Procter, John Robert, 1844-1903

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Procter, John Robert, 1844-1903

Language

English

Richard Wilson Knott writes to John Robert Procter to discuss President Roosevelt’s image and race relations in the South.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-03

Creator(s)

Knott, Richard Wilson, 1849-1917

President Roosevelt congratulates John Robert Procter on how his boy handled himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt requests further information regarding John Robert Procter’s report on irregularities in the post office of Washington, D.C., and the Post Office Department in general.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Woodbury Kane on behalf of Thaddeus Higgins, a former Rough Rider. Higgins would like to be a clerk in the Quartermaster Department of the Army, and Roosevelt asks John Robert Procter to make the proper exceptions for the appointment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks John Robert Procter for Mr. Knott’s letter and would like Knott to know that he intends to act along those lines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Miss Drayton, who lent her father’s field glasses to Roosevelt when he went to Cuba. Roosevelt would like Drayton’s request granted and asks John Robert Procter to look into having this arranged.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt wants it understood that positions in the White House, such as telegrapher and clerk, must be treated as special due to the confidential nature of the work. Great damage can be done by men in these positions, such as the recent unauthorized publication of War Department documents. Roosevelt is also distressed by the civil service reformers and their support for Mrs. Taylor’s suit. The suit is making it difficult to remove “recalcitrant clerks” and Roosevelt fears that this is damaging public service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt would like John Robert Procter to give the note to Mr. Knott, because Knott states Roosevelt’s position exactly. Roosevelt was influenced by President Cleveland’s action “in the silver business.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Procter, John Robert, 1844-1903

Language

English

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt invites John Robert Procter to dinner at his “unfurnished home” on Sunday. During the day, he will be with Leonard Wood. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks John Robert Proctor, president of the United States Civil Service Commission, to send the documents to a philanthropist who still thinks he’s part of the Civil Service Commission. He believes Monroe is all right.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sends John Robert Procter, president of the Civil Service Commission, an enclosed document, and asks Procter if he should do anything regarding the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Acting Postmaster General Wynne outlines the justification for Donatus O’Brien’s dismissal. He presents a history of incidents relating to absences without leave and sleeping on duty since O’Brien began work as a watchman 10 years earlier.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-03

Creator(s)

Wynne, Robert John, 1851-1922

Richard Wilson Knott discusses the uproar in the South over the appointment of African Americans to office. He believes that the outrage is largely fueled by newspapers and leaders of both parties who are upset about losing offices held by political machines. He says that President Roosevelt believes in the equality of all men and is unjustly criticized.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-03

Creator(s)

Knott, Richard Wilson, 1849-1917

J. D. Powers laments the condition of the political system in Kentucky. Many civil servants have trampled the rights of the people, ruined the Republican Party, and destroyed the chance to defeat the “political Buckaneers.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-09

Creator(s)

Powers, J. D.