Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Vespasian Warner
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1905-04-26
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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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English
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-26
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
President Roosevelt doubts if there has ever been a Commissioner of Pensions up to Vespasian Warner’s standards.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-28
President Roosevelt informs Commissioner of Pensions Warner that George P. Hamner was incapacitated by malaria before mustering out of Camp Wikoff after the campaign in Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-08
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased to have Vespasian Warner’s support in the fight, presumably referring to the Progressive Party campaign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-03
President Roosevelt would like Commissioner of Pensions Warner to review the application made by Ethel Chase Sprague Donaldson, whose husband served as surgeon in the Rough Riders regiment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-26
President Roosevelt is pleased with Commissioner of Pensions Warner’s actions in Mrs. Donaldson’s case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-01
President Roosevelt seeks confirmation from Commissioner of Pensions Warner that Ethel Chase Sprague Donaldson’s pension is processed with haste, as he has high regard for her and her late husband, Rough Rider and army surgeon, Frank Donaldson. Although Roosevelt respects the Donaldson’s service to their country during the war, he particularly notes that Mrs. Donaldson’s grandfather is Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury to President Abraham Lincoln.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-06
President Roosevelt brings a pension case to the attention of Commissioner of Pensions Warner, and vouches for the applicant.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-25
President Roosevelt is pleased to appoint Representative Warner the Commissioner of Pensions, if Warner is willing to accept.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-13