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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-06-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Hubbard, Gardiner G. (Gardiner Greene), 1822-1897

James Bryce planned on writing a longer letter to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt but has been too busy with work. He is glad Roosevelt left the New York Police Department for the federal position. Bryce plans to visit the United States in the fall and hopes to see Roosevelt during his trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-07-07

Edwin Lawrence Godkin is sorry to hear that Theodore Roosevelt left the New York Police Department to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He feels that Roosevelt was doing the greatest work as a police commissioner and was an example to the country’s young men in showing the importance of having a high character in such an important office. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-07-07

The Old Dominion Steamship Company sends Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt a bill for the shipment of two chairs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-07-15

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-07-17

Creator(s)

Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co.

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Bill of lading for a shipment of chinaware from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-07-24

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company sends Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt a bill for the shipment of chinaware.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-07-24

Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for one dollar and five cents where Theodore Roosevelt ordered two luncheons and a glass of milk.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-23

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company sends Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt a bill for the shipment of glassware.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-07-26

Houghton, Mifflin and Company provides a receipt for purchased items.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-07-31

Bellamy Storer writes in commendation of Lieutenant Floyd W. Harris of the 4th Calvary, who recently departed Brussels. Harris performed his duties in an admirable manner, the ministers and high officials of the Belgian government have a high regard for him, and “the King himself spoke very kindly of him” and hopes for his return.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-08-05

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-08-05

Creator(s)

Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Senator Chandler tells Secretary of the Navy Long that Commodore Howell was “oppressively and wickedly treated” by the Navy Department and by Admiral John Grimes Walker. Chandler wants Long to treat Howell fairly and give him a squadron when it is his turn.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-25

Senator Chandler agrees with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt on acquiring the guns for the United States’ commercial ships and torpedo boats and that deciding on a general policy about the Navy’s size before building any additional large ships would be wise. Chandler wants to find some way to force Andrew Carnegie and the Bethlehem Iron Company to make plate armor on mutually agreed-upon terms. Roosevelt does not need to say anymore about the “infernal gunboat,” as hopefully it served as a good lesson. He sends a letter from Howell to be read only by Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy John D. Long. Chandler asks when a warship is going to Havana, Cuba.

Comments and Context

The “infernal gunboat” is a reference to an administrative issue with the USS Newport.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Ambassador to Great Britain Hay agrees with everything Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt said in his letter and assures him that he will do nothing unless ordered. While the people of Great Britain have been kind, Hay has read a lot of disparaging comments about the United States in various newspapers. He comments on British and American relations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-29

Wilbur S. Hinman will bring Fred H. Martin’s letter to the attention of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt once he returns.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-11

Benjamin Franklin Stevens tells Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt that he does not know the date Nicholas Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s seventh cousin thrice-removed, died. While researching for Britain’s Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Stevens had discovered papers and letters among those of British officers who had served in America during the Revolution. Stevens offers copies of letters relating to a property disputes between Nicholas Roosevelt’s family and that of his brother-in-law and executor, John Thurman. One house in question once belonged to Nicholas Roosevelt, and it survived the Revolutionary War destruction that befell New York City.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-16

William Wells relays details of his recent hunt with Henry D. Shelden in Wyoming, where the pair caught a variety of game. Wells promises Henry S. Drinker that he will write him regarding stage lines as soon as Shelden’s visit is over.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-17

Margaret Foxx Day sends birthday wishes to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-18

Senator Lodge received the copy of The Winning of the West that Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sent and apologizes for not sending a copy of his book. He is touched and full of gratitude that Roosevelt would dedicate the volume to him. The work embodies their shared philosophy of an active life and the principles they strive towards.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-26