Handwritten

Letter from Thomas E. Watson to Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas E. Watson gives Police Commissioner Roosevelt permission to use his previous letter as Roosevelt proposed. Roosevelt does not need to send Watson his article before it is published, as Watson is sure there would not be anything objectionable in it. Watson will unfortunately not be able to come visit Roosevelt in New York because of some important law cases.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1896-11-07

Letter from Thomas E. Watson to Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas E. Watson praises Police Commissioner Roosevelt for a recent article in the Review of Reviews which gave him “good reason to congratulate myself for having written you.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-01-04

Receipt from Metropolitan Club Restaurant for Theodore Roosevelt

Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included blue points, broiled potatoes, duck, potato salad, and Camembert. Theodore Roosevelt paid eleven dollars and thirty cents for the meal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-04

Copy of Mr. Wm. C. Allen war record

Details of William C. Allen’s military service during the Civil War, including his enlistment, capture and imprisonment, release through exchange, return to service, and eventual discharge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1865-06-20

Letter from Peter John Sullivan to Carlos Martín

United States Minister to Colombia Peter John Sullivan responds to a request from Colombia’s Secretary of the Interior and Foreign Relations Carlos Martín, for communications from his predecessor regarding the “supposed pretended separation” of Panama from the Colombian Union.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1867-09-12

Diary entries of Henry Fairfield Osborn, February through May 1878

Henry Fairfield Osborn records various species of birds observed, heard, and shot.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1878

Sou’ – Sou’ – Southerly

Essay describing a December duck-hunting outing on Long Island Sound by Theodore Roosevelt and his brother Elliott. The brothers were caught in a snowstorm before returning home from the hunt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1881-03

Letter from George DeNormandie Gillespie to John P. Nourse

Bishop Gillespie sends a book to John P. Nourse, along with a paper explaining the book. In a note at the end, Nourse explains to President Roosevelt, to whom he forwards the book and paper, that Gillespie was the Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Western Michigan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1881-05-16

Receipt from Metropolitan Club Restaurant for Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-15

Letter from Anna Bulloch Gracie to Archibald Gracie

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1884-05-14

Letter from Michael J. Finnegan to Theodore Roosevelt

“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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1887

Letter from John Jay to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1887-09-08

Letter from Mary H. Sumner Long to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1887-11-22

Letter from Basil Wilson Duke to Theodore Roosevelt

Basil Wilson Duke, a Confederate officer during the American Civil War, commends Theodore Roosevelt on his biography of Thomas Hart Benton.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1888-05-19

Letter from Thomas B. Reed to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1888-11-27

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

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.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1889-03-29

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

Letter from Charles Dudley Warner to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Dudley Warner congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his book Winning of the West.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1889-07-17

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