Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Barney, Charles T. (Charles Tracy), 1851-1907, Employee morale, Goethals, George W. (George Washington), 1858-1928, Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.), Knickerbocker Trust Company, New York, Medals, Panama--Panama Canal, Suicide
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Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Secretary to the Isthmian Canal Commission, asks President Roosevelt when he will issue the medals he had promised American employees the last time he had visited the Canal Zone, remarking that their work has noticeably improved since his visit. Bishop is shocked to hear of Charles T. Barney’s death by suicide following his forced resignation from the Knickerbocker Trust Company and considers it a “lesson of consequences of the craze for wealth.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-11-28
Creator(s)
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt. [November 28, 1907]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o57656. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928. Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt. [28 Nov. 1907]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 7, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o57656.
APA:
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928., [1907, November 28]. Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o57656.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
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. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 7, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
