Letter from Robert Lincoln O’Brien to William Loeb
Robert Lincoln O’Brien asks William Loeb to bring the enclosed articles to President Roosevelt’s attention.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-03
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Associated Press
Telegram from Frank P. MacLennan to Theodore Roosevelt
Frank P. MacLennan informs Theodore Roosevelt he has not heard from Roosevelt except indirectly. MacLennan asks Roosevelt to have his secretary call if he did not receive MacLennan’s wire last night.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-15
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin A. Van Valkenburg
Theodore Roosevelt shares the speech that he will give to the railroad men on June 10th with Edwin A. Van Valkenburg. He asks Van Valkenburg to distribute it in Philadelphia if there is demand, and to send a copy to the Kansas City Star. Roosevelt has sent copies to the United Press, Associated Press and International News.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1917-06-02
Letter from James Andrew Drain to William Loeb
James Andrew Drain has seen that his exchange of letters with President Roosevelt has been published in the New York papers. He has similar letters from Secretary of War William H. Taft and Secretary of State Elihu Root that he would like to publicize. Drain believes that this can best be done through the Associated Press but he does not have a relationship with Melville Elijah Stone, the Associated Press’s general manager. He requests a letter of introduction.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-04
Telegram from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb
Acting Secretary of State Loomis encourages William Loeb to allow the Associated Press to use certain text. Dean will send a copy of the text to Loeb.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-24
Letter from Melville Elijah Stone to Members of the Associated Press
The board of directors of the Associated Press have withdrawn the report of the President’s message, as it was prematurely released by the Arkansas Democrat.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-15
Telegram from Winfield Scott Holt to Theodore Roosevelt
Winfield Scott Holt notifies President Roosevelt that the Arkansas Democrat has been suspended from the Associated Press for publishing Roosevelt’s speech to Congress before it was released. Holt states that publication was a blunder and vouches for decency and accuracy of the Democrat. A waiver from the President is required to reinstate the Democrat to Associated Press service.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop
President Roosevelt sends Joseph Bucklin Bishop four private telegrams between himself and Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna. He also inquires if Bishop saw a speech that he sent to the Associated Press and emphasizes his comparison between “the crimes of the criminal rich and the crimes of the criminal poor.”
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Creation Date
1903-05-27
Telegram from George von Lengerke Meyer to Theodore Roosevelt
Press reports indicate that President Roosevelt has been given authority to cede all of Japan’s demands on Russia.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-28
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin Augustus Van Valkenburg
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Edwin Augustus Van Valkenburg to clear up an Associated Press article asserting Roosevelt’s support for President Taft’s second term. Roosevelt states that the writer of the article and Frank B. Noyes are misinformed. He asks that Van Valkenburg send a copy of this letter to Charles Kenny McClatchy, Frank Knox, and Frank B. Noyes.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-27
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to G. Warfield Hobbs
Asa Steele called the secretary of Theodore Roosevelt today and said that G. Warfield Hobbs had not yet received a copy of the speech Roosevelt will make in Chicago, IL. As a result, Harper will enclose a copy to Hobbs with the express instruction that the speech remain unpublished until it is delivered.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-03-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Dwight Willard
Theodore Roosevelt is happy with Charles Dwight Willard’s previous letter and enclosed newspaper clippings. He discusses the issues of clergymen and ministers championing morality but not embodying it, and the complicity of newspapers and the press. He did not know of actions taken against Otis.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-15
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin A. Van Valkenburg
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Edwin A. Van Valkenburg and returns his two letters, but he does not want to allow “Mr. Stone and Mr. Hayes to remain in the position of having greatly misstated my position, and justify themselves for so doing without being called to sharp account. Either Mr. Hillis or the Associated Press was guilty of greatly improper conduct, and one can be held blameless only if the other if blamed.” Roosevelt asks if he may write to Mr. Stone or Mr. Hayes directly or if Van Valkenburg will provide them with copies of the last letters Roosevelt sent.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-07-07
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to J. B. Nelson
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary answers J. B. Nelson’s request for an autographed photograph for the Seattle Press Club. Roosevelt was pleased to oblige and enjoyed his last visit to Seattle. He also mentions receiving a similar request from Mr. Simpson of San Francisco.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-22
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gilson Gardner
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Gilson Gardner to say that the clippings he received are “characteristic” and he finds it “difficult … to believe that the Associated Press did not spread that report deliberately and as part of the general campaign.” He also requests to see Gardner when he has a chance.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-20
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin A. Van Valkenburg
Theodore Roosevelt is outraged by some of the recent actions of the Associated Press in issuing statements about him that are false, and reporting him to have said things that he did not. Roosevelt has also noticed that the Associated Press seems to be suppressing news about him that is true, but this bothers him less.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George G. Hill
Theodore Roosevelt muses about whether he could let a letter from Charles Dwight Willard leak, especially as George G. Hill and British Ambassador James Bryce think highly of it. He appreciated seeing the copy of the letter that Hill sent to Roscoe C. E. Brown, as it allayed his suspicion that the story had been leaked by someone at the White House, which angered him to think about. The Associated Press appears to be creating fake news surrounding Roosevelt, “both by the suppression of the truth and the suggestion of the false.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin T. Earl
Theodore Roosevelt believes that the action of the Associated Press is an outrage, and tells Edwin T. Earl that he believes something should be done about it.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Hutchinson Cowles
Theodore Roosevelt tells William Hutchinson Cowles that the Associated Press dispatch was a fake, and that he believes something about it. Because of it, Roosevelt felt that he should not accept an invitation from President William H. Taft. Roosevelt expresses consternation with the Associated Press’s recent actions and reporting.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Rudolph Garfield
Theodore Roosevelt is puzzled whether the item that James Rudolph Garfield wrote to him about is due to the Associated Press or the White House, and denies the matter “as flatfootedly as possible.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-08