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Benjamin F. Tracy writes President McKinley advocating that US troops begin fighting Spain. It is imperative in his opinion that the Spanish fleet in the West Indies be crushed before it can be united with the ships on the Spanish Coast.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-02
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal which included half a spring chicken and two glasses of milk. Theodore Roosevelt paid fifty-five cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-02
Houghton, Mifflin and Company received Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt’s prefaces to his books Thomas H. Benton and Gouverneur Morris: The Study of His Life and Work and inform him that as of January 1, 1898, the first book has sold 6,338 copies and the second, 5,385 copies.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-07
Major General Merriam reminds General Miles not to forget that Cuba is now engaged in normal business practices that could impact mobilization tactics.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-12
Invoice for books shipped in February and March, with receipt at bottom; Turner-Turner Hunting and Trapping, Chapman Travels in the Interior, Kerr Far Interior, Wilcox Camping in the Canadian Rockies, and others.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-12
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included mutton chops, a glass of milk, and scrambled eggs. Theodore Roosevelt paid one dollar and ten cents for the meal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-14
William Wells tells Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt that his letter is at hand and that he is sorry that an unidentified person cannot make it out. If Roosevelt is to come, they will plan a big hunt. The best times are the spring and late fall. Wells is getting dogs ready for hunts and has been wanting to handle more grizzly bears. Wells also mentions the hunting practices of the Shoshone Indians.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-15
Benjamin F. Tracy writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asking why the Navy is not working more expeditiously to build torpedo boats for the impending conflict with Spain. He suggests that the USS Kearsage and USS Kentucky be completed by September 1.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-16
The Committee on Naval Affairs reports on the service of Lewis Randolph Hamersly in the volunteer Navy and in the Marine Corps. Hamersly is asking to be placed on the retired list of the Marine Corps, having resigned his commission many years earlier because of illness. The bill being considered by the House of Representatives would grant him that request. The report includes a letter from Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, testifying to Hamersly’s commendable conduct.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-05-10
James Bryce regrets not responding to Commissioner Roosevelt’s letter sooner. He comments on the likely outcome of the upcoming elections in England. Bryce also notes that the issue of the Minneapolis Convention is “rather tragic” for James Gillespie Blaine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-06-15
Rear Admiral Brown thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his article, “The Foreign Policy of President Harrison,” in which Roosevelt discussed naval actions in Chile over which Brown had command. Brown also remarks that United States Minister Patrick Egan has arrived in Chile and has filled his role well. Brown encloses an article by an “able and influential Chilean” which may be of interest to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-09-05
Secretary of State Foster provides a letter of reference for William Eleroy Curtis, director of the Bureau of American Republics and representative of the World’s Fair, who was traveling to obtain items for exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition the following year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-09-22
Receipt from a meal at the Metropolitan Club Restaurant in which Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt ordered two pork chops, two orders of potatoes, four orders of strawberries, two glasses of milk, and one beer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-16
“I will be as good as I can,” Congressman Reed states, presumably in response to a prior remark from Commissioner Roosevelt, though he feels it will be a loss to the world should he suppress his views. Reed contemplates howling at the constellations in frustration and jokingly threatens to head to the North Pole. He closes with a drawing of a thermometer with the initials “B.H.” (for President Benjamin Harrison) at the base, far below 0 degrees.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-11-20
Edward Everett Hale kept Theodore Roosevelt’s speaking notes from a talk he gave at Fremont Temple. Hale does not want to send the notes to Roosevelt, as he fears he will never see them again, but if Roosevelt wants the notes to write out his speech, Hale will send them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-12-03
Sara Agnes Rice Pryor thanks Theodore Roosevelt for an article he wrote for the Cosmopolitan, in which he mentions Southern homes, poets, and authors.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-12-12
Carl Schurz has contacted President-Elect Grover Cleveland about Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt’s desire to meet with him. Based on Cleveland’s response, Schurz expresses his hope that Roosevelt will be retained in his position on the Civil Service Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1893-01-04
Transcript of a letter in which J. C. Chance recommends Herbert M. Seymour, who has held the position of Chief of the Property Division of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Agency, as a man of “unusual ability in all clerical positions.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1893-02-04
A. T. Mahan thanks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for efforts made on his behalf (matter not disclosed within the letter). Mahan feels particularly fortunate to have had Roosevelt advocating for him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1893-03-26