Letter from Ferdinand Jelke to Theodore Roosevelt
President Roosevelt’s recent speech has had a “tremendous effect” in Cincinnati.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1902-09-27
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Letter from Lucius Nathan Littauer to Theodore Roosevelt
Representative Littauer is relieved that President Roosevelt’s leg injury is responding to treatment. He compliments Roosevelt’s Cincinnati speech and would like to discuss “unpublished incidents” of the Saratoga Convention.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-27
Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Lodge reports on the dangerous political situation in New England being caused by the coal strike. Lodge says schools are closing for lack of fuel and the cry for the government to take control of the coal mines is getting more insistent. Lodge understands President Roosevelt can do nothing directly but asks if there is anything the government can appear to be doing to stop the strike.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-27
Letter from Jesse Overstreet to George B. Cortelyou
The letter from Newell Sanders and President Roosevelt’s speeches have been received.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-27
Letter from Frederick S. Stevenson to Theodore Roosevelt
Among his grandmother’s possessions, Frederick S. Stevenson has found a poetry book that contains the handwritten names “Wm H. Roosevelt” and “J. G. Roosevelt.” He asks if there is a member of the Roosevelt family that might like to have the book.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-27
Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington believes that he can work with James Sullivan Clarkson and that Clarkson understands the Alabama situation. The opposition to “decent, property holding Negroes” by Republican leaders in Alabama is morally wrong and will affect the African American vote in the northern states. Washington hopes that President Roosevelt will rebuke the actions of these Republicans.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-27
Letter from Philander C. Knox to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Knox has agreed to meet with Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to discuss his speech. Knox believes that some aspects of the speech are handled too lightly and suggests that President Roosevelt read the speech with this in mind.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-28
Letter from C. Hughes Armistead
C. Hughes Armistead explains to his uncle why his trip home from Japan has been delayed and provides dates for his expected visit.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-29
Letter from James Sullivan Clarkson to Theodore Roosevelt
James Sullivan Clarkson has met with Booker T. Washington and Captain Scott regarding the Alabama situation. They will be able to advise President Roosevelt of their wishes in a few days. Scott believes that at least one Republican Congressman can be gained in Alabama.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-29
Letter from Frederick William Holls to George B. Cortelyou
Frederick William Holls hopes that the dinner for Vajiravudh, the Crown Prince of Siam, will not take place on October 14 or 15 as he will be in Pawtucket, Rhode Island at the dedication of a public library donated by his father-in-law.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-29
Letter from Micah John Jenkins to Theodore Roosevelt
Micah John Jenkins invites President Roosevelt to Charleston, South Carolina, for an “old fashioned deer hunt.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-29
Letter from M. Florence Locke to Theodore Roosevelt
M. Florence Locke is thankful that President Roosevelt is successfully recovering from injuries sustained in a carriage accident.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-29
Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt
Jacob A. Riis encloses a political letter that will amuse Theodore Roosevelt. He requests to use Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s name as a “patroness.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912
Letter from Henry L. Dawes to Theodore Roosevelt
Henry L. Dawes inquires about President Roosevelt’s health and prays for a speedy recovery after his accident in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-30
Letter from Matthew Elting Hanna to Herbert G. Squiers
First Lieutenant Hanna reports on the “sanitary, social, political, and economical conditions” of Santiago de Cuba.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-30
Letter from Juan Ramón O’Farrill to Herbert G. Squiers
Mayor O’Farrill and the Havana City Council thank President Roosevelt for his efforts on Cuban reciprocity.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-30
Letter from Arthur Stewart Raikes to Alvey A. Adee
Robert Bond, Premier of Newfoundland, has arrived in Washington, D.C., to negotiate a reciprocity treaty between the United States and Newfoundland. Arthur Stewart Raikes has been instructed by Lord Lansdowne to assist Bond and bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-30
Letter from Charles M. Sain to George B. Cortelyou
Charles M. Sain is assisting the Republican campaign in Nevada through various newspapers and believes that President Roosevelt’s support of the irrigation law is their only hope to carry the state.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-30
Letter from Louisa Lee Schuyler to Theodore Roosevelt
Louisa Lee Schuyler writes an encouraging and admiring letter to President Roosevelt. She and her sister will set sail soon from Europe to return to the United States, after an absence of sixteen months. She recalls that at her last meeting with Roosevelt, he feared being “shelved” as Vice President and was considering studying for the bar. Schuyler describes the universal sympathy expressed by the British at the time of President McKinley’s assassination. She expresses anxiety about Roosevelt’s carriage accident and hopes to find him well when she returns.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-30
Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt
Jacob A. Riis is concerned that several newspapers are attempting to provoke Theodore Roosevelt. He encourages Roosevelt to hold back and allow others to combat the newspapers.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912