Abbott, Ernest Hamlin

President Roosevelt expresses his opinions and position on the voting rights of African American men. He condemns fraudulent voting practices that seek to disfranchise African American voters and explains why he regards the solutions of some in Congress as merely expedient. Roosevelt also writes that he hopes The Outlook will write stronger editorials regarding the political nature of this issue.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-12-16

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-07-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Abbott, Ernest Hamlin

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-07-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Abbott, Ernest Hamlin

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-06-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Abbott, Ernest Hamlin

President Roosevelt sends Ernest Hamlin Abbott, and the Abbott family as a whole, an advanced copy of Caspar Whitney’s upcoming article on nature-fakers for The Outing. Roosevelt wants the family to review it, so they understand “not to lend the weight of names . . . to help a noxious impostor.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-23

Theodore Roosevelt defends his statements in favor of foreign policy action against criticism from an Outlook correspondent.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-12-21

Theodore Roosevelt calls attention to Mr. Andrew’s article and request for aid. Young men should seek to provide assistance to Belgium or prepare themselves to defend the United States if the country is attacked. The Wilson administration and the United States have failed to carry out its international obligations or protect American citizens. The country is also unprepared to defend itself and has “earned the contempt and ridicule” of the world.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-08-26

A brief letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ernest Hamlin Abbott inquiring if the article, enclosed with this letter, will do after learning his previous article was well received.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-08-26

Theodore Roosevelt expresses concern about Lawrence F. Abbott. Roosevelt has already read his letter to his German American friend and thinks it “capital.” Roosevelt also discusses plans for a future trip to New York, referencing the Outlook, with the hopes of being able to meet with the Abbott Family and associates.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-03

Theodore Roosevelt invites Ernest Hamlin Abbott to lunch some time, along with his father and brother, Lyman Abbott and Lawrence F. Abbott, respectively.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-20

President Roosevelt updates Ernest Hamlin Abbott on some of the government actions surrounding investigations into the Brownsville incident. Roosevelt will refuse to sign the Foraker bill, and says that he had already begun his own investigations to see if any of the Brownsville soldiers could be reinstated when Foraker began his investigations in the Senate, necessitating the cessation of Roosevelt’s investigation. From what he was able to find, Roosevelt thinks there are likely five or six men who he can reinstate, and will ask Congress to pass a bill allowing this.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-12

President Roosevelt tells Ernest Hamlin Abbott that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt had triumphantly quoted Abbott’s article to him, and that she had always said that it was best to let nursery quarrels settle themselves. Both Roosevelts appreciated the article.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-08

President Roosevelt informs Ernest Hamlin Abbott that he has no power in the described premises and can only suggest an application for an injunction. He feels the President should have absolute yet delegated power to handle the affairs and local government of the District of Columbia. As President, Roosevelt can only make recommendations to Congress.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-10

President Roosevelt updates Ernest Hamlin Abbott on changes in the arbitration treaties and instructs him to show the letter to his father, Lyman Abbott. Roosevelt remains of the opinion that if an amendment like the one he mentions is added to the treaty he should just withdraw the treaty, as it would be a sham.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-06

President Roosevelt responds to an editorial in the Outlook criticizing a measure related to voting representation. He says it is a great injustice to let white people suppress the votes of black citizens and then fraudulently cast their votes as their own. This results in some states receiving more representatives without representing the entire population. There can be no moral argument for allowing this to go on. Yet moving too quickly risks making a bad situation worse. Roosevelt hopes that the Outlook might emphasize, along with its condemnation of the proposed remedy, that the injustice being practiced by leaders in the South is responsible for inciting those in the North to make legislative proposals such as this.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-16

President Roosevelt objects to an editorial that appeared in The Outlook on the Miller case. Miller was reinstated, the labor union did not strike, and the case was closed. Roosevelt believes that he handled the issue “squarely” and brought about a final decision.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-01

Judge Lindsey requests that a revision of his article, “Chloroforming the People,” be reviewed as the basis for its potential appearance in The Outlook.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-30

James Rudolph Garfield asks Ernest Abbott if he could speak to Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-07

Edwin Earle Sparks requests Ernest Hamlin Abbott’s assistance in securing Theodore Roosevelt as a speaker at the Conference on Rural Conditions. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-31