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Baldwin, Simeon E. (Simeon Eben), 1840-1927

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Simeon E. Baldwin

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Simeon E. Baldwin

Theodore Roosevelt has not received Judge Baldwin’s letter, but has seen extracts from it in newspapers and wishes to answer some of Baldwin’s accusations. The quotations Baldwin references were from incorrect transcriptions of Roosevelt’s speech, which Roosevelt corrects by summarizing the main points of his speech. Roosevelt does not believe that people, driven by desperation, cannot be bound to contracts that do not protect them in case of injury. Referencing George W. Alger’s Moral Overstrain, Roosevelt notes that many judges have taken the opposite position and, while he is sure they are legally sound, he believes they are nevertheless retrogressive in this view. As Baldwin agrees with these other judges in his own legal decisions, Roosevelt felt justified in saying he was not progressive.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Simeon E. Baldwin

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Simeon E. Baldwin

Theodore Roosevelt wants a couple of days to consider Simeon E. Baldwin’s letter before giving a definite answer to Baldwin’s proposition. He does wish to definitely state, however, the inaccuracies of the current transcriptions of the speech he gave at Concord, New Hampshire, and explains some of the difficulties leading to the poor transcription.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Simeon E. Baldwin

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Simeon E. Baldwin

Theodore Roosevelt has finally received Judge Baldwin’s recent letter, and states that his own earlier letter to Baldwin was based on what he knew of the letter from it’s appearance in the press. Roosevelt also received a copy of Baldwin’s decision in the case of William H. Hoxie, who was injured while working at his railroad job, and illustrates the case which Roosevelt was thinking of and which he feels is retrogressive, and in no way progressive. Roosevelt thoroughly comments upon the case and the way in which he feels it is a miscarriage of justice.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919