Sleicher, John A. (John Albert), 1848-1921 |

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1899-02-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sleicher, John A. (John Albert), 1848-1921

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-11-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sleicher, John A. (John Albert), 1848-1921

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-04-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sleicher, John A. (John Albert), 1848-1921

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

President Roosevelt agrees with Leslie’s Weekly Editor John A. Sleicher about William Jennings Bryan, and believes that he put Bryan on the defensive with a recent letter. Roosevelt is aware of the case involving Philo S. Bennett and thinks Sleicher addressed it well, although Roosevelt says he can not use the information personally.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

President Roosevelt agrees with all of John A. Sleicher’s letter except the suggestion about stumping, and he has asked Comptroller of Currency Lawrence O. Murray to contact Sleicher regarding the bank deposits. In a postscript, Roosevelt applauds New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes for his opening campaign speech in which he took aim at William Jennings Bryan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

President Roosevelt asks John A. Sleicher to please show the four articles by Charles M. Harvey to Chairman of the Republican National Committee Frank H. Hitchcock as potential campaign materials, and says he is glad the situation surrounding the New York Governorship is going well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

President Roosevelt tells John A. Sleicher he is reluctant to appear to be a dictator or to force the nomination of Charles Evans Hughes for governor of New York. However, he has done, and will continue to do, all he can to impress upon leaders his “very strong personal judgement” that Hughes should be renominated. Doing otherwise would be a mistake.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

After deliberation, President Roosevelt shares John A. Sleicher’s opinion regarding renominating Governor Charles Evans Hughes and has told the party leaders. Roosevelt directs Sleicher to write to William H. Taft. He agrees that Taft’s personality needs to be highlighted, but does not believe speeches are the solution.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

In a private letter, President Roosevelt confides to John A. Sleicher his conflicting opinions about nominating New York governor Charles E. Hughes. He feels that Hughes should be nominated, but is unsure of the public’s opinion on the matter, finding, “it is a bad thing to have to nominate him and a worse thing not to.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

President Roosevelt approves of John A. Sleicher’s statement on Jewish matters and says that William H. Taft agrees. Roosevelt discusses public opinion regarding William Jennings Bryan and Charles Evans Hughes in the upcoming election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

President Roosevelt thanks John A. Sleicher for the editorials from Leslie’s Weekly he sent. Roosevelt is glad Professor M. M. Kovalevskiĭ published a report about the negotiation of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty, because he never felt at liberty to discuss how he interceded with Sergei Vitte in the matter of Jewish Americans being prohibited from visiting Russia.