Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt agrees with Eugene F. Ware’s assessments of Sargent and William Randolph Hearst.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-09-28
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Ware, Eugene F., 1841-1911
Letter from Mrs. Moore Murdock to Eugene F. Ware
Mrs. Moore Murdock is planning a reunion of Mexican War veterans in Texas. She asks Commissioner of Pensions Ware to send a roster of veterans’ names to confirm records.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-15
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt suggests Commissioner of Pensions Ware follow the same protocol with Congressman Jacob A. Beidler as he does with other congressmen.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-15
Letter from William Loeb to Eugene F. Ware
At the direction of President Roosevelt, William Loeb encloses a letter from Melvin C. Baldwin on behalf of surviving Civil War locomotive engineers. Roosevelt would like Pension Commissioner Ware’s views on the matter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-06
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt writes Commissioner of Pensions Ware regarding the statistics Ware provided on the casualties and applications for pensions from the regiments engaged at Santiago. Roosevelt is proud to note that the Rough Riders had more casualties and fewer applications for pensions.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08-07
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt hopes that Eugene F. Ware will accept the position of Commissioner of Pensions. Henry Clay Evans, the current Commissioner, will be receiving a promotion to the diplomatic service in Spain.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt congratulates Eugene F. Ware and agrees that he got “Brother Tillman on the point of the jaw.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-01-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt agrees with Eugene F. Ware about the pension agencies, but they were voted down by Congress, and he is not sure if it is worth making a fight about it.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt tells Eugene F. Ware that “as usual, I enjoyed a hearty laugh after reading your letter.” He is glad that United States Representative Charles F. Scott eventually won out over his struggles.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-03-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt thanks Eugene F. Ware for the note and says, “they will have to come with me in the end!”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-16
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt was very pleased to receive Eugene F. Ware’s telegram. He sends his regards to Ware’s wife and daughter.
Comments and Context
The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt congratulates Eugene F. Ware.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-23
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt tells Eugene F. Ware he plans to place the sonnet in his study since it has Ware’s signature. Roosevelt also tells Ware, “But alas! the distance between wolf and deer spans the life of the book as well as the life of perishable bronze and stone.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt praises and thanks Commissioner of Pensions Ware for his service in this position, and accepts his resignation “with sincere regret.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
Theodore Roosevelt shares with Eugene F. Ware a letter written to Republican National Committee Chairman George B. Cortelyou, which details abuses in the Pension Bureau. Roosevelt would prefer not to hold a public investigation into these allegations. Roosevelt leaves it up to Ware to deal with the matter in the way he sees fit.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-04
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt believes that Commissioner of Pensions Ware’s letter to the Sun was the best yet written.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-23
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt tells Eugene F. Ware, Commissioner of Pensions, that “the old soldier proposition is just about all right.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-15
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt thanks Eugene F. Ware for staying as Commissioner of Pensions during the election campaign and wishes he would consent to stay longer.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-25
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt asks U.S. Pension Commissioner Ware whether it is really worth paying “attention to such a thing as that.” Roosevelt thinks that they should ignore it. The issue is whether the Republican Party was using the pension fund for their own purposes.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-06-20
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware
President Roosevelt attempts to raise the spirits of Pension Commissioner Eugene F. Ware by dismissing negative reports and gossip. Roosevelt admits that Ware has been the best Commissioner of Pensions and thanks him for agreeing to continue his position until after the election.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-05-27