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Baldwin, Mary Washburn, 1868-1944

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elbert F. Baldwin

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elbert F. Baldwin

President Roosevelt responds to Elbert F. Baldwin’s letter advocating for John Hays Hammond to become the vice presidential candidate. Roosevelt says that he does not want to be involved in the nomination for that position. He notes that if Hammond were not Baldwin’s friend and Hammond approached Roosevelt, Baldwin would likely write a letter in the Outlook criticizing Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-08

Letter from Elbert F. Baldwin to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Elbert F. Baldwin to Theodore Roosevelt

Elbert F. Baldwin is out of town attending to the birth of his fifth child, Janet Sterling Baldwin. Baldwin shares his opinion with President Roosevelt that his friend John Hays Hammond should be Secretary of War William H. Taft’s vice presidential candidate. Hammond’s strength as a mining engineer and his sympathy with the Roosevelt administration’s conservation reforms would make him a good candidate.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-06