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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-02-13
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918
English
On Theodore Roosevelt’s behalf, his secretary thanks Alexander Jeffrey McKelway for his letter and invites him to meet with Roosevelt on Friday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-13
President Roosevelt promises Alexander Jeffrey McKelway that he will ask that Judge Noah B. Feagin be invited to the conference as well. Roosevelt thanks McKelway for offering his opinions on candidates to be appointed to a judgeship. While Roosevelt has some reservations about Judge Robert M. Douglas’s age, he promises to look up Judge T. T. Hicks. He also appreciated McKelway’s views regarding Spencer B. Adams and Harry Skinner. Roosevelt is pleased by McKelway’s words about the development of the Republican Party in the South.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-30
President Roosevelt thinks it may amuse Alexander Jeffrey McKelway to know that Roosevelt has been being criticized by William Garrott Brown. Brown dislikes that Roosevelt is appointing Democrats to government positions, thereby discouraging the growth of a healthy Republican party in the South. Roosevelt shares this information privately.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-26
President Roosevelt would prefer not to write to any state legislature on matters they are currently debating, as Alexander Jeffrey McKelway has asked him to do. Roosevelt would be glad for McKelway to state what he said regarding Georgian Governor Hoke Smith, but would prefer not to be directly quoted as he is not sure what precisely he said, and minor changes can alter the tone or meaning of a quote. Roosevelt agrees with McKelway that the national government must do the main work regarding the regulation of railroads, but that state governments have important work to do in this regard as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-19
President Roosevelt disagrees with Alexander Jeffrey McKelway about the court martialed and dismissed naval officer Milton W. Arrowood. Roosevelt believes Arrowood, an officer, should be held to stricter accountability than an enlisted man.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-23