Bell, Sherman M., 1867-1942

President Roosevelt explains the situation between Colorado Adjutant General Bell and William Henry Harrison Llewellyn about James D. Ritchie, and reproduces part of a letter from Llewellyn to Bell. Ritchie, described as “quite an anarchist,” was deported from Colorado to New Mexico, but Llewellyn wishes for Bell to go easy on him “under the circumstances.” Ritchie is a strong supporter of Roosevelt’s campaign.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Philip Battell Stewart for the letter and says he received one from Springer on the same subject. Roosevelt is receiving conflicting reports on the situation and heard Edward Oliver Wolcott’s side from Ray Stannard Baker.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt congratulates Governor Peabody on the appointment of Sherman Bell as Adjutant General. Bell is a former Rough Rider.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Following recent news of Theodore Roosevelt’s intention to organize a division of cavalry in case of war with Japan, Major Paul A. Barry offers his services. Barry reviews his experience training and leading troops, and offers to get in touch with other men similarly experienced in training troops.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-19

Creator(s)

Barry, Paul A., 1876-1943

Charles R. Neumeister writes to President Roosevelt to offer his insights on an article by the Socialist journalist Joseph Wanhope that covers the 1906 Moyer-Haywood murder trial and the 1904 trial of miners accused of attempted train derailments in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Neumeister is a detective, who was hired by the Mine Owners Association, and he refutes Wanhope’s claim that railroad detectives tried to derail the train and blame miners. Neumeister believes Wanhope’s claims are “baseless” and the entire trial was a miscarriage of justice against the mine owners.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-20

Creator(s)

Neumeister, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1869-

New York Herald article announcing that former Rough Rider Sherman Bell is moving to Sonora, Mexico, in order to become a mining manager. The article mentions that Bell confided to a friend that he hopes to be in Mexico when a strip of Mexican territory is annexed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-09

Creator(s)

Unknown

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson congratulates her brother, President Roosevelt, for the fine job he did of representing himself at the inauguration. She shares her pride in his dignity and friendliness as well as in the devotion the people showed to him. Robinson also notes how much she enjoyed the tea she held for the Rough Riders who were present at the ceremony.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-08

Creator(s)

Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933

Attorney General Moody comments to President Roosevelt about a letter between two of Roosevelt’s former Rough Rider comrades, Morgan Llewellyn and Sherman M. Bell, about the “somewhat inconsistent loyalty” of a third, James D. Ritchie. Moody tells Roosevelt about a letter he received from William H. Moody, of Memphis, Tennessee, asking for a job because of the similarity of his name to Moody’s and that “blood is thicker than water. No doubt we are from the same stock.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-27

Creator(s)

Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917

William H. H. Llewellyn has surveyed people throughout the Western United States about the upcoming presidential election, and reports that the people he has talked with have been uniformly in favor of President Roosevelt. Llewellyn plans to travel to Colorado soon to continue his campaigning. He encloses copies of form letters he has sent throughout the states, as well as some recent correspondence he has had with former Rough Rider Sherman M. Bell, who is now Adjutant General of Colorado.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-17

Creator(s)

Llewellyn, William H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1851-1927

The former sheriff of Teller County, Colorado, describes events during the Cripple Creek miners’ strike that lead to his forced resignation. A handwritten note indicates that Robertson dictated the statement to a stenographer, but did not sign it because he left Denver before the document was typed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-03

Creator(s)

Robertson, Henry M.

Isaac Peterson informs President Roosevelt that Adjutant General of the Colorado National Guard Sherman M. Bell says that 40 union men will hang in Colorado. Peterson pleads with Roosevelt to intervene.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-12

Creator(s)

Peterson, Isaac

J. J. Huckett urges President Roosevelt, on behalf of the Industrial Council of Kansas City, Missouri, to take action against the harsh policies of Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody and General Sherman Bell in the labor dispute in Colorado.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-12

Creator(s)

Huckett, J. J.

Fourteen topics across eleven pages comprise this edition of the “News and Notes” section. The section covers some of the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) annual awards, including police awards, and the public speaking contests in and around New York City. It highlights the passing of Sarah Alden Derby Gannett, a grand daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, author Michael Teague, and Teddie R. Bell Kaltenbacher, a girl famously named after Roosevelt. “News and Notes” also provides updates on the effort to secure Roosevelt the Medal of Honor, the schedule for the “Theodore Roosevelt: Icon of the American Century” exhibit of the National Portrait Gallery, and production of the index for volume XXII of the TRA Journal.

Six photographs, three from the police award ceremonies, two from the speaking contests, and one of the Gannett family, supplement the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1999

Three part article about the naming of a baby girl after Theodore Roosevelt. John A. Gable provides an introduction to the topic and highlights Theodore Roosevelt Bell Kaltenbacher whose father, Sherman M. Bell, named her after Roosevelt thinking his newborn was a boy. The article reprints a letter Kaltenbacher wrote to Gable explaining her naming and also includes the recreation of an article from the Indianapolis News about her unusual name.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1984

Creator(s)

Gable, John A.; Kaltenbacher, Teddie R. Bell, 1906-1998

Text of Adjutant General Bell’s orders to the Colorado National Guard for Memorial Day.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-24

Creator(s)

Unknown

Colonel Crowder reports that Colorado state authorities can maintain control over the disturbances in the Cripple Creek district at their current level. If sympathetic strikes occur across the state, the federal government will likely need to intervene. Crowder reviews the history of the strike and summarizes the conditions during his inquiry. He includes several appendices with further information about the Cripple Creek Strike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-14

Creator(s)

Crowder, E. H. (Enoch Herbert), 1859-1932

General Bell finds Edward Oliver Wolcott’s political methods disgraceful and wants to see many of Wolcott’s supporters removed from office. Governor Peabody hopes to send a strong Colorado delegation for President Roosevelt to the next Republican National Convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-14

Creator(s)

Presidential Office Staff

Regarding Colorado politics, Sherman Bell believes that the Democrats have an advantage in the Senate and that the election of Henry Moore Teller was rigged.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-31

Creator(s)

Presidential Office Staff

The story “Joe” that will appear in the October edition of Harper’s Magazine features Sherman Bell as “Ernest Wilson.” John Paul Bocock asks if President Roosevelt is keeping up with Horace or studying The Odes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-26

Creator(s)

Bocock, John Paul, 1856-1903