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Theodore Roosevelt writes to Charles Sheldon about an Alaska big game hunt that his son, Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt, would like to take in the summer.
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1914-12-08
Theodore Roosevelt would like to take a trip to Alaska with his son, Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt. Roosevelt would like to give the younger Roosevelt a chance to kill giant moose, big bear, white sheep, and caribou, and asks E. Marshall Scull for his advice on whom Roosevelt should contact to help set up the trip.
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1914-12-08
Theodore Roosevelt asks Edmund Heller for help arranging a big game hunting trip in Alaska for his son Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt.
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1914-12-08
Theodore Roosevelt would like his son Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt to travel to Alaska in the summer and would like to know if J. H. Kidder can help.
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1914-12-08
President Roosevelt advises Senator Knox, who will be president-elect William H. Taft’s secretary of state, on the importance and fragility of the relationship between the United States and Japan. Roosevelt explains why he believes that there is a real possibility that Japan will declare war on the United States, although this is by no means certain. Currently, many Americans are pursuing ineffectual and offensive strategies in an effort to prevent Japanese immigration to the United States. Roosevelt supports their goal but not their means. In Hawaii, meanwhile, Roosevelt disapproves of sugar planters encouraging large numbers of settlers from China and Japan to come work on their plantations. Roosevelt feels that the settlement of Hawaii by individuals from Southern Europe should be encouraged. His more general policy is threefold. He wants the government to prevent Japanese citizens from settling in America, while treating Japan “so courteously that she will not be offended more than necessary,” and building up the navy as a preventative measure. Although the value of this policy should be self-evident, Americans “are shortsighted and have short memories.”
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1909-02-08
President Roosevelt disagrees with several statements Secretary of State John Hay wrote. While Hay was one of the most “delightful characters” Roosevelt had ever met, he found Hay lacking leadership qualities as a Secretary of State. Roosevelt provides Senator Lodge with his view of the Alaska Boundary dispute in 1903. He includes copies of the letters Roosevelt wrote to Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes and Henry White to show to British Secretary of State for the Colonies James Chamberlain and Prime Minister James Arthur Balfour. Roosevelt explains why certain appointments were made following the death of President William McKinley and details for why Hay was not consulted on matters concerning the Russo-Japanese War and the acquisition of Panama.
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1909-01-28
President Roosevelt is planning to take Sydney Brooks’ advice in describing the British attitude in India in an upcoming speech. He liked Brooks’ article, and is pleased that he is going to write another one. Roosevelt appreciated Brooks’ praise of his achievements in office, but highlights what he believes are his greatest achievements while in the presidency, including increasing the size of the navy, the construction of the Panama Canal, the creation of forest reserves, and the involvement of the United States in international affairs to promote world peace. He encloses several volumes of his Presidential addresses and State papers.
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1908-12-28
President Roosevelt tells Daniel S. Kain that he will do whatever he can to help Kain help Alaska, and he wishes he knew who would be the best person in Congress to take up the work.
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1908-12-22
President Roosevelt feels that Judge Royal Arch Gunnison should be reappointed, but asks if Attorney General Bonaparte or the Department of Justice possess information that would suggest otherwise. Roosevelt acknowledges that Gunnison can be slow, but believes that he is nevertheless an honest judge.
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1908-12-03
President Roosevelt recently read Rex Beach’s account of the trip, and congratulates Fred Stone on it. Roosevelt thanks Stone for the gift of a gun, and hopes that he has “one-half as good luck in Africa as [Stone] had in Alaska.”
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1908-11-30
President Roosevelt agrees with Representative McKinley’s comments on the amount of constructive, beneficial legislation accomplished by Congress in the past seven years. He lists specific pieces of legislation that he feels “form a record of substantial legislative achievement in harmony with the best and most progressive thought of our people.” Roosevelt argues that electing William H. Taft will ensure such progress continues.
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1908-09-09
President Roosevelt looks forward to meeting Judge Wickersham and discussing the Alaska Territory.
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1908-08-22
President Roosevelt congratulates Governor Hoggatt of the Territory of Alaska, and assures him he has done the right thing.
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1908-07-20
President Roosevelt thanks Charles R. Settlemier and the other members of a committee for the resolution of invitation to attend the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in the summer of 1909. Roosevelt regrets that it is not possible to accept, as he will be out of the country at the time, but wants to make sure that Settlemier and others know his firm belief in the positive future of Alaska.
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1908-07-10
President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Bonaparte that he is sorry to hear about John Carter Rose, and advises him to follow the course that he set out to find another candidate for the position, and to act similarly in finding a person for the Indian Territory. In a postscript, Roosevelt suggests Bonaparte consider Wade H. Ellis for the position, and comments about the choice of the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, where he would prefer Frank B. Kellogg to Frank H. Hitchcock.
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1908-06-30
President Roosevelt asks John W. Dudley to thank Chief Ana-Thla-Hash for the Chilkat blanket and send him the enclosed letter and photograph.
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1908-05-11
President Roosevelt thanks Ana-Thla-Hash of the Chilkat tribe for the Chilkat blanket, and sends good wishes and a photograph of himself.
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1908-05-11
President Roosevelt introduces Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard University to the representatives in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Philippines.
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1908-04-23
President Roosevelt wishes to call the attention of Representative Tawney, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, to the need for increased appropriations for the education and support of Native Americans in Alaska, as well as for the support of the reindeer industry there. Roosevelt explains some of the plans of the Commissioner of Education for Alaska, and urges Tawney that the full amount asked for by Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield be appropriated.
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1908-02-28
President Roosevelt seeks to call Senator Allison’s attention to the need for increased appropriations for education and support of Native Americans in Alaska, along with the support of the reindeer industry. Roosevelt briefly comments on the need for expanded actions by the Bureau of Education to promote sanitation and health in Native American villages. Roosevelt urges that congress provide the full appropriation that Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield has asked for.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-28