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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
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
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
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
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
James Sullivan Clarkson proposes that the post offices in the larger cities be made branches of the National Post Office in Washington and indicates his wish that Roosevelt participate in national Republican Party affairs. Clarkson also discusses a postmasters’ bill submitted by Henry Cabot Lodge and criticizes how President Cleveland has dealt with the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1893-04-27
Brayton C. Ives takes the Northern Pacific Board to task for their laudatory remarks about Henry Villard on acceptance of his resignation as chairman of the board. Ives details the financial decline of the companies under Villard’s control. Ives would become president of Northern Pacific later that year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1893-08-03
Charles F. Ashley, the United States Indian Agent at Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Agency, recommends Herbert M. Seymour as a “young man of exemplary character and habits.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1893-08-16
Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle responds to an inquiry by Theodore Roosevelt about an interview given by Mr. Cumming, an employee of the Treasury Department, to the Washington Post. Cumming gave the interview as a private citizen and believes the statements he made about the civil service to be true. Carlisle does not believe he can take action against him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-03-12
R. H. Chittenden, a chemist at Yale University, has reviewed William M. Babbott’s plans for ensuring a pure and fresh milk supply delivered to consumers. Chittenden approves the methods Babbott proposes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-04-16
This report documents the voting record of house republicans from sixteen midwestern and western states in the March 1, 1907, vote on the Ocean Mail bill, also known as the Littauer Mail Subsidy bill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-01
Harwood Hall, Superintendent of the Indian Industrial School in Phoenix, Arizona, recommends Herbert M. Seymour as energetic, trustworthy, and efficient.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-08-21
William Lafayette Strong, mayor-elect of New York City, invites Theodore Roosevelt to take over leadership of the Street Cleaning Bureau for the city.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-12-18
F. V. Greene is disappointed that Commissioner Roosevelt declined the invitation to head the street cleaning bureau for New York City. He believes the problem of municipal government is more important than the work of the Civil Service Commission and that Roosevelt would have direct influence in New York City, whereas on the Commission he is merely an adviser. Greene hopes Roosevelt might consider a role in city administration when his term on the Commission ends.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-12-27
Leslie D. Davis, superintendent of the Flandreau Indian Industrial School in South Dakota, recommends Herbert M. Seymour as “a competent office man in every way.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1895-01-05
George R. Westfall, physician to the Cheyenne & Arapaho Agency in Darlington, Oklahoma Territory, recommends Herbert M. Seymour as “a man of exemplary habits and unquestionable probity of character.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1895-01-05
Speaker of the House Henderson shared Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt’s letter with a gentleman who claimed the law had been violated by a particular appointment. The complainant calmed down on reading the letter but still insisted that improprieties were being committed regarding places on the register of special pension examiners. Henderson acknowledges that it may be impossible to prevent all violations of the law, but he believes in Roosevelt to confront any one who might do so.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1895-02-28
Senator Lodge informs Police Commissioner Roosevelt he believes that things are improving for Roosevelt in New York because the Republican Legislature in the state cannot afford to go back on his policy. Lodge then tells Roosevelt his letter to the Harvard Crimson is a great success. Remarking on the success of Roosevelt’s letter to the Harvard Crimson, Lodge notes his amusement at Roosevelt’s use of “baboo” since he had suggested that he substitute it for “grocer,” and he predicts that “baboo” will become as popular as “cuckoo.” Lodge believes they will come out successful in Venezuela and vindicate the Monroe Doctrine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1896-01-11
Senator Lodge is glad to hear from Commissioner Roosevelt that his note to Mrs. West Roosevelt pleased her. Lodge is also glad Roosevelt likes reading works of Gustave Le Bon. From his experience seeing socialism in Europe last summer, Lodge understands why men in Europe are carried away by fear of it. The best thing Lodge likes about Le Bon is what he said in regard to races. It was the best exposition of about races that he has come across anywhere. Lodge informs Roosevelt that Eliot’s speech did not go well at the peace meeting. Eliot declared that their misfortunes were because of having men in the Cabinet who were taken from the bar without training in public affairs. It seems to Lodge that people like Eliot are always against having politicians in office and it appears they are against having people without political training in office. Supposedly, the result would be a government by college professors, giving Lodge a pleasing picture.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1896-04-30