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Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry L. Stimson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry L. Stimson

Theodore Roosevelt forwards to Secretary of War Stimson a letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop. Roosevelt praises the work of both Bishop and Colonel George W. Goethals on the Panama Canal. Roosevelt says that he, Gifford Pinchot, and James Rudolph Garfield are all pleased that Stimson has accepted the appointment as Secretary of War, even though Pinchot and Garfield “are still inclined to be entirely off in matters political.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-31

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Whitelaw Reid believes that since Joseph Bucklin Bishop and his newspaper can be so helpful during President Roosevelt’s campaign, it is not wise to encourage him to leave his position. Reid notes that there has been a change in political opinion lately, though a few remain discontented about the “coal strike, the Northern Securities, and certain trivialities like negro appointments, etc.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-09

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Nicholas Murray Butler

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Nicholas Murray Butler

Whitelaw Reid asks Nicholas Murray Butler whether it might not be in President Roosevelt’s best interests politically to leave “our friend” at his post at a New York newspaper. As they are entering a campaign without many New York newspapers devoted to Roosevelt’s cause, their friend will likely do more good by staying and not going to the New York Tribune.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-04

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler writes to President Roosevelt of his recent meetings with Joseph Bucklin Bishop and Mrs. Roosevelt and advises Roosevelt to keep political distance from Seth Low during the presidential campaign. Butler discusses the involvement of Frank Hinchman Platt, Lemuel Ely Quigg, and Mr. Van Cott in the Odell-Platt arrangement and mentions newspaper articles on the topic published in The Sun. Butler includes a clipping from The World.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-28

Letter from Richard Watson Gilder to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Richard Watson Gilder to Theodore Roosevelt

Richard Watson Gilder responds to President Roosevelt’s concerns about an article published in Century magazine, explaining that not to have published it would open the magazine to charges of personal partisanship. In a postscript, Gilder expresses his interest in publishing an “inner history” of the Anthracite Coal Strike that would draw on unpublished letters. He believes that such an article would do good, and he suggests Joseph Bucklin Bishop as the possible author.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-07

Letter from James R. Sheffield to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from James R. Sheffield to Theodore Roosevelt

James R. Sheffield informs President Roosevelt of plans to gather a group to meet with Commissioner of Immigration William Williams. The invitees include Stuyvesant Fish, Nevada N. Stranahan, Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Mr. Seul, Mr. Greene, Nicholas Murray Butler, and George Rumsey Sheldon. Sheffield extends a hopeful invitation for Roosevelt to attend the dinner at the University Club.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-06