Perkins, George W. (George Walbridge), 1862-1920

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

At the request of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary forwards a letter and two telegrams. Roosevelt has agreed to carry out any arrangements made by Mr. Tuttle and Charles S. Thompson. In reply to Edward Prentiss Costigan, Roosevelt has sent a message to Judge Ben B. Lindsey, approving the third party movement in Colorado. Roosevelt has not responded to the telegram from Joseph Oswalt Thompson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt encloses a drawing of a moose head that might make an effective campaign button.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-31

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses a letter from Senator Alsop requesting that Roosevelt travel to Connecticut for Labor Day. Roosevelt would like to grant Alsop’s request.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-25

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt would like to know if Senator Joseph M. Dixon could travel to North Dakota to look over the situation. He would also like to meet with Dixon or George W. Perkins today.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1912-07-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt would like George W. Perkins to meet with Judson C. Welliver who has been working on publicity with Frank Andrew Munsey. He suggests that Welliver be put on the board of publicity with Oscar K. Davis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-09

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses a letter from Henry Beach Needham that will provide information on Mr. Haywood. He suggests that George W. Perkins contact Haywood.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-27

Telegram from Charles H. Thompson to George W. Perkins

Charles H. Thompson advises caution regarding Wallace Batchelder’s proposal to back the Democratic ticket.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary encloses two letter from Julian LaRose Harris that Roosevelt would like to discuss with George W. Perkins.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt appreciates the Palisades pamphlet and asks when he appointed George W. Perkins to the Palisades commission. He has been amused by some of the press reaction to their friendship.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Letter of introduction for Julian LaRose Harris.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt thanks George W. Perkins for the speech and the circular from Birmingham, Alabama. He references his article in The Outlook entitled “Murder Is Murder” defending the arrests made in conjunction with the 1910 Los Angeles Times office bombing.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt will read George W. Perkins’s address and requests that Perkins read his article that will appear in this week’s Outlook.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt was amused by the editorial and thanks George W. Perkins for an “excellent address.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt invites George W. Perkins to lunch in order to discuss some of the points Perkins raised.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt requests George W. Perkins’s opinion on a letter from Mr. Broughan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-23

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary invites George W. Perkins and Mrs. Perkins to lunch at Oyster Bay, New York. Frank Andrew Munsey has also been invited.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt acknowledges that George W. Perkins would like Roosevelt to “go as Vice-President on a Progressive ticket” with Woodrow Wilson as President. While Roosevelt sees the attractiveness of the proposition, he declines. However, he jokes that if they will substitute Wilson for his fiancée, Edith Bolling Galt, he will consider the matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-10-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt requests that George W. Perkins be cautious and not suggest that the Republican Party nominate Roosevelt for president. Roosevelt suggests that he would only receive Republican support in the event that Republican leaders know they will lose. Under these circumstances they would nominate Roosevelt in order to have him defeated and end his legitimacy, as well as the legitimacy of progressivism. Roosevelt appreciates Perkins’s support but his nomination would be useless and damaging. The public is against him personally and politically. Roosevelt will continue to write and speak on international and general affairs but intends to be less involved in public affairs. He will not run again for public office.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-09-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt compliments George W. Perkins on his article in the World.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1915-08-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Perkins

Theodore Roosevelt compares the international situation to the environment of some western communities thirty years ago. People who showed themselves helpless and unable to provide their own defense were inevitably taken advantage of. China has been in this position and because China could not fight effectively they have “had to fight again and again.” The Wilson administration has failed to show that the United States will defend itself and is being taken advantage of at sea and in Mexico. Roosevelt believes an aggressive foreign policy would have been much more likely to avoid a future war and that the country would be better off if he were president. Roosevelt compares President Wilson’s response to Germany to a man responding to his wife being slapped by writing notes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-04-06