Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-01-17

Creator(s)

McCann, Walter J., -1943

Recipient

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Lee, Higginson & Company enclose a letter of indication for President Roosevelt, as well as the two additional letters of credit for him and his son, Kermit, which were referenced in the Company’s letter earlier that day.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-01

Henry L. Stoddard asks William Loeb to ask President Roosevelt if he will meet the cartoonist Homer Davenport next Saturday. Stoddard would like Davenport to do a pen and ink sketch of Roosevelt from life, rather than from a photograph.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-05

Professor John J. O’Brien, President Roosevelt’s Jiu-Jitsu instructor, sends William Loeb a bill for the remainder owed following his sessions with President Roosevelt. If Roosevelt wishes to keep the photographs that O’Brien brought, he will need to pay 25 cents each.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-03

President Roosevelt’s personal letter to German Emperor William II has been sent to American Ambassador Charlemagne Tower to deliver.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-05

Eugene Griffin acknowledges receipt of, and expresses his gratitude for, President Roosevelt’s twenty-five dollar check for the Spanish War Veterans Athletic Association.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-08

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee encloses a letter from Archbishop John J. Keene. Keene and Cardinal James Gibbons want Nelson O’Shaughnessy to be appointed Third Secretary of the Embassy at London, or some similar European embassy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-19

James Sullivan Clarkson, Surveyor of Customs for the Port of New York, tells William Loeb that he will take the matter of Billy Wood’s potential employment up with collector of the port Nevada N. Stranahan when Stranahan returns. Clarkson also informs Loeb that he has arranged for James O. Wood to receive a three months appointment as special attendant, and encloses a note from James L. Gerry on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-17

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses copies of correspondence between the State Department and the United States Legation in Havana, regarding the establishment of a consulate on the Isle of Pines. The department approves of establishing an office, but would like to know if President Roosevelt desires such action to be taken.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-16

T. St. John Gaffney complains about the over-the-top reception Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton received at West Point.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-14

William J. Youngs describes the breeding history and parentage of the Messenger mare that he gave to William Loeb. She is descended from a line of horses stretching back to one owned by Youngs’s father’s uncle, who could trot a mile in under three minutes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-11

Lafayette Young informs William Loeb that he and his wife will be in the east in September, spending most of their time in New York City. They would like to see President Roosevelt for a social call at Oyster Bay during that time, if he agrees.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-22

Lindsay Denison was displeased with Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte’s disrespectful memorandum regarding a letter that had been written by Denison’s client Benjamin B. Hampton. Denison would like the enclosed letter, also by Hampton and clarifying some of the points previously made, to be sent to Bonaparte.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-21

Francis C. Travers reviews the schedule and arrangements for the upcoming dinner honoring President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03

Secret Service Chief John E. Wilkie informs William Loeb that all the preparations for President Roosevelt’s trip to Oyster Bay have been made, and that there is a sufficient detail to protect Roosevelt while he is there.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-30

Louis A. Coolidge writes to William Loeb to tell him of a recent letter he received from Nellie Bradford, wife of prominent architect Benjamin B. Bradford, wishing for her son Karl S. Bradford to be appointed to West Point. Coolidge is cognizant of the difficulties in securing a presidential appointment, but tells Loeb of Bradford’s character and prominent ancestors, and asks that he consider the case on its merits.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-02

Representative Olcott would like to have the letter between President Roosevelt and Representative Herbert Parsons that Roosevelt suggested he should have yesterday. He has sent Roosevelt a letter by special delivery this morning.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-30

Secretary of State Root encloses for President Roosevelt a copy of a dispatch from Minister to China William Woodville Rockhill reporting on the status of the boycott in Canton, China.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-18

Nathan Bijur tells William Loeb that he has enclosed a long letter to President Roosevelt about an event he attended last night. The event has direct bearing on the immigration question regarding the United States’s being a refuge from persecution.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-05

Indian Commissioner Leupp informs William Loeb that Oklahoma Representative Dennis T. Flynn told Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock about the “shocking” habits of Frank C. Frantz, who may be made governor of Oklahoma. Flynn said that he would tell President Roosevelt the same story and make the accusations to Frantz’s face. Leupp hastily suggests that, as Flynn is leaving town tonight and Frantz is arriving tonight, Roosevelt invite both men and have them face each other today.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-23