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Rules for playing the terminal game

Rules for playing the terminal game

Charles Stedman Hanks details what he views as problematic statistical inaccuracies practiced by railroad companies and their statisticians that will interfere with the effectiveness of the Hepburn bill. In his letter, Hanks describes the “terminal game” document as a “hypothetical case” based on facts he had Mr. Harriman work out, which he hopes will impress upon President Roosevelt what the railroad terminal situation means as applied to the statistical reports and to the regulation of rates by the Commission. The document includes an illustration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-10

Notes regarding the Maltese Cross cabin

Notes regarding the Maltese Cross cabin

Four note cards cite newspaper articles concerning Theodore Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross Cabin being moved back to the North Dakota Badlands from the state capitol grounds in Bismarck, North Dakota. Three cards were created by the State Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND).

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949

Interview with Ernest Osgood

Interview with Ernest Osgood

Handwritten notes from an interview with Ernest Osgood. Osgood discusses, among other topics, the Dakota Territory and the “emigration to the gold fields and routes over land,” draft dodging, and emigration. The notes also include page references about the “balkanization of the United States,” Vallandingham of Ohio, and his thoughts on the separation of the eastern and western United States, possibly from Roy Franklin Nichols’ book The Disruption of American Democracy.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1952-11-07