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Theodore Roosevelt knows that Edgar Alexander Mearns will have his travel accommodations made in advance, but reminds him to make plans for where he will stay on the steamer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
Edgar Alexander Mearns replies to Theodore Roosevelt’s letter “giving data for order providing for station in Washington with commutation of quarters, would be the most advantageous to me.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-08
Matthew Elting Hanna reports on the “sanitary, social, political, and economical conditions” of Santiago de Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-03
Following the publication of Theodore Roosevelt’s article, Roosevelt would like Edgar Alexander Mearns to write a scientific report on the expedition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-06
Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma calls for the creation of a Cuban militia to serve nationally and in the individual provinces to restore peace and order. Estrada Palma’s decree details the organization and pay of the militia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-25
Edgar Alexander Mearns will receive the full pay and allowances of a Major, instead of a Lieutenant Colonel. Mearns has also “industriously gathered” Natural History materials his whole life and given the items to museums.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-06
Edgar Alexander Mearns agrees to Theodore Roosevelt’s publication stipulations on the Africa expedition. Roosevelt’s publications must come first. In order to complete early preparations for the trip, Mearns requests an official order from the War Department outlining his duties. Mearns suggests other members of the American Museum staff who might be good candidates for the expedition. Mearns also asks Roosevelt whether he should make plans for the “systematic treatment of natives outside of your own party.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-04
Gregory A. Wynn argues that Theodore Roosevelt was not ashamed or humiliated by his father’s lack of active military service during the Civil War. Wynn notes that this assertion is too often invoked when discussing Roosevelt’s relationship with his father when there is little evidence to support it. Wynn details the elder Theodore Roosevelt’s work during the war promoting and managing a system which allowed soldiers to send money home to their families. Wynn highlights Roosevelt’s meetings with President Abraham Lincoln who approved of the allotment system overseen by Roosevelt.
Illustrations of two allotment system documents and a calling card, and a photograph of Wynn accompany the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2010
J. Gabriel Duque provides an update on events in Colombia’s Panama Department. Local sentiment strongly favors independence but Duque does not see the leaders or funds necessary for a conflict. The troops, including their commander General Esteban Huertas, are starving, despondent, and ignored by the central government. Duque suggests the soldiers could be readily bought off.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-21
First Lieutenant Hanna reports on the “sanitary, social, political, and economical conditions” of Santiago de Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-30