Letter from Mrs. Backer to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Mrs. Backer, a teacher, writes to request a donation to purchase a piano for their school.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1891-06-26
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Receipt from Metropolitan Club Restaurant for Theodore Roosevelt
Receipt from a meal at the Metropolitan Club Restaurant that included clams, blue points, potato salad, and Camembert. Theodore Roosevelt spent four dollars and seventy-five cents on the meal.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1898-04-20
Letter from Cleveland H. Dodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Cleveland H. Dodge expresses appreciation for Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt’s book New York City: A History. Dodge finds that Roosevelt has shown a “capital sense of proportion,” “splendid patriotism,” and will help give a “higher sense of pride and loyalty” in order to leader to “nobler efforts for the City’s best good.” Dodge also finds Roosevelt to be a source of encouragement and inspiration.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1891-03-20
Letter from John Scott to Theodore Roosevelt
John Scott appeals to Theodore Roosevelt for a job on the train.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1891-04-09
Letter from Thomas B. Reed to Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas B. Reed has been in Italy for six weeks and wishes to catch up on political news.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1891-05-27
Letter from Edward A. Freeman to Theodore Roosevelt
Edward A. Freeman thanks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for his recent letter and for the books. Freeman comments at length on Roosevelt’s analysis of English and Spanish colonization in America.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1891-01-14
Letter from Thomas B. Reed to Theodore Roosevelt
Maine Representative Thomas B. Reed writes: “Dear Roosevelt, I think I was perverse that night. Yours regretfully T.B.R.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1891-01-25
Section 5 of an act regarding Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park
Legislation establishing a three-member commission to administer Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1890-08-19
Letter from William Dean Howells to Theodore Roosevelt
William Dean Howells writes Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt about an unidentified book. The book may be volume two of John G. Nicolay and John Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, which was published in 1890.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1890-10-26
Letter from Thomas B. Reed to Theodore Roosevelt
Representative Reed thanks Commissioner Roosevelt for his letter of encouragement, following the mid-term elections in which Republicans lost heavily. Reed expects “buffeting from the enemy” for a short while – probably referring to the fact that the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in the election.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1890-11-21
Letter from John M. Comstock to Theodore Roosevelt
John M. Comstock, naval officer at the Port of New York, summarizes his recollection of the facts related to an investigation of the Customs House in New York City.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1890-04-26
Letter from Joel B. Erhardt to Theodore Roosevelt
Joel B. Erhardt of the New York Custom House responds to a letter from Commissioner Roosevelt. The matter Roosevelt wrote about has been turned over to a special officer for investigation. Handwritten notation says, “In re Jordan.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1890-04-26
Letter from H. W. Raymond to Theodore Roosevelt
H. W. Raymond responds to a letter from Theodore Roosevelt, verifying facts regarding an investigation of the Customs House in New York City.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1890-05-13
Appointment of Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner
Appointment by President Benjamin Harrison of Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner; also signed by William F. Wharton, acting Secretary of State.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1890-01-16
Letter from W. B. Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt
W. B. Cooley, chief clerk in the Post Office Department, has communicated with the Postmaster General about Commissioner Roosevelt’s note and enclosed statement. The Postmaster General suggests a meeting the following day to discuss how he might reply to such a statement.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1890-03-03
Letter from John Wanamaker to Theodore Roosevelt
Postmaster General John Wanamaker acknowledges receipt of a statement from Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt to the investigating committee.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1890-03-04
Letter from George William Curtis to Theodore Roosevelt
George William Curtis thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the card. Curtis encourages Roosevelt in his efforts for reform as U.S. Civil Service Commissioner. Curtis informs him that he enjoys following his career.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1889-07-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt sends his son Ted a picture letter about animals living together on a farm in Texas.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1889
Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1889-07-13
Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Cabot Lodge praises Theodore Roosevelt’s work and his latest book and shares reviews of his own work on George Washington.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1889-07-15