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Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan explains to Governor Roosevelt that a line of poetry recalled by Bucky O’Neill was from “The Battle of the Lake Regillus.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-08-17
Leonard Wood writes from Cuba where he is serving as military governor. He believes that there are too many American soldiers in Cuba and that half as many men would be sufficient to train the Cubans, many of whom are eager to enlist and become soldiers. There are almost no difficulties with the people of Cuba.
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1899-08-18
Jessie Benton Frémont writes to Governor Roosevelt regarding a discussion she had had the previous evening about a letter which Judge Charles Silent had written to Roosevelt regarding the raising of an arch for Admiral George Dewey. Frémont describes Judge Silent in order to introduce him to Roosevelt. She also writes that she is glad whenever her son interacts with Roosevelt and says that her son had written to her regarding a dinner that he had had with Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Frémont closes by calling Roosevelt an inspiration and says that he is her typical American.
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1899-08-21
Elihu Root explains why George A. Dodd was not made a colonel or lieutenant-colonel in one of the new regiments that are being formed.
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1899-08-21
Author Mary Mapes Dodge requests that Governor Roosevelt write for St. Nicholas Magazine a brief paper on citizenship, national duty, and patriotism “for growing boys to cherish.” She turns to Roosevelt in particular for this task because he is “truly admired and honored in their hearts as a man and a patriot.” The magazine would pay $100 per 1000 words, and Dodge hopes for a completed article of 3000 words within the next 5 weeks.
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1899-08-22
Robert Howze has heard that the War Department is considering mounting a current infantry regiment and he would like Theodore Roosevelt to influence that decision in favor of Howze’s regiment. The regiment will soon be shipping out from San Francisco.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-08-22
Herman Henry Kohlsaat encloses an editorial from the Milwaukee Sentinel, the “leading paper in Wisconsin.”
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1899-08-22
Joseph A. Ferris offers to go out for a week with Governor Roosevelt when he returns to the Medora area. He suggests next fall because Roosevelt “will need a rest by next year.”
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1899-08-23
Robert E. Peary writes from Greenland and congratulates Theodore Roosevelt for surviving the Spanish-American War and being elected governor of New York. He “confidently looks forward” to seeing Roosevelt as President of the United States next.
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1899-08-23
Richard Davis, a writer and journalist, thanks Roosevelt for an inscribed photograph and mentions that he will soon be traveling to the Transvaal (South Africa, where the Second Boar War is ongoing).
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1899-08-24
Leonard Wood writes from Cuba saying that the populace is generally content but there are some difficulties with a few of the Cubans who have received government appointments.
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1899-08-24
Thomas Collier Platt discusses the many recent requests for army commissions and, on behalf of Mr. Bidwell, invites Roosevelt to make a speech at the Columbia County Fair.
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1899-08-25
Henry Ware Lawton writes from the Philippines to say that Roosevelt’s former military companions are pleased with his political success. In terms of the Philippines, he believes that the United States was proper and correct to take possession of the islands but views U.S. administration as not progressing well.
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1899-08-28
Arthur Hamilton Lee writes to Roosevelt while returning from a trip to the western United States and Canada. He is impressed with Roosevelt’s popularity in the region.
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1899-08-28
Elihu Root thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his assistance in making New York appointments for the Army’s new volunteer regiments. He mentions difficulties with a former Rough Rider, Delaigne, and being “sorry about the Austin business.”
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1899-08-28
Thomas Collier Platt declines “making any amendments or suggestions as to the army appointments.”
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1899-08-29
The state convention of African American Republican voters will meet in Austin, Texas, on October 24, 1899. The convention will be comprised of one delegate for every 150 African American men.
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1899-08-31
Louise Adriana Wood asks Governor Roosevelt if he knows whether her husband, Leonard Wood, may be ordered home from Cuba by the autumn. Pressing business matters need to be attended to, which she would postpone if there were a chance he could be home to take care of them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-09-03
Moses A. Gunst has just returned from abroad and agrees to attend to Governor Roosevelt’s request.
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1899-09-06
Thomas Collier Platt forwards a request from Senator Wellington of Maryland for Theodore Roosevelt to “participate in their campaign this fall.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-09-06