Tracy, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1830-1915

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-01-04

Creator(s)

Tracy, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1830-1915

Recipient

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Benjamin F. Tracy asks President Roosevelt to consider his brother-in-law, Major J. B. Bellinger, for Quartermaster General.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-21

Benjamin F. Tracy dropped the matter of the pension order last July after he heard that Secretary of War Elihu Root was going to make a speech on it. However, Root has not made that speech. Tracy argues that it can be proven that President Roosevelt’s action was executive, and not legislative, and is willing to examine the question if Root does not plan to speak on the subject.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-08

Benjamin F. Tracy sends a statement of his position regarding the contract between Lord & Hewlett and Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. Tracy’s clients are reluctant to make any statement about Mr. Crane and his relations with the contract.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-08

Benjamin F. Tracy suggests that the attorney general examine a recent Pension Order and set forth the grounds for it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-22

Benjamin F. Tracy writes to congratulate President Roosevelt for his great speech in Syracuse.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-08

Benjamin Franklin Tracy suggest to President Roosevelt that he advise Judge Gray to accept the position of mediator in the labor disputes at the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company in the anthracite regions of the Appalachian Mountains.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-27

The Schley-Sampson controversy has “caused much pain and chagrin to every friend of the Navy” and Benjamin F. Tracy believes that Admiral Schley’s appeal offers an opportunity for President Roosevelt to end the controversy and give both Admirals the honor they deserve for the blockade and battle of Santiago.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-01

Benjamin F. Tracy argues that the question of command was involved in the question submitted to the court of inquiry regarding the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.  He also defends Admiral Dewey’s right to express an opinion on the question.  Tracy believes that under the circumstances command must devolve to the next ranking officer as a fleet can never be without a commander.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-05

After receiving President Roosevelt’s letter, Benjamin F. Tracy decided not to publish an article regarding the Schley controversy and instead sends it to Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-07

Benjamin F. Tracy thanks President Roosevelt for the dismissal of Edgar S. Maclay after Maclay’s literary attack against Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-23

Benjamin F. Tracy defends Admiral Dewey and the judgment of the court of inquiry which was examining Admiral Schley’s conduct at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-27

Benjamin F. Tracy writes to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt with a dispatch that he sent President William McKinley. In it, Tracy suggests that even though the nation is not at war with Spain yet, it is still wise to move the fleet into an advantageous position. He writes that the duration of the war is dependent on whether the US can strike the first blow.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-02

Benjamin F. Tracy writes President McKinley advocating that US troops begin fighting Spain. It is imperative in his opinion that the Spanish fleet in the West Indies be crushed before it can be united with the ships on the Spanish Coast.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-02

Benjamin F. Tracy writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asking why the Navy is not working more expeditiously to build torpedo boats for the impending conflict with Spain. He suggests that the USS Kearsage and USS Kentucky be completed by September 1.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-16