Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-01-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940

Language

English

Theodore Roosevelt encloses his analysis of the fraudulently-seated delegates at the Republican National Convention. He has requested that Bainbridge Colby and Mr. Fuller send their information to Senator Borah.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt believes that the platform should state that conservation means the development of natural resources. For example, he thinks that the government should build an Alaskan railroad.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Senator Borah.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt has written Senators Lodge and Root to seek their support for the Children’s Bureau bill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt encourages Senator Borah to oppose the unamended arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. He requests that Borah support the amendments proposed by Senators Lodge and Root.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt recommends that Senator Borah meet with Senator Root to get Root’s opinion on the Honduras loan. He also invites Borah to lunch at Oyster Bay, New York. In a postscript, Roosevelt encourages Borah to support the amendment allowing for the popular election of United States senators only if the mode of election is changed and the federal government is prevented from controlling the elections.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt recommends that Senator Borah meet with Senator Elihu Root to get Root’s opinion on the Honduras loan. He also invites Borah to lunch at Oyster Bay, New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to Senator Borah to invite him to have lunch with Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-21

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary details alternative train schedules for Roosevelt’s trip from Spokane, Washington, to Moscow, Idaho, and Sandpoint, Idaho.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-01

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary proposes an itinerary for Roosevelt’s trip through Idaho.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-25

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Senator Borah what activities should be planned for Roosevelt’s upcoming trip through Idaho.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-20

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt provides the specific dates he will be traveling through Idaho and requests Senator Borah’s input on how to spend his time in the state.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

During his trip through Idaho, Theodore Roosevelt will plan on speaking at Sandpoint as suggested by Senator Borah.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt notifies Senator Borah that in early April he will be traveling by train through Idaho. He asks if there are any locations where it would be advantageous for him to stop and make a speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Senator Borah that Roosevelt would be pleased to have lunch with Borah next Friday, and asks that Borah call on his office at The Outlook at one o’clock.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-12-05

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Senator Borah for his telegram. It has been a difficult political campaign in New York, and Roosevelt is not sure if they will win in the end, but he is sure that if he had not been involved they would have been beaten by a large margin.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-10-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt appreciated Senator Borah’s letter. He doesn’t personally mind the letter he got from Judson C. Welliver, but is sorry to see his “hysteria and untruthfulness,” and that he is becoming a person who “subordinates principles to practical achievement.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-08-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt will meet Senator Borah on August 27.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-07-27

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was sorry he could not see Senator Borah. He asks if Borah will be in Cheyenne or Denver later in the month.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-07-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919