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Robert Harry Munro Ferguson wants to be involved in any way possible with Theodore Roosevelt’s expedition and thought of joining Troop A (of the Rough Riders).
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-24
William Tudor writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt begging him to reconsider his decision to leave his post as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Tudor believes Roosevelt is better as an administrator than Secretary of the Navy John D. Long because Roosevelt favored war from the start.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-25
Thomas E. Fraser requests clarification from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt on where his regiment is to be drawn from. (Roosevelt’s original letter to Fraser had unintended bleed-through from another letter, with conflicting statements about where the men were going to be drawn from. Roosevelt told Fraser they should come from the West, but told John J. Fox Jr., that some would come from “Harvard and elsewhere.” Fraser underlines this portion and includes the notation “not west.”)
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-26
Receipt from a meal at the Metropolitan Club Restaurant in which Assistant Secretary Roosevelt ordered pork chops, toast, and a glass of milk.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-26
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1898-04-27
Wadsworth, William Austin, 1847-1918
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included mutton chops, potato salad, a glass of milk, and strawberries and cream. Theodore Roosevelt paid two dollars and thirty cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-29
Samuel E. Moffett encloses Assistant Secretary Roosevelt’s letter with regrets that it should have been misinterpreted. He looks forward to hearing Roosevelt’s account of his achievements in Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-30
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club restaurant for which Theodore Roosevelt spent thirty eight dollars and fifty cents.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-01
Secretary of the Navy Long tries to discourage Assistant Secretary Roosevelt from resigning from his post.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-07
Frederick A. Stokes hopes that Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt considers publishing an account of his experiences in the Spanish-American War with the Stokes Publishing Company. Stokes assures Roosevelt that they will publish on Roosevelt’s terms and refers Roosevelt to Lieutenant Peary as a reference for the company. Stokes also mentions a few of the other writers who they have published, and asks that Roosevelt write him back while acknowledging how busy Roosevelt is with war work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-07
Lowell A. Chamberlin tells Colonel Wood that he was disappointed to hear from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt that enlistment is full, and he hopes that Wood will give him a chance to call on him in the near future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-09
John Addison Porter thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his service as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and wishes him success in his “new and important undertaking.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-09
Rowland Ward Limited writes in receipt of Theodore Roosevelt’s payment for The Sportsman’s Handbook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-09
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included mutton chops and milk. Theodore Roosevelt paid fifty cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-05
Walter Church reports to Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt that he stayed in Boston as long as he could, and then headed to Skagway, Alaska, where he is currently practicing law. Church congratulates Roosevelt on the promotion, and expresses his confidence that in time he will be voting for Roosevelt for president. Church thinks Alaska has a great future and hopes that Roosevelt might help him apply to be a United States Commissioner in Skagway, should the position open.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-10
William Beer of Howard Memorial Library in New Orleans asks Theodore Roosevelt to protect the archives in Havana if he has the time. There are many important documents related to the history of Louisiana, which were sent to Havana in 1803.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-11
Assistant Adjutant General Schwan orders Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry to go to San Antonio, Texas, and report to Colonel Leonard Wood, the commander of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry. Schwan does so on the orders of Secretary of War R. A. Alger and Major General Nelson Appleton Miles.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-11
Houghton Mifflin Company requests an update on Theodore Roosevelt’s revisions of his books Gouverneur Morris and Thomas H. Benton. The printers are almost out of copies of those articles and they are anxious to get the new editions, even if that means the introductions Roosevelt proposed are not quite ready yet. They hope Roosevelt can notify them of the status before he travels west with the Army.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-12
John Addison Porter acknowledges to Max Schiemangk receipt of his letter addressed to President William McKinley. The letter tenders the services of a regiment of German soldiers, and has been forwarded to Secretary of War Russell A. Alger for consideration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-13
A soldier named A. Martin from Troop K desires discharge from the army due to lung troubles. Colonel Roosevelt wants to know how Martin may be dismissed summarily by the commanding officer without a trial, “as for a fraudulent enlistment.” Notes and quotes from various sources on military discharge procedures are included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-20