Scott, Nathan Bay, 1842-1924

3 copies + envelope

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-14

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Scott, Nathan Bay, 1842-1924

President Roosevelt tells Senator Scott that the neither the Tenth Cavalry, nor any other regiment, “ever rescued the Rough Riders from any predicament.” He explains that his regiment fought next to the First and Tenth regulars, and the three regiments fought well, but none of them “was ever helped out of a scrape by another, or ever helped another out of a scrape” outside of the implications of fighting side by side.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-24

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-07

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Recipient

Scott, Nathan Bay, 1842-1924

Walter L. Cohen asks Nathan Bay Scott to back his choice of Emile Kuntz as New Orleans postmaster to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-02

President Roosevelt informs Senator Scott that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge did not have anything to do with Thomas W. Cridler being transferred from the State Department to the consulship of Kingston, nor with his being replaced by Herbert H. D. Peirce. The decision was made by Secretary of State John Hay and was made in the interest of public service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-26

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Nathan Bay Scott for the invitation to speak. However, he receives hundreds of similar requests and cannot accept them as they drain his time.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-21

Theodore Roosevelt wishes that the younger men had the same level of spirit as former Senator Scott of West Virginia.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-08-04

President Roosevelt has been thinking about Governor William Mercer Owens Dawson’s case. He could appoint Dawson as a special agent at the Bureau of Manufactures, which is part of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Roosevelt lists the salary and asks Senator Scott to inquire if this position would interest Dawson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-04

President Roosevelt regrets to inform Senator Scott that he is unlikely to have the opportunity to appoint anyone to the position Scott had mentioned before March 4. He wishes he could help West Virginia governor William Mercer Owens Dawson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-04

President Roosevelt inquires if Senator Scott can communicate in writing, as Roosevelt is too busy to see anyone.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-15

President Roosevelt has received Senator Scott’s letter, and remarks that he hopes that Commissioner of Internal Revenue John Watson Yerkes’s sickness is temporary. Roosevelt would not like to make any statements about a possible successor to Yerkes, as he hopes “there is no immediate likelihood of a vacancy.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-06

President Roosevelt has forwarded Senator Scott’s brother-in-law’s letter to Attorney General William H. Moody.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-21

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-17

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Recipient

Scott, Nathan Bay, 1842-1924

President Roosevelt explains his reasoning for several judicial appointments to Senator Scott.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-13

President Roosevelt sends Senator Scott a newspaper clipping he is concerned about, and asks Senator Scott to preserve the clipping and return it to him after he has read it. Roosevelt believes that the article shows that the person referenced does not demonstrate “the kind of dignity to be expected in a man fitted to occupy a judicial position.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-29

President Roosevelt thanks Senator Scott for his telegram and the “wonderful work” he did.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-10

President Roosevelt gives three cheers for Senator Scott of West Virginia.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-03

President Roosevelt appreciates what Senator Scott is doing and knows that he is working “to the very last limit.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-12

President Roosevelt spoke to the young man and will discuss the other matter with Payne.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-24