Attempted assassination

Secret Service Chief Wilkie informs William Loeb that the letter from the German Ambassador which Loeb mentioned contained a lot of “information” from an informant who specialized in anarchist matters. Wilkie relays what the informant has told him, but does not believe him. Over the past seven years, Wilkie has investigated this informant’s information repeatedly and found it to be false. Even so, Wilkie recognizes there could be a grain of truth in what the informant says.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-09

Creator(s)

Wilkie, John E. (John Elbert), 1860-1934

Frank Harper assures Clara N. Reed that Theodore Roosevelt fully supports the progressive movement and is campaigning for “the good of the country.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-15

Creator(s)

Harper, Frank, 1882-1971

Theodore Roosevelt will not be campaigning due to the injury he sustained at the shooting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As such, he will no longer be visiting Hartford, Connecticut. Frank Harper thanks W. Bradford Green for previously offering accommodations in Hartford.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-16

Creator(s)

Harper, Frank, 1882-1971

President Roosevelt thanks Tracy C. Becker for the letter and statement from Francis J. Heney, who has now been the target of an assassination attempt. Roosevelt has sent and published certain telegrams about Heney, and will not speak to president-elect William H. Taft about appointing anyone for his Cabinet. He will consult Gifford Pinchot, the chief of the U.S. Forest Service, about making a game preserve in the Cascade Mountain Forest Reserve, but is sorry to stay that only the state can act in that case.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt expresses shock and sympathy for Rebecca W. Heney following the assassination attempt on her husband, Francis J. Heney. Roosevelt admires Heney’s dedication to exposing corruption regardless of the prominence of the offenders and the dangerous nature of the work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Ambassador Meyer is reporting to President Roosevelt the state of affairs in Russia after having found St. Petersburg quiet. Meyer traveled throughout Russia, Poland, and the Ukraine. The letter examines the situations in many different cities and other topics including removing Jews from Russia, revolution and revolutionaries’ tactics, a pheasant shoot, military escorts, history, travel, and Russian construction quality.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-28

Creator(s)

Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918

John Campbell Greenway is thankful it was not worse, referring to the attempt on Theodore Roosevelt’s life. He compliments Roosevelt on his conduct.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1912-10-15

Creator(s)

Greenway, John Campbell, 1872-1926

Theodore Roosevelt has had an extraordinary campaign and continues to recover after being shot. He encourages Robert Harry Munro Ferguson to go on vacation with his wife, Isabella Ferguson.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1912-10-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Cartoon depicting Uncle Sam taking a break from the presidential campaign to look at a poster listing Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt’s vital signs after being shot.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912