Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jeremiah Whipple Jenks
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1913-10-03
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, 1856-1929
Language
English
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-10-03
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, 1856-1929
English
President Roosevelt thanks Jeremiah Whipple Jenks for his interesting letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-13
George B. Cortelyou informs Jeremiah Whipple Jenks that President Roosevelt thanks him for the letter and would like to meet with Jenks when he returns to Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-20
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-05-25
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, 1856-1929
English
Theodore Roosevelt is flattered by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks’s request, but does not feel that he knows enough about the matter to make a statement about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-09-03
Acting on the suggestion of the Committee on the Statistical Reorganization of the Department of Commerce and Labor, President Roosevelt is establishing an Interdepartmental Statistical Committee. As Professor Jenks’s suggestions were very useful to the Committee on the Statistical Reorganization of the Department of Commerce and Labor, Roosevelt asks if he would be willing to join this newly formed committee in an advisory capacity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-04
President Roosevelt encloses a letter of introduction and asks Jeremiah Whipple Jenks if it is all right.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-21
President Roosevelt appoints Jeremiah Whipple Jenks to the Dillingham Commission in accordance with the passing of the Immigration Act of 1907.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-01
President Roosevelt is glad that Jeremiah Whipple Jenks can serve. He notes that Henry Cabot Lodge had already suggested Morton Crane for Secretary of the Immigration Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-14
President Roosevelt would like to appoint Jeremiah Whipple Jenks to a commission to study immigration. Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill will also be appointed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-06
President Roosevelt will read Professor Jeremiah Whipple Jenks’s book on “Citizenship and the Schools” with great interest.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-13
President Roosevelt informs Professor Jeremiah Whipple Jenks of Cornell University that both he and Secretary of State Elihu Root feel that they have already outlined everything possible regarding China. The indemnity question is not being considered at this time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-15
President Roosevelt thanks Professor Jenks for his recommendations for changes to his speech. He is “half inclined” to agree with Jenks’s view that the indemnity is ill-advised to do at present.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-31
President Roosevelt acknowledges Jeremiah Whittle Jenks’s letter and says it is challenging to get Congress to accept any reports but what its own committees produce.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-19