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Thomas B. Reed congratulates Theodore and Edith Roosevelt on the birth of their daughter Ethel. He gives sarcastic commentary about the choice between James G. Blaine and Benjamin Harrison for president in the next election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1891-08-22
Thomas B. Reed responds to a newspaper report that James Blaine will not accept nomination by the Republican Party for president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1891-12-03
James Bryce asks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for information on Civil Service Reform for a new edition of his book, The American Commonwealth. Bryce asks specifically about the total number of offices included in the Pendleton Act, and the total number of places in the Federal Civil Service. In addition, Bryce hopes Roosevelt will remind “[Henry Cabot] Lodge of his promise to take steps to have an official publication of State Constitutions, in continuation of [Benjamin Perley] Poore’s Collection.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1891-12-12
William P. Trent thanks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for his letter regarding Trent’s recently published biography of William Gilmore Simms. Trent discusses what he learned from reading southern antebellum literature from the period of the Civil War and his views on the problems with sectionalism in the South. He admits that his voice will likely not be heard beyond the classroom.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-03-20
Mary Leontine Roosevelt Leaycraft, a cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, requests a letter of introduction for her husband Charles Russell Leaycraft to the U.S. Ambassador to England, as he will be spending a month in London on business. She also shares some family news.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-04-21
Essay by Kent Ellsworth Keller on the necessity and plan for a rational system to provide and maintain a standing army. He proposes inducting teenagers ranging from fifteen to eighteen to enter a three year academy to see if they have the qualities of a soldier. If they prove their aptitude, then they can join the Army Academy at West Point. The rest will be held on reserve. Handwritten notation: “This plan was conceived and written out at Heidelberg Germany in April 1892. After studying the German Army System.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-04
Thomas R. Lounsbury responds to Theodore Roosevelt’s critique of his Studies in Chaucer. He encourages Roosevelt in his work of civil service reform.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-05-05
Lucinda B. Scott encloses a copy of a biographical sketch of A. W. Merrifield from the book Progressive Men of Montana.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-05-11
A biographical sketch of Arthur William Merrifield copied from the book Progressive Men of Montana.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1901-1903
Ray H. Mattison informs Lucinda Scott that he is writing an article on Roosevelt’s contemporaries along the Little Missouri River. Also, Mattison tells her that his article on Roosevelt and the Stockmen’s Association will be out soon.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-05-05
Ray H. Mattison writes to John C. Eaton regarding references he found to Eaton’s grandfather Howard Eaton, Jonathan Chase and his partner George Fry, who operated two cattle ranches in the Badlands area.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-04-18
Allyn F. Hanks acknowledges receipt of John C. Eaton’s letter to Ray H. Mattison and tells Eaton that Mattison is currently conducting research in Washington, D.C.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-03-09
Ray H. Mattison writes to Herbert Oliver Brayer regarding business operations relative to cattle outfits in the Badlands. Mattison also informs Brayer that Theodore Roosevelt National Park does not have any photographs of the Marquis de Morès.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-04-14
Allyn F. Hanks acknowledges Herbert Oliver Brayer’s letter to Ray H. Mattison and informs Brayer that Mattison is currently away doing research in Washington, D.C.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-03-14
Ray H. Mattison writes to John C. Eaton about Eaton’s interest in early North Dakota ranches. Mattison explains his research and the materials he has obtained.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-02-16
Ray H. Mattison writes to John Hansen in reference to research material on Henry S. Boice and the old 777 ranch. Mattison is researching old ranches along the Little Missouri River and needs the number for one of Boice’s sons.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-05-16
Ray H. Mattison writes Donald H. Welsh (mistakenly addressed as Davis Welsh) in reference to research on the range cattle industry and Pierre Wibaux. Mattison describes his research and invites Welsh to look over what has been found.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-01-25
Ray H. Mattison writes to Herbert Oliver Brayer in reference to Mattison’s research for a monograph on “Roosevelt’s Contemporaries along the Little Missouri River.” Mattison needs more information on certain cattle outfits.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-01-23
Ray H. Mattison writes to LeRoy R. Hafen in reference to collecting research materials for Mattison’s monograph on cattle outfits along the Little Missouri River. Mattison asks whether Herbert Oliver Brayer’s collections are in the vicinity.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-12-13
Ray H. Mattison writes to H. Bailey Carroll in reference to Mattison’s need for additional information on the Texas operators who had ranches in the Medora vicinity.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-12-13