Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Creation Date

1921-01-10

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Letter from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood

John Campbell Greenway has lobbied Senator Warren G. Harding to appoint General Leonard Wood to the cabinet as Secretary of War. He does not want to see “another wobbly record made by our Government in Mexican matters.”

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Creation Date

1921-01-25

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Letter from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood

John Campbell Greenway was very interested in Governor Wood’s letter about the Philippines. He regrets that Wood will be in the Philippines for another year as a Rough Rider reunion was being planned for Wood’s return. The price of copper is low and the copper mining industry is in “bad straits.”

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Creation Date

1922-12-18

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Letter from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood

John Campbell Greenway was delighted with the cablegram from General Wood, Frank Ross McCoy, and Gordon Johnston. Greenway describes how the family spent Christmas and hopes Wood returns to the United States soon.

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Creation Date

1924-01-11

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Telegram from Leonard Wood to John Campbell Greenway

Leonard Wood, Frank McCoy, and Gordon Johnston send Christmas greetings and congratulations to John Campbell Greenway.

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Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927; Johnstone, Gordon, 1876-1926; McCoy, Frank Ross, 1874-1954

Creation Date

1923-12-24

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Telegram from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood

John Campbell Greenway would like to see General Wood before Wood leaves Arizona. Greenway suggests he can pick up Wood and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson at Fort Huachuca and drive them to Bisbee, Arizona, for the night.

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Creation Date

1911-10-09

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Telegram from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood

John Campbell Greenway will meet General Wood at Fort Huachuca to bring him to Bisbee, Arizona. A car will meet Wood in Bisbee to convey his party to El Paso, Texas.

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Creation Date

1911-10-16

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Letter from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood

John Campbell Greenway was delighted with the cablegram from General Wood, Frank Ross McCoy, and Gordon Johnston. Greenway describes how the family spent Christmas and hopes Wood returns to the United States soon.

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Creation Date

1924-01-11

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leonard Wood

Theodore Roosevelt sends this letter to General Wood by way of their friend and fellow Rough Rider Edward D. Christian. Christian’s son is graduating from the Virginia Military Academy and Roosevelt hopes that Wood will grant him a commission.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Creation Date

1916-06-02

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Letter from Ray Stannard Baker to Leonard Wood

Ray Stannard Baker writes to General Wood regarding an article that ran in The Sun. The article published claims made by Major James Edward Runcie that Wood threatened General John Rutter Brooke. Baker relays that he wrote President Roosevelt on the matter and offers to make a statement before the Senate Committee in defense of Wood.

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Creation Date

1903-11-22

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Letter from Ray Stannard Baker to Leonard Wood

Ray Stannard Baker confirms that he can be depended upon to do everything he can to bring out the truth regarding the Runcie article.

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Creation Date

1903-09-14

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Letter from Ray Stannard Baker to Leonard Wood

Ray Stannard Baker congratulates General Wood on his Army promotion. He mentions an unfair article in The Sun and Wood’s work in the Philippines. Baker also writes about his lunch with President Roosevelt.

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Creation Date

1903-07-21

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Letter from Richard H. Greene to Leonard Wood

Richard H. Green requests that the Chief Magistrate and his family join the General Society of Mayflower Descendants in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on September 5, 1903.

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Greene, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1839-1926

Creation Date

1903-06-01

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Letter from Herbert G. Squiers to Leonard Wood

Herbert G. Squiers requests that General Wood speak to President Roosevelt on his behalf. He would like his conduct during the Boxer Rebellion recognized with a promotion. Squiers was First Secretary of the American Legation in Beijing during the siege of the International Legations. He encloses a dispatch from the British government recognizing his exemplary conduct during the siege.

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Squiers, Herbert G. (Herbert Goldsmith), 1859-1911

Creation Date

1902-03-21

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Letter from James Robb Church to Leonard Wood

Dr. Church makes it known that he would be willing to serve as President Roosevelt’s personal physician when Roosevelt’s regular physicians are unable to accompany him on his travels.

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Church, James Robb, 1866-1923

Creation Date

1902-03-26

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Letter from D. Lecuona to Leonard Wood

D. Lecuona and the city council of Matanzas, Cuba, thank General Wood for his authorization to request help from President Roosevelt regarding the economic situation in Cuba. They ask for help formulating their demands in writing.

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Creation Date

1901-10-03

Creator(s)

Lecuona, D.

Letter from Julian Pauncefote

British Ambassador to the U.S. Julian Pauncefote encloses a dispatch highlighting the courageous conduct of Herbert G. Squiers and Reverend Francis D. Gamewell during the attack on the Legation quarter in Beijing during the Boxer rebellion and asks that the British Government’s appreciation be extended to them. Squiers was the Secretary of the U.S. Legation and Gamewell was the Methodist minister connected with the University of Peking.

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Pauncefote, Julian, 1828-1902

Creation Date

1900-12-26

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Telegram from Henry Clark Corbin to Leonard Wood

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Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909

Creation Date

1900-09-18

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Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Publication Date

2025-10-23

Letter from Ray Stannard Baker to Leonard Wood

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Creation Date

1900-04-13

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Recipient

Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Publication Date

2025-10-23

Letter from Lowell A. Chamberlin to Leonard Wood

Lowell A. Chamberlin tells Colonel Wood that he was disappointed to hear from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt that enlistment is full, and he hopes that Wood will give him a chance to call on him in the near future.

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