Stewart, Philip Battell, 1865-1957

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Stewart, Philip Battell, 1865-1957

President Roosevelt tells Philip Battell Stewart that he wishes he could have been in camp with Stewart. Roosevelt also informs Stewart about happenings in the New Mexico Territory.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-13

President Roosevelt sends Philip Battell Stewart several copies of letters regarding former New Mexico Governor Herbert J. Hagerman. Roosevelt previously believed Hagerman to be “merely a fool” rather than actually corrupt, but is starting to revise his opinion. In a postscript, Roosevelt mentions that railroad attorneys in New Mexico seem to support Hagerman, causing him to believe that by demanding Hagerman’s resignation, Roosevelt stopped “some improper scheme,” and hopes the schemes will become widely public.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-27

President Roosevelt is sorry to hear about Philip Battell Stewart’s “misadventure” and would like to know if there is anything he can do.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-24

President Roosevelt is “puzzled” by a telegram from Philip Battell Stewart about Rittenhouse, a name he does not recognize. Roosevelt has put forward D. C. Bailey’s name and is sorry Stewart could not accept the Commissionership of the General Land Office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-15

President Roosevelt asks Philip Battell Stewart to be the Commissioner of the General Land Office. He is “discontented” with the current Interior Department, despite approving of Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock. He plans to appoint James Rudolph Garfield as Secretary of the Interior, and to make a “pretty clean sweep” of the employees under him, except for men like Commissioner of Pensions Vespasian Warner and Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp. He mentions that Gifford Pinchot would be one of Stewart’s coworkers, and emphasizes that Stewart would be perfect for the position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-22

Philip Battell Stewart does not need to hurry to Washington, D.C., but President Roosevelt hopes that he and his wife, Sarah Frances Cowles Stewart, will stay at the White House when they visit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-05

President Roosevelt would like Philip Battell Stewart and his wife to spend a night at the White House. Roosevelt fears the “Colorado appointments” will be contentious and would very much like to get Stewart’s opinion on the situation and the candidates.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-26

George B. Cortelyou thanks Philip Battell Stewart for the letter and invites him and his wife to stay at the White House when they come east. Cortelyou intends to take the bear and cougar hunt a year from next spring and hopes to get Secretary of War Elihu Root to join their party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-14

President Roosevelt suggests going to the country that John B. Goff knows for their upcoming hunting trip. Roosevelt would like to go after a jaguar.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-03

President Roosevelt informs Philip Battell Stewart that he is pleased with the platform and endorsement. Roosevelt is also pleased that D. B. Fairley was re-elected.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-25

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-02-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Stewart, Philip Battell, 1865-1957

Theodore Roosevelt explains the meaning of his statement in a speech at Orchestra Hall that he would “bodily take” the Republican Party. In all states but Colorado, the Progressive Party took the Republican electors into their party. Meanwhile in Colorado, if Philip Battell Stewart wins a nomination, he will go on a ticket with the electors pledged to President Taft.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-15

Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to Philip Battell Stewart for the letter and agrees with the recently changed attitude of William Hutchinson Cowles’s papers. Roosevelt believes recently Cowles has been supporting the men who believe that a delegation from Washington should be representative of the state.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-29

Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed hearing from Philip Battell Stewart. He asks if Stewart and his wife, Frances Cowles Stewart, will be in New York before heading west. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is doing better but still not able to see guests. Roosevelt concedes he is too old to climb mountains but wants to hear Stewart’s experience.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-04

President Roosevelt tells Philip Battell Stewart that he is a friend worth having, and that his faith in the Department of the Interior is almost shaken with regards to the Hagermans. Roosevelt cannot believe that Hitchcock was not an honest man, but he comments that he did have poor judgement and temper.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-15

President Roosevelt asks Philip Battell Stewart to notify him when he will be in the same place as Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-18

President Roosevelt is concerned to learn that Philip Battell Stewart’s wife, Frances Cowles Stewart, is ill. He hopes that she is on the road to recovery.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-25

President Roosevelt writes Philip Battell Stewart privately about Herbert J. Hagerman. He did not previously believe that there was anything against Hagerman’s personal honesty, but now thinks that the evidence suggests that he was involved with trying to swindle the government. Roosevelt forwards a letter from Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield that sets forth some of the case.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-17

President Roosevelt explains his actions regarding Herbert J. Hagerman’s tenure as Governor of the Territory of New Mexico. He had to hold the governor accountable if he intended to do so with any lesser officials.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-24