Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-06-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927

President Roosevelt does not know that he can take action before the 31st, but he has asked for it to happen if possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-26

President Roosevelt tells Brooks Adams that he doubts the community agreed with his position regarding the 25^th infantry, who are the African American soldiers involved in the recent episode at Fort Brown in Brownsville, Texas. Roosevelt also believes that Senator Joseph Benson Foraker has been representing Wall Street in attacking the president related to the Brownsville affair.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-22

President Roosevelt would like to see Brooks Adams and intends to use some of the ideas from his Atlantic Monthly article.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-27

Theodore Roosevelt’s Secretary will make sure Roosevelt gets Brooks Adams’ letter when he returns from his western campaign tour.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-09

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Brooks Adams to discuss the Federal Court Issue and his campaign.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-27

Theodore Roosevelt agrees with Brooks Adams’ previous letter and has kept it for future use.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-31

Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to Brooks Adams for the letter. Roosevelt states that he would be appalled if he were elected, since it would imply what Adams wrote.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-28

President Roosevelt is glad Brooks Adams feels as he does about the Secret Service matter and notes that Senator Benjamin R. Tillman made an “exhibition” of himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-12

President Roosevelt asks for Brooks Adams’ opinion on whether an enclosed statement is all right, and reminds him that his declination of another nomination was final. He is having “great difficulty in avoiding having precisely the feeling about the courts that you mention.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-12

President Roosevelt thanks Brooks Adams for the letter and agrees with the attitude Adams holds about the matter. Roosevelt also agrees with Adams’ position regarding Secretary of War William H. Taft and the judicial bench.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-07

President Roosevelt tells Brooks Adams that if he were “mere anxious for temporary ease and temporary credit, and desired to stand forth for the moment as ‘the friend of the people,'” he would be glad to see the Hepburn bill beaten. Roosevelt believes, however, that the bill is a great step forward towards reform, and he will be regretful if the bill does not pass.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-03

President Roosevelt thinks the article Brooks Adams sent is interesting, although he has not read it carefully. He is particularly pleased with the farmed tax analogy, because that is exactly what a railway rate is.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-13

President Roosevelt asks Brooks Adams to refer him to cases where a Supreme Court Justice ruled that regulation that cut down gross earnings was unreasonable.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-14

President Roosevelt thanks Brooks Adams for the note and assures him that he will not be diverted from the main issue.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-18

President Roosevelt tells Brooks Adams, “That is very good of you and I look forward to seeing the book.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-06

President Roosevelt thanks Brooks Adams for the letter, which he showed to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-30

President Roosevelt thanks Brooks Adams for his letter and sends his love to Evelyn Davis Adams.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-10

Alton Parker’s statement should be taken as applying to suits instituted by the U.S. against trusts or monopolies. Roosevelt is tempted to take up this campaign himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-01

President Roosevelt thanks Brooks Adams for his previous letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-27