Purdy, Milton Dwight, 1866-1937

Judge Amidon asks Judge Purdy about where he can find the full speech that President Roosevelt gave at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Amidon explains that he will be delivering the address at the next meeting of the American Bar Association, and he would like to speak to the recent criticisms of Roosevelt and Secretary of State Elihu Root. He quotes a variety of former politicians and justices to make the point that state issues have become important on a national scale. Amidon believes the Constitution should be interpreted liberally and “should respond only to the deep, abiding, organic things of the nation’s life.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-08

Creator(s)

Amidon, Charles Fremont, 1856-1937

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-09-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Purdy, Milton Dwight, 1866-1937

Publication Date

2025-06-19

Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to Judge Purdy for his letter and he encloses a letter from Judge Amidon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt tells Milton Dwight Purdy that he does not see much of a future for the Progressive National Party. Roosevelt believes that to go on with it would mean taking “some good men out of associations where they might be useful, and keeping them in a smaller organization where they cannot be useful.” Roosevelt also notes that the party organization has become very feeble and “impotent,” and there is a “tendency to have it fall into the hands of the mere cranks.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-06-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt asks Milton Dwight Purdy to look at the enclosed document, and states if Purdy approves it, Roosevelt will add Purdy’s name to a list to send to William Draper Lewis.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks Milton Dwight Purdy to get in touch with Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver. Dolliver is preparing a bill regarding better oversight of stocks and securities from interstate carriers, and Roosevelt would like Purdy to help Dolliver, or tell him who in the Department of Justice or the Interstate Commerce Commission may be able to assist.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Assistant to the United States Attorney General Purdy for forwarding the letter from Judge Charles Fremont Amidon and asks to keep it. Roosevelt has sent Amidon a copy of his own Harrisburg speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-05

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Recipient

Purdy, Milton Dwight, 1866-1937

Publication Date

2025-10-09

John Dandridge Henley Luce and Governor William Henry Hunt have informed President Roosevelt that Judge William Henry Holt has created a great deal of dissatisfaction in Puerto Rico. Roosevelt understands that Holt’s term is soon to expire.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919