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Ansley Wilcox narrates the events that brought Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency. This copy of the pamphlet was used by Ansley Wilcox for a reading given in 1925 at the Buffalo Athletic Club. Pencil markings appear throughout.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1919
Ansley Wilcox recommends Percy S. Lansdowne for the position of state commissioner of Fish, Game, and Forest.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1900-01-30
Ansley Wilcox, with later revisions from Theodore Roosevelt, describes the events surrounding the Roosevelt’s succession to the presidency.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1919
Ansley Wilcox commends President Roosevelt’s policy on the “negro question” and is sorry to hear of the failure of the Philippine tariff bill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-05
Scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings compiled by Ansley Wilcox, regarding the Pan-American Exposition, President William McKinley’s assassination, and Theodore Roosevelt’s inauguration in his home in 1901.
Buffalo History Museum
1901
Ansley Wilcox urges President Roosevelt to use moderation in handling the current financial crisis, “with all earnestness and friendliness.” Many of Roosevelt’s friends and supporters may not say so as loudly, but they agree with a recent speech by Edward Morse Shepard which was very critical of Roosevelt’s handling of the financial crisis. While he understands the need to punish wrongdoers, Wilcox fears that too much change at once will strain the business and social affairs of the country. He warns that statements made by Roosevelt and his associates have intensified feelings of social unrest, undermining public confidence in financial institutions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-05
Ansley Wilcox praises President Roosevelt’s letter accepting the nomination for the presidency. He discusses the recent election results in Maine, as well as an attempt in New York state to organize an independent movement in support of Alton B. Parker. Wilcox believes that the state-level election results in New York will be good.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-14
Ansley Wilcox celebrates the Republican party’s victory in Vermont. He also encloses letters published by the New York World written by vice presidents named at an 1896 meeting ratifying the nomination of John M. Palmer and Simon Bolivar Buckner. Wilcox’s reply to the World’s inquiry was not published.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-08
Ansley Wilcox considers himself an Independent politically, although he has been more in accord with the Republican Party than the Democrats, except for the tariff issue. Although he supports President Roosevelt and Senator Fairbanks in the present campaign, Wilcox is glad that the Democrats “have nominated so able and safe a man as Judge Parker.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-16
Ansley Wilcox requests that William Loeb hand the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-31
Ansley Wilcox writes to discuss who might be the Republican nominee for Governor of New York. Mayor Erastus Cole Knight has been circulated as an option, but Wilcox does not believe this would be a good thing, as it could put the success of the whole Republican ticket in danger.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-30
Ansley Wilcox thanks President Roosevelt for his letter to Governor Durbin of Indiana regarding lynching and mob violence. Wilcox expresses his amusement in the response from the Governor of Georgia as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-12
After talking with Wilson Shannon Bissell, Ansley Wilcox does not expect judicial action in Colonel James A. Jewell’s case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03
Ansley Wilcox requests President Roosevelt’s opinion and comments on an article he is writing about Roosevelt’s visit to Buffalo, New York, for the benefit of a teacher’s retirement fund. Wilcox is not sure of some of the little details. He is glad that Roosevelt enjoyed a hunt in Mississippi, but offers condolences that Roosevelt did not get a bear skin. Wilcox’s regular hunts have halted due to rabies in the dogs, although he has had some good hunts in the Genesee Valley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-20
Ansley Wilcox thanks President Roosevelt for his hospitality and commends him on his recent presidential activities. He also compares amnesty for Boer prisoners in the Cape Colony with Filipino insurgents of the Philippine-American War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-07
Ansley Wilcox forwards a letter he received from Mr. Alexander.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-12
Ansley Wilcox will be traveling to Washington, D.C., and hopes to visit the White House on Monday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-09
Ansley Wilcox will be visiting Washington, D.C., and may try to combine the visit with a trip to New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-05
Ansley Wilcox has several New York engagements but would like to meet with President Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. Wilcox does not want to be a burden and will not need accommodations at the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-01