Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft
Subject(s): Administrative agencies--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment, Ainsworth, Fred C. (Fred Crayton), 1852-1934, Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925, Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 1836-1926, Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, Cuba, Estrada Palma, Tomás, 1835-1908, Ide, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1844-1921, International relations, Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, Kerr, Henry Scanlan, 1865-1907, Littlefield, Charles E. (Charles Edgar), 1851-1915, Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924, Lurton, Horace H. (Horace Harmon), 1844-1914, Panama, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Shonts, Theodore P. (Theodore Perry), 1856-1919, Sniffen, Culver C. (Culver Channing), 1844-1930, Speeches, addresses, etc., Taft, Helen Herron, 1861-1943, Travel--Planning
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President Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of War Taft that Culver C. Sniffen should be appointed Paymaster General and asks Taft to notify General Fred C. Ainsworth. He approves of Taft’s proposed travel arrangements for the Panama trip and is “extremely pleased” that Taft sent his speech to the Maine Committee to be reviewed by Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon or Representative Charles E. Littlefield. He sympathizes with Helen Herron Taft’s views of William Jennings Bryan. In a postscript, Roosevelt advices sending men to Cuba at once as “we cannot afford to neglect any chance of learning the situation down there.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-09-04
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft. [September 4, 1906]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o196440. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft. [4 Sep. 1906]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o196440.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1906, September 4]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o196440.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
