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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt’s bill for a meal at the Metropolitan Club Restaurant shows that he ordered mutton, toast, and a glass of milk for 45 cents.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-15
Criticism of Chilean circular to foreign governments regarding the War of the Pacific.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1882-02
Theodore Roosevelt, then a state assemblyman in New York, advocates killing a bill that would have the effect of gagging the press. He says in part, “I think it is a great deal better to err a little bit on the side of having too…virulent language used by the press, rather than to err on the side of having them not say what they ought to say, especially with reference to public men and measures.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1883-03-27
Anna Bulloch Gracie thanks Archibald Gracie for his condolences on the loss of Martha (Mittie) Bulloch Roosevelt and Alice Lee Roosevelt. The deaths were so sudden and unexpected that the whole family, and most especially Theodore Roosevelt, has much to bear.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1884-05-14
The United States Senate requested information on any contracts and negotiations relating to the landing of foreign telegraphic cables upon the shores of the U.S. This document summarizes and transcribes pertinent documents, including those related to the first such cable, which connected the island of Cuba with the State of Florida in 1867.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1885-01-27
Chairman of the Republican State Committee of Maine Joseph H. Manley invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak in Maine and support the Republican campaign there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1886-08-11
Tables of statistics citing the ratio of white adults of self-supporting age to white children and native white children. Includes statistics from Germany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-05
9-year-old Lily Crimmins writes to her father – “I read in the Times that gentlemen ought to vote for Roosevelt and save the City from the robbers.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1886-10-31
Navy report on the progress of the Panama Canal, including maps and photographs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1886
“Red-headed Mike Finnegan” writes Theodore Roosevelt from the State Penitentiary in Bismarck, North Dakota, where he was imprisoned for having stolen Roosevelt’s boat on the Little Missouri River in April 1886. Finnegan asks Roosevelt’s assistance in having his prison sentence commuted.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1887
John Jay responds to an inquiry from Theodore Roosevelt, who was writing his biography of Gouverneur Morris, regarding a loan that Morris made to Louis Philippe, later King Louis Philippe I of France, son of Phillipe Egalité, the former Duke of Orléans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1887-09-08
Mary H. Sumner Long is sending to Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the Memoirs of General Robert E. Lee, written by her husband, General A. L. Long. She was inspired to send the book because of the “beautiful tribute” Roosevelt paid the General in his biography of Thomas Hart Benton. Sumner Long explains that some critics have charged her husband with partiality, but she thinks Roosevelt will agree that the biographer has done justice to Lee’s “genius as a soldier” and his “character as a man.” She then tells Roosevelt that she is one of his greatest admirers and loves reading his articles.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1887-11-22
Admiral Luce commends Theodore Roosevelt on his Naval War of 1812 as “the very highest authority we have on the subject.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1888-02-13
Basil Wilson Duke, a Confederate officer during the American Civil War, commends Theodore Roosevelt on his biography of Thomas Hart Benton.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1888-05-19
Excerpts from two acts related to labor relations between railroads and their employees.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1888-06-13
Wright H. Barnes provides a character reference for Herbert M. Seymour as a young man of “good character and standing” in the community.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1888-11-20
Representative Reed responds to a letter from Theodore Roosevelt regarding the speakership of the House of Representatives. Reed notes that although the speakership “never seemed much worth longing for,” it would still “seem rather a rebuff” not to have it after having been twice selected as the caucus candidate when the party was not in power.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1888-11-27
Representative Lodge describes some canvassing he has done, on Commissioner Roosevelt’s behalf, with President Harrison and others. In addition, Lodge says he has spoken to Walker Blaine about Butterfield. Lodge also notes that the “accursed patronage” makes him feel “harassed to death.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1889-03-29
George William Curtis congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on appointment to the Civil Service Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1889-05-09
Henry Cabot Lodge assures Theodore Roosevelt that President Harrison intends to stand by him. Following Roosevelt’s sojourn out West, the President will be able to ask for increased appropriations. Lodge thanks Roosevelt for his comments on a speech he gave.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1889-07-13