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Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Corrine Roosevelt Robinson comments on the controversy surrounding the education unification bill. McDougall Hawkes and Secretary O’Brien request that the date for the New York Republican State Convention be selected soon. Hawkes believes that Cornelius N. Bliss could be useful for campaign purposes. Robinson ponders how Senator Hanna’s death will affect the Republican Party. She closes by thanking President Roosevelt for signing the photographs and making the “little blind girl” very happy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Bird Grinnell

Theodore Roosevelt agrees with George Bird Grinnell that the Boone and Crockett dinner should be held in New York. Roosevelt would like Colonel Young to attend.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-20

The skeleton at the feast

Republican politicians wearing Roman togas are seated around a banquet table with a skeleton that is holding a standard labeled “McKinley’s Shaky Financial Record.” Gathered around the table are John “Sherman,” Stephen B. “Elkins,” Russell A. “Alger,” Charles H. “Grosvenor,” William “McKinley,” Mark A. “Hanna,” Christopher L. “Magee,” William M. “Hahn,” Joseph B. “Foraker,” Cornelius N. “Bliss,” Herman H. “Kohlsaat,” Edward Oliver “Wolcott,” and Whitelaw “Reid.” Caption: The ancient custom of the Romans of seating a skeleton at their banquet-tables, to remind them of death, is now being revived by our Republican friends.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1896-06-10

Two obstacles that must be removed before Uncle Sam can drive on

President McKinley stands on the roadside near a large rock labeled “Unsettled Tariff Question.” Vice President Hobart and members of McKinley’s cabinet attempt to clear the roadway by removing another large rock labeled “Unsound Financial System.” Waiting behind them on the road “To Prosperity” is Uncle Sam sitting on a large wagon filled with “U.S. Commercial Interests.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-03-31

Unconditional surrender

President McKinley capitulates to special interests and political patronage by offering his sword labeled “Patronage” to Marcus A. Hanna, Thomas Collier Platt, and Matthew S. Quay. The dejected members of McKinley’s cabinet, labeled “Alger, Sherman, Bliss, Gage, Long, Wilson, McKenna, [and] Gary,” are standing in the background.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-07-11

Where will it strike next?

A comet labeled “Allds Investigation” strikes a planet labeled “Albany Legislature,” causing it to explode among planets labeled “Aldrich, Penrose, Payne, Vreeland, Dalzell, Cannon, Hitchcock, Woodruff, Ballinger, Root, Platt, Depew, Parsons, Sherman, Bliss, Black, Cortelyou, Odell, Lodge, Hale, [and] Elkins.” A lone planet showing the face of Theodore Roosevelt hovers on the far right. Caption: A comet that has cut loose in the Republican constellation.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-03-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Douglas Robinson

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt escorted the newly commissioned John Jacob Astor to see Senator Thomas Collier Platt, Secretary of the Interior Bliss, and President William McKinley. Roosevelt is doing the “exasperating work” of moving arms and equipment around the usual delays. It will be a few days before he can join Leonard Wood for military service with the 1st Volunteer Cavalry.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-05-10

Why the trusts and bosses oppose the Progressive Party

Theodore Roosevelt explains his relationship with Cornelius Newton Bliss while he was in a position of power for the Republican Party and that while he respects Bliss, he was never stopped from prosecuting a company or person by Bliss’s advice. John D. Archbold and Senator Boise Penrose know this and that is why they have attacked Roosevelt in their testimony to Congress. Archbold and Penrose know that Roosevelt is the people’s champion as the Progressive Party candidate and will hinder their dishonest work if he were elected.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1912-09-22

The Abyssinian treatment administered to Standard Oil

Theodore Roosevelt addresses John D. Archbold’s accusations that Roosevelt, when president, gave Standard Oil Company the “Abyssinian Treatment.” Roosevelt said he did indeed do so to the Standard Oil Company and he would do so again to any big trust that requires it. Roosevelt notes that Archbold is not afraid of being ignored or regulated by the current administration or by the Democrats, but he fears that Roosevelt and the Progressive Party, the party of the people, will act, which is why he has attacked Roosevelt during his testimony in Congress.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1912-09-22

Mr. Roosevelt pays his respects to Penrose and Archbold

Theodore Roosevelt discusses the duty of the American people to stand up and be heard if they believe in the Progressive cause. He explains the corruption that both the Republican and Democratic parties have allowed to enter into American politics and how a vote for the Progressive Party will combat that. He also explains recent testimony in Congress given by Pennsylvania Senator Boies Penrose and John D. Archbold of Standard Oil Company. While those two men were testifying against Roosevelt, they were in fact testifying for actions taken by Cornelius Newton Bliss when he was treasurer of the Republican Party.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1912-09-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Prescott F. Hall

Police Commissioner Roosevelt writes Immigration Restriction League representative Prescott F. Hall that he will help any way he can but does not think he will have influence over the New York appointments. He suggests that New York Republican party “boss” Thomas Collier Platt or treasurer of the Republican National Committee Cornelius Newton Bliss might have some influence.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1896-12-28

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler discusses the recent mayoral election in New York. Butler conveys the public’s positive reaction to President Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington, and the public’s negative reaction to George B. McClellan, Mr. Murphy, and Seth Low. In regard to his recent conversation with Cornelius Newton Bliss concerning campaign tactics, Butler suggests that Roosevelt invite Mr. Kennedy, James Speyer, and James Stillman for lunch or dinner. Butler writes about the Panama Rebellion and editorials on the topic running in The Evening Post and The Times. Butler also discusses the involvement of Marcus Alonzo Hanna, John Edward Addicks, General James Harrison Wilson, and Wayne MacVeagh in the Maryland and Ohio elections. Butler suggests Roosevelt become a professor of American History and Politics in Morningside Heights.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-09

Letter from Cornelius N. Bliss to Theodore Roosevelt

Cornelius N. Bliss relays to President Roosevelt that he received this letter addressed to his father, Cornelius Newton Bliss, who is traveling in the Western United States. Bliss will forward the message to his father.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-28

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Hay is willing to help raise funds in New York but suggests several other prominent Republicans who he believes would be more effective. Hay understands that there are factional quarrels in several states but he believes that President Roosevelt’s popularity will overcome any opposition.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-21

Letter from Marcus Alonzo Hanna to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Hanna offers a list of New York friends for “consideration to invite to the launch.” He is likely referring to the upcoming christening of Emperor William II’s yacht.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-07