Thorndike, Rachel Sherman, 1861-1919 | - Theodore Roosevelt Center

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rachel Sherman Thorndike

President Roosevelt will answer Rachel Sherman Thorndike’s letter personally.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rachel Sherman Thorndike

President Roosevelt does not believe that there is any vacant judgeship in Arizona he will fill before leaving office. He informs Rachel Sherman Thorndike that, contrary to her suggestion, he feels it is inappropriate for the ex-president to do anything but travel directly from the inauguration ceremony to the train station as a private citizen.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rachel Sherman Thorndike

President Roosevelt will not be asking President-elect William H. Taft for any appointments, nor will he be giving his card for others to discuss such appointments. Roosevelt believes Rachel Sherman Thorndike should approach Alexander M. Thackara and Taft directly to discuss this matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rachel Sherman Thorndike

President Roosevelt agrees with Rachel Sherman Thorndike that “in dealing with the South one must often exercise patience and forbearance to a degree which I should not dream of extending to the North.” If some sons of former Confederate generals made a trip through Indiana and Ohio along the path of a raid that took place during the Civil War, Roosevelt believes no one would pay any attention to them, but the trip of Father Thomas Ewing Sherman, a son of William Tecumseh Sherman, through Georgia is causing an uproar. Roosevelt believes General William Penn Duvall let the information get out in the wrong shape, and that the trouble could have been avoided.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rachel Sherman Thorndike

President Roosevelt tells Rachel Sherman Thorndike he will be pleased to meet the English actor Sir Charles Wyndham, and was pleased to learn that he served in the the Civil War.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rachel Sherman Thorndike

President Roosevelt is pleased to inform Rachel Sherman Thorndike that he will be able to send her brother-in-law, Alexander M. Thackara, to Berlin as a consul. Consul George W. Roosevelt has said he does not know German, and would prefer to remain in Brussels.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rachel Sherman Thorndike

Not wanting any misunderstandings, President Roosevelt emphasizes to Rachel Sherman Thorndike he never promised to send Minister Alexander M. Thackara to Paris. He will look into the Hamburg matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rachel Sherman Thorndike

President Roosevelt thanks Rachel Sherman Thorndike for the letter, and has tried to investigate the matter regarding Alexander M. Thackara. He discusses his thoughts regarding the appointment and promotion of people at American consulates, and promises that he will try to help Thackara, although he must also consider other candidates who are highly qualified for promotion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rachel Sherman Thorndike

President Roosevelt promises Rachel Sherman Thorndike he will consider Alexander M. Thackara for promotion, but cannot promise anything. If the president can give him a promotion without injustice to any others, he is happy to do it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rachel Sherman Thorndike

President Roosevelt thanks Rachel Sherman Thorndike for her letter and sends his regards to her husband, Paul Thorndike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rachel Sherman Thorndike

President Roosevelt thanks Rachel Sherman Thorndike for writing to him. He says, “The white man is very ‘uncertain,'” and he will only feel “confident of the result” after the votes have been counted.