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Memorandum from Arthur Bainbridge Hoff to Edwin C. Pendleton

Memorandum from Arthur Bainbridge Hoff to Edwin C. Pendleton

Lieutenant-Commander Hoff, of the USS Missouri, updates for Captain Pendleton accounts of the United States Navy’s aid efforts in Kingston, Jamaica, following the earthquake. This aid took the form of supplies and medical assistance given to hospitals, food and other assistance given to Americans on the island, and dangerous damaged buildings destroyed with gun cotton (an explosive now known as nitrocellulose). The Governor of Jamaica, John Alexander Swettenham, told the Americans not to destroy any buildings without the owner’s approval.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-19

Creator(s)

Hoff, Arthur Bainbridge 1869-1925

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin Warfield

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin Warfield

The Maryland General Assembly sent a resolution to President Roosevelt requesting that federal troops be sent to Baltimore, Maryland, to maintain order after a large fire. The resolution was accompanied by a statement from Governor Warfield that the situation no longer required troops. With this statement and Elihu Root’s interpretation of the relevant statutes limiting federal troops to “a disturbance amounting to an insurrection,” Roosevelt declines to comply with the assembly’s request.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919