Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-01-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-01-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Henry Beach Needham writes to William Loeb to request an interview with President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-01

Henry Beach Needham writes to William Loeb to say he has received Loeb’s telegram and to request a meeting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-01

Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb to discuss the boycott in China and its effect on the Standard Oil Company.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-01

Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou forwards correspondence with Colonel Robert James Lowry to William Loeb.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-30

Secretary of State Root encloses a dispatch from Minister William Woodville Rockhill of a translated note from Prince Ching regarding the Chinese government’s attitude towards the boycott of American products.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-05

Francis C. Travers urges William Loeb to hold the date of March 17, 1905, for President Roosevelt to attend the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick dinner in New York City. If Roosevelt wishes another dinner in February, Travers is happy to oblige, but the date of March 17 cannot be changed for this event. Travers asks Loeb whether Roosevelt would like others invited to the dinner.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-27

William Barnes, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the New York Republican Party, is sorry to hear that there have been protests against the appointment of G. Howard Davison as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Judges Edgar M. Cullen and William E. Werner are the likely nominees for the New York Court of Appeals which will “shut out” John Thomas McDonough. Barnes would like President Roosevelt informed of this situation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-08

John Barrett has sent a confidential memorandum on relations between the United States and South America. Barrett will leave for Bogota once Elihu Root has taken office, and he is feeling much better.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-27

Acting Secretary of State Adee writes to William Loeb to enclose a memorandum of his meeting with the Japanese Minister.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-16

Acting Secretary of State Adee writes to William Loeb to confirm that President Roosevelt’s letter to the Emperor of Austria-Hungary has been delivered.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-16

Secretary of War Taft encloses letters from Francis C. Travers regarding a contract for manila rope which was awarded by the Quartermaster’s Department. Taft includes a report from the Quartermaster’s Depot in Jeffersonvillle, Indiana, on the quality of a rope sample submitted by J. P. Nawrath.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-03

William Michael Byrne’s address welcomes John Edward Redmond to the United States and applauds his efforts on behalf of Irish independence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-25

Timothy L. Woodruff updates William Loeb on New York State politics in anticipation of the next year’s presidential election. He and New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes do not agree on the wording of a resolution, especially because many New Yorkers want Roosevelt to run for reelection. Woodruff asks Loeb to decide what wording the resolution should use.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-20

Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou received William Loeb’s letter from September 13, and will happily do as he requests.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-20

Charles William Anderson appeals to William Loeb on behalf of his good friend Dr. John W. Prather, who has been working as an immigration inspector in Montreal. Prather has recently been transferred to a post in Santa Maria, Texas, near Brownsville. Anderson fears Prather would be unsafe there as a colored man, and so he asks Loeb to bring this matter to President Roosevelt’s attention so that he might revoke the transfer. He apologizes for the intrusion, but feels strongly in this matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-20

Lawrence F. Abbott returns the enclosures given to him by William Loeb, and has written directly to President Roosevelt about their contents. He asks if it would be possible for him to keep the letter from Judge Jones for a little longer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-20

University of California President Benjamin Ide Wheeler sends William Loeb information regarding Secretary of War William H. Taft’s recent trip to Washington state. Wheeler discusses a letter from Judge Henry A. Melvin to Arthur I. Vorys in which Melvin says the existing political machine in Alameda County, California, will support Taft in the upcoming primaries. Wheeler believes Melvin wrote this letter because he is indebted to William E. Dargie and George W. Reed for his judgeship. Wheeler feels that these men are truly in opposition to Taft and Roosevelt, but are supporting Taft because his victory seems inevitable and they want to be on the winning side.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-19

New York State Republican Committee Chairman Woodruff updates William Loeb on the campaigns of Fifth Assembly District Leader Robert A. Sharkey and of Senator Eugene Mabbett Travis for control of the Eleventh Assembly District in New York. Woodruff feels he can neither support not speak out against Governor Charles Evans Hughes at this time, and he is worried Stevens’s victory in Niagara will encourage those hostile to President Roosevelt. He assesses other district candidates and their potential to have a positive impact. Although he knows Loeb may not be able to help directly, he appeals to him for aid if possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-19