Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-05-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-05-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-01-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-09-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

President Roosevelt values Leonard Wood’s suggestions but is unsure how to convey them in a message to Congress. Additionally, he is not sure it is wise to ask for both a reorganization and enlargement of the army. Since becoming President, he gets enough exercise to stay healthy but is not in condition for hard work. Roosevelt will go easy in Africa and avoid mountaineering and similar activities.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-18

President Roosevelt is working to accomplish the things mentioned in Major General Wood’s letter. Roosevelt has shared the letter with United States Army Chief of Staff James Franklin Bell, who is in agreement. When Wood returns home Roosevelt would like to discuss the matter further.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-02

President Roosevelt appreciates and agrees with what Major General Wood says about training officers in the same manner as enlisted men. Roosevelt will go over the matter in detail with Wood when he returns to the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-17

President Roosevelt tells Major General Wood that his recent letter impressed both Secretary of War William H. Taft and himself. Roosevelt is attempting to convince Congress to grant Wood the tract of land he desires at Fort McKinley, but he has a hard time convincing them on military matters. He informs the Major General that he will be stationed in the Philippines until after the elections when he will be brought back to America, and that Taft will visit the country in September.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-20

President Roosevelt is anxious to speak with General Wood about the “reciprocity matter.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-12

President Roosevelt introduces James Bryce and Elizabeth Marion Ashton Bryce.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-01

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-12-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-01-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-12-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-10-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-09-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-05-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-05-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-11-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-11-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927