McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-08-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917

Creator(s)

Hill, David Jayne, 1850-1932

Recipient

McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941

Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Gibbs McAdoo for the speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-17

Theodore Roosevelt will read William Gibbs McAdoo’s speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-14

Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could do as W. G. McAdoo urges and accept the invitation from the Chancellor-Walworth Lodge. However, he has a previous engagement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-27

Theodore Roosevelt would like W. G. McAdoo to lunch with him in Oyster Bay on January 26.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-19

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary asks W. G. McAdoo if he would rather have lunch at Oyster Bay or Roosevelt’s office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-14

President Roosevelt appreciated W. G. McAdoo’s letter and remarks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-03

President Roosevelt is sorry that he cannot be present at the opening of the tunnel going under the Hudson River, but wishes to express his appreciation for the work that W. G. McAdoo has done on them. The tunnel and associated buildings were very difficult to construct, and they are a great achievement. The completion of this tunnel will bring New York and New Jersey closer together, and will be a boon to the American people.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-17

President Roosevelt enjoyed reading W. G. McAdoo’s letter, even though it was “altogether too partial.”

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt informs W. G. McAddo he considers him fit for a position on the Isthmian Canal Commission, but he had already offered the position to Missouri Senator Francis Marion Cockrell and conditionally to two other men if Cockrell does not accept.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-29

President Roosevelt is “half a southerner” and feels that his southern ancestry is responsible for his attitude in foreign politics. Roosevelt does not intend to do injustice but will not be “withheld from doing justice to all.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-17

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-06-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941