Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Burroughs

President Roosevelt has found corroborative evidence for his sighting of passenger pigeons at Pine Knot in Albemarle County, Virginia. Dick, the foreman of Joseph Wilmer’s farm, saw two small flocks and his description of the birds match the passenger pigeon described in the fifth volume of Audubon. Roosevelt believes that Dick is reliable and views him as a “singularly close observer.” He requests that John Burroughs write to Lyman Abbott about the Long controversy.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to C. Hart Merriam

Theodore Roosevelt believes he was correct about the passenger pigeons he saw. He includes evidence in the form of a letter written by Joseph Wilmer, whose place Plain Dealing is near Roosevelt’s Pine Knot. Roosevelt also includes an excerpt from George Shiras discussing various topics, including the timber wolf and how lynx hunt, and disagreeing with William J. Long’s texts on the subjects.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Ryan

President Roosevelt believes that Frank A. Miller, owner of a successful hotel in Riverside, California, should be granted a lease for a new hotel in Yosemite National Park, and supplies many letters of reference. Roosevelt tells Assistant Secretary of the Interior Ryan that the rail lines to the park will soon reach completion, and the and the increase in park visitors this will bring necessitates a hotel.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Fleming

President Roosevelt sends William H. Fleming several letters from Lyman Abbott. He is disheartened by the Atlanta tragedy’s effect upon what Fleming is “so patriotically and disinterestedly fighting.”

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Creation Date

1906-09-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Fleming

President Roosevelt looks forward to Representative Fleming’s article “on the subject of rape and mob law” and plans to share it with Lyman Abbott. 

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Creation Date

1906-10-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Daniel C. Gilman

President Roosevelt cannot do as Daniel C. Gilman suggests. Because he receives requests for “many worthy causes,” he must decline them so as not to “hurt the feelings of people in other cases.” However, in securing action by the government authorities and communicating with Lyman Abbott and Congress, Roosevelt argues he has done more to achieve Gilman’s purpose than a mere subscription while not complicating contributions to other causes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Yamei Kin

President Roosevelt deeply treasures his acquaintance and his correspondence with Yamei Kin. Roosevelt gives Kin permission to show anyone this letter and to speak of his fondness for her. He requests that Kin show this letter to Ambassador William Woodville Rockhill. In turn, he will submit her letter to Dr. Lyman Abbott and the State Department for he feels the contents of her letter are quite valuable.

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Creation Date

1906-08-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Bailey Howland

President Roosevelt was interested in the article by Louis F. Swift that William B. Howland sent to him, and comments that it “really takes exactly the position I have taken.” He comments, however, that “Swift and his people” tried to influence the legislation in favor of the meat packing industry, rather than allowing the executive branch to direct the investigations into conditions. He asks Howland to show this letter to Lyman Abbott.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philip Battell Stewart

President Roosevelt thinks Philip Battell Stewart’s article is admirable, and has forwarded it along to Lyman Abbott. He hopes Abbott uses it, but does not know if he will.

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Creation Date

1906-06-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Dudley Foulke

President Roosevelt appreciated receiving the letter from William Dudley Foulke, and took the liberty of forwarding it to Lyman Abbott of the Outlook. Roosevelt expects to be criticized by papers such as the Evening Post, Times, and others, but believes that the Outlook is working towards the same goals as he is, and was disappointed by the lack of support.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt tells Lyman Abbott that his speech will be released to the press for publication in the Saturday evening papers, and that if The Outlook is published after 3 P. M. on Saturday April 14, 1906, he is welcome to use it.

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Creation Date

1906-04-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Winifred Holt

President Roosevelt regretfully informs Winifred Holt that he cannot write a letter as she requests. If he did so, he would be asked to write hundreds of similar letters.

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Creation Date

1906-01-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Benjamin Ide Wheeler

President Roosevelt asks if Benjamin Ide Wheeler saw how The Outlook treated his appointment of Franklin K. Lane to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Roosevelt says he gave editor Lyman Abbott all the facts. He notes that “the pendulum will swing,” and that he cannot expect to have things in the future be as pleasant as they have been in the past.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hamilton Wright Mabie

President Roosevelt is glad to have participated in the edition of The Outlook that celebrated Lyman Abbott’s birthday.

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Creation Date

1905-12-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hamilton Wright Mabie

Through Hamilton Wright Mabie, President Roosevelt sends warm wishes and regards for Lyman Abbott’s 70th birthday.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lawrence F. Abbott

President Roosevelt tells Lawrence F. Abbott that he only writes to him and his father, Lyman Abbott, because he believes in The Outlook “with all [his] heart and soul.”  

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Creation Date

1905-10-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elbert F. Baldwin

President Roosevelt takes issue with the way that certain newspapers, including the New York Times, New York Evening Post, and New York World, report on the issue of campaign funds in the last election. Roosevelt assures Elbert F. Baldwin that he has never offered favors to those who have given large sums of money to his campaigns, and that he was unaware that several corporations had donated. He also discusses whom he can trust regarding the situation between Russia and Japan. He encloses a very rough draft of his upcoming message and asks Baldwin and Lyman Abbott to make suggestions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ernest Hamlin Abbott

President Roosevelt updates Ernest Hamlin Abbott on changes in the arbitration treaties and instructs him to show the letter to his father, Lyman Abbott. Roosevelt remains of the opinion that if an amendment like the one he mentions is added to the treaty he should just withdraw the treaty, as it would be a sham.

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Creation Date

1905-02-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nicholas Murray Butler

President Roosevelt has invited three southerners–Judge Thomas Goode Jones, University of Virginia President Edwin Anderson Alderman, and Silas McBee–as well as Nicholas Murray Butler and Lyman Abbott to dinner on January 6. Roosevelt would like to discuss his plans for what to say at the Lincoln Day dinner and thinks he might draw from Abraham Lincoln in his text.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Goode Jones

President Roosevelt asks Judge Jones if he can visit sometime in the coming weeks, ideally on December 20. The president would like to speak with Jones—and potentially Silas McBee and Lyman Abbott—about southern matters.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-09