, but he wishes him the best.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-18
Frederic Jesup Stimson cannot deny he made the statement when giving the history of constitutional violations and principles from Henry III to now in a lecture. However, at his next lecture, he will deny the information it is based on, as requested by President Roosevelt. Stimson assures Roosevelt that once he sees Stimson’s lectures in book form, he will find no animosity, simply a difference in political opinion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-02
Frederic Jesup Stimson assures President Roosevelt that he never used the term “usurp” in relation to the President in his recent lecture, and that he was instead referring to Congress. While Stimson differs in his opinion on federal incorporation, he believes Roosevelt is impelled “by as high a patriotism” and greater knowledge than himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-03
Frederic Jesup Stimson informs President Roosevelt that all the men at Harvard College with whom he has conferred agree that Roosevelt’s son Theodore Roosevelt, has behaved well. Stimson thinks that District Attorney John B. Moran dragging his son before a grand jury is a political stunt. Stimson plans to vote the straight Republican ticket. He also commends Roosevelt, Secretary of War William H. Taft, and Attorney General William H. Moody for the work they have been doing. Stimson regrets missing Moody in Boston, and thinks it is too bad that Moody cannot become a Supreme Court justice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-04
Frederic Jesup Stimson praises President Roosevelt because while they might differ on the means needed, the ends they hope for are the same. Stimson sent Roosevelt a syllabus on the history of legislation last week. This week he sends a document from his constitutional law course that he thinks Roosevelt might find interesting. He has also asked his publishers to forward a copy of one of his novels about which Roosevelt asked. In a postscript, Stimson mentions that Woodrow Wilson’s health is poor, and he cannot do the Phi Beta Kappa oration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-13
Frederic Jesup Stimson writes that he will not run for Congress, but that he wants to congratulate President Roosevelt on his nomination. Stimson feels that “there will be no rising over the ‘trust’ brothers.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-21