Stewart, Philip Battell, 1865-1957

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Stewart, Philip Battell, 1865-1957

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Stewart, Philip Battell, 1865-1957

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Stewart, Philip Battell, 1865-1957

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Stewart, Philip Battell, 1865-1957

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Stewart, Philip Battell, 1865-1957

President Roosevelt thanks Philip Battell Stewart for everything he is doing, and says that if they do not have fun, it will not be Stewart’s fault. Roosevelt hopes to get a bear, and asks if Stewart can join them to start out the trip, even if he cannot be there the entire month.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-21

President Roosevelt asks Philip Battell Stewart if he still recommends D. B. Fairley for a consulship and explains he is having a terrible time figuring out how to fill the vacancies. Roosevelt also inquires more about the hunting trip Stewart has suggested and asks Stewart to follow up with John B. Goff about the conditions. Roosevelt believes this could be the last hunt he takes as president, and he wants it to be under “the most favorable circumstances.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-26

President Roosevelt asks Philip Battell Stewart a number of questions about the proposed hunting trip, including if he can find mountain lions in the bear country mentioned by John B. Goff. Roosevelt also asks Stewart for more information about what is happening in Colorado.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-27

President Roosevelt appreciates Philip Battell Stewart’s work to combat corruption in Colorado, but does not feel that he knows enough about the situation to personally write about it. Roosevelt has discussed the matter with Attorney General William H. Moody to see if Roosevelt could write to District Attorney Earl M. Cranston, but has not come up with a way to do so “with advantage.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-07

President Roosevelt encourages Philip Battell Stewart to keep working in politics in spite of sometimes feeling disheartened. He asks Stewart his opinions about plans for going hunting if there is not an extra session of Congress. The president is thinking of going hunting with John B. Goff first, and then later with Stewart’s men. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-30

President Roosevelt was surprised by the 33,000 majority in Colorado. Roosevelt mentions his wish to go on a bear hunt in the spring, and asks Philip Battell Stewart if John B. Goff is the right man for the job.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-19

President Roosevelt is pleased by the result in Colorado, but is sorry about Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody’s defeat. The president hopes to see Philip Battell Stewart soon because he wants to talk over several matters with him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-11

President Roosevelt asks Philip Battell Stewart to send him the pamphlets they discussed about James Hamilton Peabody and the Western Federation of Miners. Roosevelt was told that Stewart or William Lenox could provide him with detailed statements “showing that there is no moral doubt” that the leaders of the Western Federation of Miners have used murder as a weapon in the past.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-03

Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Philip Battell Stewart “heartily” and invites him to spend a night with him if he comes east this summer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-02

President Roosevelt informs Philip Battell Stewart that in light of labor problems, Colorado was hopeless for the Republicans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-20

President Roosevelt was amused by General Bell’s proclamation and was interested in the other clipping. Roosevelt notes his admiration for Philip Battell Stewart’s father, John Wolcott Stewart.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-28

President Roosevelt was concerned about Philip Battell Stewart’s son having pneumonia. He is pleased for the boy’s recovery.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-06

President Roosevelt encloses copies of two letters from Judge Campbell for Philip Stewart’s private information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-22

President Roosevelt is going to give up trying to understand Colorado politics. He is bitter at the presence of Henry Moore Teller in the Senate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-24

President Roosevelt thanks Philip Battell Stewart for the letter and says he received one from Springer on the same subject. Roosevelt is receiving conflicting reports on the situation and heard Edward Oliver Wolcott’s side from Ray Stannard Baker.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-15