Dana, Paul, 1852-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Dana, Paul, 1852-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-10-24

Creator(s)

Clarke, Samuel B.

Recipient

Dana, Paul, 1852-1930

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Dana, Paul, 1852-1930

President Roosevelt encloses a menu from the dinner with Prince Henry of Prussia. He is also concerned about the state of things in New York and warns that they must not lose there in the Fall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-03

President Roosevelt would like to discuss the Goldwin Smith letters with Paul Dana. Smith’s suggested solution for the war seems good but Roosevelt doubts it could be carried out. He invites Dana and Mary Duncan Butler Dana to spend a night at the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-27

President Roosevelt thanks Paul Dana for his letter and is glad Dana supports his actions on the “third term matter.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-14

President Roosevelt thanks Paul Dana for his service to the New York Sun. The president explains to Dana that he cannot say what he will do regarding the postmastership of New York, and believes that Edward M. Morgan will be promoted. The only person publicly opposing Morgan is Representative Parsons.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-04

President Roosevelt complains about the reporters around Oyster Bay fabricating stories, including the reporter from Paul Dana’s publication, The Sun. Roosevelt would like the reporter replaced by someone who will “tell the facts.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-30

President Roosevelt would like to speak with Paul Dana later this month.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-13

President Roosevelt asks Paul Dana to lunch where they will discuss an unnamed matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-14

President Roosevelt is working on the report for the Schley case and would like to discuss the case with Paul Dana when the rough draft is finished.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-05

President Roosevelt disagrees strongly with Paul Dana’s stance against the government’s regulation of trusts. He has consulted a number of Republican leaders and prominent businessmen and feels to do less than he has proposed to regulate trusts would fracture the Republican Party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-18

President Roosevelt asks if Paul Dana would be willing to come to Washington, D.C. twice, once now and then again with Mrs. Dana.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-07

Vice President Roosevelt asks Paul Dana and his wife to dine with him and the Baldwins for either dinner or lunch on Sunday, September 15. He could show Mrs. Dana the mountain lions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-27

Senator McLaurin has doubts about the claims that George R. Koester participated in a lynching that took place in South Carolina eight years ago. The person making accusations against Koester is a personal enemy. McLaurin does not wish to become directly involved but is convinced that Koester has been wrongly accused.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-09

Goldwin Smith does not believe that the United States should intervene in the South African War but suggests an “expression of feeling” about the war. Smith would like to see the Boer republics be given internal self-government under British suzerainty and Johannesburg removed from the Transvaal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-25

Goldwin Smith believes that Paul Kruger will call for American intervention in the South African War. President Roosevelt will refuse to intervene, but the manner of refusal offers an opportunity to help mitigate the “spirit of violence and vengeance” of the war.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-21