Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1899-02-23
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928
Publication Date
2025-10-23
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-02-23
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928
2025-10-23
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-06-12
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928
2025-06-19
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt urged the people in his department to work quickly, and sends the enclosed document to Joseph Bucklin Bishop. He hopes it will give Bishop the information he was looking for, and that it will encourage him to back Roosevelt in his push to build up the navy, “not as a war measure but as a peace measure.” Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Bishop and hearing about the mayoral candidacy of Seth Bullock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-06-15
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt is glad that the article he wrote fits what Joseph Bucklin Bishop wanted, and promises to look up the article that Bishop wrote. He wishes Bishop could be part of his current job dealing with politicians, and jokes that he is having nearly as much trouble with politicians as he did with some of the other members of the Board of Police Commissioners.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-06-17
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-04-08
Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928
2025-10-16
Alexander Blair Thaw hopes that the ode he wrote for Roosevelt’s inauguration expresses the hope and faith the American people have in Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-17
President Roosevelt rails against the United States Senate generally and six senators individually in a letter to Joseph Bucklin Bishop. Roosevelt expresses his frustration with the Senate for failing to ratify a treaty with the Dominican Republic. Roosevelt aims his wrath equally at three Democratic and three Republican senators for desiring to play a part in foreign affairs and then neglecting to shoulder their responsibilities.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1905-03-23
President Roosevelt introduces Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Harrison Jewell Holt, who attended Harvard and did “first-class work” in South Africa as a correspondent and is going to live in New York to practice journalism.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-02
President Roosevelt introduces John Campbell Greenway to Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission Bishop. Greenway, a former Rough Rider, is a mining executive in Minnesota and is visiting Panama to study the techniques used by the commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-27
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his editorial and support.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-24
President Roosevelt informs Joseph Bucklin Bishop he has his letter from the 17th and invites him to the White House for lunch or dinner sometime after Monday next week.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-20
Edith Roosevelt would prefer that Joseph Bucklin Bishop wait until the arbutus is in bloom for his visit. Theodore Roosevelt compliments Bishop on his letters that appeared in the Sun. Roosevelt would like to see “Roosevelt and the Panama Canal” published in the Metropolitan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-04-17
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop about the first chapter of his autobiography and is glad Bishop enjoyed it.
1913-03-20
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop after reading Bishop’s book. He congratulates Bishop on his work and discusses writing his autobiography.
1913-10-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss his candidacy for president and comments on President William H. Taft’s supporters.
1912-03-18
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss President William H. Taft, President-elect Woodrow Wilson, and the Democratic Party’s attempt to amend the Constitution to limit presidential terms.
1913-02-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to ask if Bishop or Colonel George W. Goethals need him to insist upon anything on their behalf. Roosevelt also discusses William H. Taft’s presidency.
1913-03-11
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss Henry Thomas Rainey and the Panama Canal. Roosevelt also discusses support for his presidential candidacy.
1912-01-29
President Roosevelt discusses with Joseph Bucklin Bishop the articles Bishop enclosed in his last letter. Roosevelt says that scandalous articles about Bishop, Colonel George W. Goethals, Secretary of War William H. Taft, and himself will appear, but they do not bother him.
1908-05-23
President Roosevelt writes that he is glad Joseph Bucklin Bishop agreed with how he dealt with “the Cleveland business,” which dealt with an article in The Outlook.
1908-09-10