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Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge writes Commissioner Roosevelt about a lunch he recently had with Presidential Nominee William McKinley. The pair talked about McKinley’s plan for his time in office, including policy on Hawaii and McKinley’s desire not to go to war over Cuba. They also spoke extensively about McKinley’s plans for his cabinet. Lodge assures Roosevelt that his chances of an appointment in the naval department are good, though McKinley sought assurance that Roosevelt did not have “preconceived plans which he would wish to drive through the moment he got in.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1896-12-02

Letter from Thomas E. Watson to Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas E. Watson praises Police Commissioner Roosevelt for a recent article in the Review of Reviews which gave him “good reason to congratulate myself for having written you.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-01-04

The Anglo-American arbitration treaty

This document contains the text of the preamble and fifteen articles of the Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty, also known as the Olney-Pauncefote Treaty, which was ultimately rejected by the U.S. Senate and therefore never went into effect. The treaty states that the governments of the United States and Great Britain agree to submit to arbitration in all matters of difference between them that cannot be negotiated diplomatically. The documents details related to the arbitration process, and the treaty’s duration and ratification.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-01-11

Receipt for payment of taxes to the town of Oyster Bay

Commissioner Roosevelt has paid $323.30 for taxes due to the town of Oyster Bay, New York, on real property assessed at $15,000 and personal property assessed at $2,000.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-01-23

Letter from William Dinwiddie to Gardiner G. Hubbard

William Dinwiddie presents to Gardiner G. Hubbard a formal statement accusing ethnologist Frank H. Cushing of fraud. Dinwiddie attests that Cushing painted a shell found on an 1895 expedition to the Florida Keys and has been passing off the artifact as genuine. He further claims that Cushing did the same with an artifact from an expedition in Arizona. Dinwiddie states that when he attempted to report the fraud to the Bureau of American Ethnology, the Bureau refused to investigate and summarily dismissed him from his position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-02-15

Speeches at Democratic national convention of 1864

Transcript of speeches at the Democratic National Convention by August Belmont, chairman of the Democratic National Committee; Governor Horatio Seymour, president of the convention; and William Bigler, temporary chairman of the convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1864-08-29

The Lord’s prayer in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, and Greek

The Lord’s Prayer in English, French, German, Spanish, Latin, Italian, and Greek; printed for the School of John MacMullen, by John F. Trow.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1864

Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Thurlow Weed

President Lincoln thanks Thurlow Weed for his letter of appreciation on Lincoln’s second inaugural address.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1865-03-15

Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant

Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included blue points, broiled potatoes, duck, potato salad, and Camembert. Theodore Roosevelt paid eleven dollars and thirty cents for the meal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-04

Copy of Mr. Wm. C. Allen war record

Details of William C. Allen’s military service during the Civil War, including his enlistment, capture and imprisonment, release through exchange, return to service, and eventual discharge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1865-06-20

Letter from William Henry Seward to Allan A. Burton

Secretary of State Seward recounts to the United States Minister to Colombia, Allan A. Burton, the details of an incident in Panama regarding the burial of the United States Consul Alexander McKee. Embarkation of U.S. naval troops for the funeral without prior permission by the president of the state of Panama raised questions of the rights of the U.S. in the region. On review of the facts, Seward concluded that no explanation or guarantees regarding future conduct was warranted by the U.S. government.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1866-04-30

Folder Insert on American Citizenship Requirements

New York Supreme Court naturalization folder insert explaining the contents and instructing prospective American citizens on the services and location of Chief Naturalization Examiner Cornelius O’Connor Cowely’s office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-1920

Letter from Peter John Sullivan to Carlos Martín

United States Minister to Colombia Peter John Sullivan responds to a request from Colombia’s Secretary of the Interior and Foreign Relations Carlos Martín, for communications from his predecessor regarding the “supposed pretended separation” of Panama from the Colombian Union.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1867-09-12

Letter from Goldwin Smith to F. Max Müller

Goldwin Smith defends the exportation of arms to France by countries not involved in the conflict between France and Germany. This transcript of the letter was taken from Goldwin Smith’s Correspondence, edited by Arnold Haultain.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1870-11-15

Appointment of Seth H. McGee to Lumpkin County board of education

Official appointment by the state of Georgia of Seth H. McGee to the Lumpkin County Board of Education. Document is signed by Governor Rufus B. Bullock.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1871-01-30

Diary entries of Henry Fairfield Osborn, February through May 1878

Henry Fairfield Osborn records various species of birds observed, heard, and shot.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1878

Wedding invitation for Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee

Invitation to the marriage of Alice Hathaway Lee to Theodore Roosevelt on October 27, 1880, with the calling cards of the bride’s parents and of the bride and groom.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1880-10

Sou’ – Sou’ – Southerly

Essay describing a December duck-hunting outing on Long Island Sound by Theodore Roosevelt and his brother Elliott. The brothers were caught in a snowstorm before returning home from the hunt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1881-03

Letter from George DeNormandie Gillespie to John P. Nourse

Bishop Gillespie sends a book to John P. Nourse, along with a paper explaining the book. In a note at the end, Nourse explains to President Roosevelt, to whom he forwards the book and paper, that Gillespie was the Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Western Michigan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1881-05-16

Appointment as notary public for the state of Florida

Official appointment of Wallace S. Weeks as Notary Public for the state of Florida, signed by Governor William D. Bloxham.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1881-06-29