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Edgar Alexander Mearns has known Theodore Roosevelt since 1874. They collected natural history specimens on the Hudson River. Mearns and Roosevelt had a “speaking acquaintance” when Roosevelt was civil service commissioner. This document is a fragment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-05
Henry L. Stoddard has written the editorial as suggested by George W. Perkins. Their unnamed friend is in Macon, Georgia, today and should contact Stoddard tonight.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-07
B. C. Pole discusses the formula for driving the fly wheels of the momentum engine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-30
The City Playground League of New York lists the various elements of its creed, stating its belief in the importance of playgrounds and playing in the development of children. It advocates for playground supervisors being given respect and compensation as professionals, and says that the City of New York can afford and should provide such supervision for playgrounds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-07
Title page of The Pond: An Idyl of Boyhood with a handwritten note from the author, William Addison Houghton, in dedication to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04
The Century Company sends Theodore Roosevelt a royalty statement for the sale of four of his book titles.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-31
Denton, Cottier & Daniels quotes Milton Hardon a price for several instruments.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-28
The proposed African-American Trading Company seeks to purchase items, such as those listed, direct from African hunters for profitable sale in the United States. An estimated capital of $25,000 is needed to fund the company initially. More information is available through Franklin C. Jones.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-19
A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt’s speech at the Sorbonne.
This speech is commonly referred to as “The Man in the Arena.”
Draft outline of a plan for a form of state government that would allow direct election of representatives, with the minority being heard but unable to exercise control. The plan includes information about how candidates would be nominated and elected, the length of the term of office, and the roles and responsibilities of various officials.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-08
Lieutenant Walther Von Wiese und Kaiserswaldau of the Imperial Colonial Military in German East Africa details the best areas for hunting in the Victoria Nyanza, with a map appended. He outlines potential trips with supplies, routes, and bureaucratic details, with corresponding routes drawn on the map.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10
Archbishop Soler praises American Catholics and the thriving nature of Catholicism in the United States. He argues that the Church is not the enemy of progress, which is proven by how Catholicism has flourished in the U.S., the example and standard of progressive nations. He explains a visit he made to Secretary of State Elihu Root, to express his admiration for the way in which American ideals allow complete liberty to Catholics, and the way other Americans respect them as collaborators in the social order.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-30
Three translated letters express viewpoints of people in Cuba during the Second Occupation of Cuba by American military forces. One quotes a prominent Spanish individual expressing a desire for America to save the country. Another Cuban individual expresses disappointment in how his countrymen are acting compared to President Roosevelt and is appreciative of the graciousness America is showing Cuba. The final quote is from the owner of the Development Company of Cuba who is afraid that violence will continue to break out and affect the financial interests there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-19
In response to Poultney Bigelow’s article on the conditions in Panama, the author denounces him as a “false witness,” asserting that official records testify contrary to Poultney’s twenty-one claims against the Canal Commission as further detailed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-30
Biographical details about Elmer Ellsworth Brown, professor of education at the University of California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-10
A series of short letters sent to Daniel Carter Beard about kinds of merit badges, called “Top Notches,” that could be offered to Beard’s Sons of Daniel Boone which, in 1909, became the Boy Pioneers of America. The organization later merged with the nascent Boy Scouts of America. One of the short letters is from Theodore Roosevelt with suggestions for actions that merit “Top Notches.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-09
Some faculty members at Yale University were asked about the peace terms that they thought Japan should suggest in a peace treaty with Russia, and suggested a number of points, including “adequate protection against future Russian encroachment,” a “free hand” in Korea for the Japanese, Russian surrender of war vessels, and no cession of Siberian territory to Japan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905
A typed copy of praise for President Roosevelt’s recent article in The Century titled “The Ancient Irish Sagas” from Oakland, California’s Once a Week and Minneapolis, Minnesota’s Journal. Both reviewers marvel at Roosevelt’s command of the literature.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-10
A statement, possibly meant for a press release, written regarding Louis Livingston Seaman, a military surgeon. The document, created from a statement by government worker Frank W. Carpenter, is edited by hand with lines struck through. Seaman “was the most prominent witness before the Beef Commission, and his testimony was rather sensational.” He claimed the army was being overfed, and although he was sent to the Philippines as a contract surgeon, he was there more to conduct business for himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-29
William R. Johnston states that he received a B.S. degree from Wilberforce University and a medical degree from Howard Medical College. He also has experience working at Freedmen’s Hospital after graduation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-14