Letter from H. A. Rand to John Hay
H. A. Rand thanks Secretary of State Hay for his tribute to President Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-18
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Letter from David Banks Sickels
David Banks Sickels encourages members of Congress to pass the legislation that would create a Department of Commerce.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-19
Letter from David S. Barry to Henry Cabot Lodge
David S. Barry quotes a telegram from Mr. Dona suggesting that Raynor should be stopped from making Winfield Scott Schley’s appeal public.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-19
Letter from Helen Miller Gould to Theodore Roosevelt
Helen Miller Gould thanks President Roosevelt for the invitation.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-19
Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of State Hay encloses a document from Mr. Barrett.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-19
Letter from George Frisbie Hoar to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Hoar is pleased that Apolinario Mabini is not confined to Guam but only prevented from entering the Philippines until he takes an oath of allegiance. However, he remains doubtful that Mabini’s banishment has legal grounding.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-19
Letter from Cornelia Ridgely Hunt to Theodore Roosevelt
Cornelia Ridgely Hunt apologizes for not greeting President Roosevelt and claims her “mind was miles away.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-19
Business card of David Banks Sickels
Business card of David Banks Sickels, Vice President and Treasurer of the American Surety Company.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01
Letter from David Banks Sickels
David Banks Sickels encloses a letter he sent to 23 members of Congress.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-19
Letter from R. L. Wynn to Theodore Roosevelt
R. L. Wynn implicates employees of the Manila Printing Office of fraud, claiming they paid extremely high prices for material.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-19
Memorandum: Senator Elkins
Senator Stephen B. Elkins suggests that former Senator William Lindsay be selected to assist Minister Herbert Wolcott Bowen with the Venezuelan negotiations.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-20
Letter from Charles William Anderson to James Sullivan Clarkson
Charles William Anderson writes to explain his success in convincing a Mr. Smith to withdraw his application for the Hampton, Virginia, post office. Anderson argued, and Smith agreed, that they should not embarrass President Roosevelt by submitting applications for such offices (presumably from African American candidates), at a time when the Southern press is already unhappy with the President.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-20
Letter from Abby Gunn Baker to George B. Cortelyou
White House pictures have been published in the New York Herald, and Abby Gunn Baker was under the impression that no pictures would be published until February 5. She asks the Secretary of the President if there has been a mistake in the matter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-20
Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph Bucklin Bishop sends President Roosevelt an enclosure regarding the recent murder of Narciso Gener Gonzales, a newspaper editor in South Carolina whose paper, The State, called for an end to lynching, among other progressive causes. Bishop feels this incident will be of great service to Roosevelt’s position on African American affairs.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-20
Unknown shorthand note
Shorthand note attached to a letter from Jeter Connelly Pritchard.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-17
Letter from Rufus B. Bullock to the Editor of the Churchman
Rufus B. Bullock defends the appointment of African Americans to office by President Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-20
Unknown shorthand note
Letter from Stuyvesant Fish to Theodore Roosevelt
Stuyvesant Fish believes the Interstate Commerce Commission is weak due to its anomalous nature within the government. He suggests the Commission could be strengthened by subordinating it to a Cabinet Minister, most likely the future Secretary of the proposed Department of Commerce.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-20
Letter from F. V. Greene to Theodore Roosevelt
F. V. Greene asks for President Roosevelt’s opinion on Captain Schmittburger and whether his promotion to Inspector would be good for the public and the force.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-20
Letter from Russell B. Harrison to Theodore Roosevelt
A movement in the Indiana state legislature is attempting to pass a resolution requesting President Roosevelt to rename Fort Benjamin Harrison. This is an anti-Roosevelt movement because changing the name could alienate the former supporters of President Harrison. Russell B Harrison, the late President’s son, promises to fight against the resolution, so Roosevelt will not have to decide whether or not to rename the fort.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-20