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Emil Hartman received a letter from Vice President Roosevelt requesting further information in the duel between Hartman’s son, Adolph, and Lieutenant Pachmann of the German army that took place in Aachen, Germany. The duel was over an insult to the United States. Hartman was pleased that Roosevelt was interested in the duel and sent him the original letters he received from his son.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-26

The creation of the Northern Securities Company is another step towards the consolidation of the nation’s railroad system. The new entity is almost a monopoly west of the Mississippi River. If railroad consolidation and organization continues the government will be in a perfect position to assume control.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-14

Typed transcript of an invoice for upholstery at Mount Vernon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1759-08

James Roosevelt attempts to settle payment on a bond from Josiah Holmes, Esq. Roosevelt asks Holmes to settle between him and the former holder of the bond, Mr. Leffers, rather than allowing the matter to go to law.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1764-12

Senator Platt is not familiar with P. P. Casey and is unsure if he resides in New York City, or is a pastor at a New York church. However, he has no objections to Casey’s appointment as a military chaplain.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-12

Appointment of William Stephens as Attorney General of the Province of Georgia, signed by Archibald Bulloch, first president and commander-in-chief of the province (later governor of the state). Bulloch was the great-great-grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1776-04-20

Paul Niedieck informs President Roosevelt that he and Captain Charles Robert Eustace Radclyffe completed their journey to Kamchatka, Siberia, and Alaska. Niedieck is close to completing a book on his travels and asks if he might dedicate the book to Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-22

Typed transcript of a letter in which William Shippen rejoices in the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the opportunity it affords his country to set the course of its government on a firm foundation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1776-07-27

Note promises to pay 2000 pounds from the State of Massachusetts Bay to Captain Luke Day, by March 1, 1783, with interest of 6% per annum. The note is apparently related to service with the Continental Army.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1780-01-01

Former Kansas Senator Joseph Ralph Burton sits at a desk writing, “I shall talk when not writing and write when not talking.” Former ambassador Bellamy Storer, heavily bandaged and on crutches, stands behind him saying, “Take my advice, don’t do it.” Behind them hangs a picture of “Pres Roosevelt,” turned to the wall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-26

Transcript of Benjamin Franklin’s letter to his sister Jane Mecom on the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin thanks her for the soap and explains that “bad spelling” is not her fault.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1786-07-04

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-03-31

Creator(s)

Metropolitan Club (Washington, D.C.)

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-10

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Receipt for Cornelius C. Roosevelt’s payment on Interest Certificate No. 3037; 1 pound, 16 shillings, 9 pence to fulfill 1/4 payment of the certificate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1790-09-30

Transcript of a letter by George Washington on the principles that should guide the United States in foreign politics and other matters. Washington also references a “Plan of a New City,” referring to Washington, D.C. A fragment of the original handwritten letter is included.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1793-04-22

Volume I, Number 6 of the newspaper, “a National Journal devoted to Politics, Literature and Finance.” This issue includes a portion of an address on federalism by Alexander Del Mar given before the Liberal Club of New York City, as well as details of the debate that followed Del Mar’s remarks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1873-02-22

In a portion of a letter, excerpted in Worthing Chauncey Ford’s Writings of George Washington, George Washington tells John Adams that he had read about a sword from an unknown Dutch maker that was intended for him, but pawned in Alexandria. He asks Adams, who is serving as a minister in Holland, to find out what he can about the sword. An annotation from Ford says that the sword was made by Theophilus Alte. Alte sent his son to give the sword to Washington, but the son sold it at a tavern and disappeared. The sword is currently in the possession of Alice Lawrason Riggs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-18

Gouverneur Morris entreats George Washington to consider running for the presidency again at the end of President Adams’s term, as Adams is unfit to hold the office and the country is in peril. The letter did not reach Washington before his death on December 14, 1799.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1799-12-09

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-08-30

Creator(s)

Chaffee, Adna Romanza, 1842-1914

Recipient

Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-09-04

Creator(s)

Chaffee, Adna Romanza, 1842-1914

Recipient

Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909