Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles William Dabney

President Roosevelt tells University of Cincinnati President Charles William Dabney that he regards his letter about Special Assistant to the Attorney General Edward Terry Sanford as the definitive take on the matter; he hopes Attorney General of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte agrees. Roosevelt states he has given Sanford free reign over the issue, and has forwarded letters from Dabney and Judge J. M. Dickinson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt requests Secretary Root send back his letter related to the recalling of Minister Bellamy Storer. Roosevelt thinks that they should support Thomas I. Chatfield for a judge position in Brooklyn largely based on support from members of his cabinet and congress. The president tells Root that he will appoint Chatfield unless the secretary feels “there are very strong reasons to the contrary.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Clarence D. Clark

President Roosevelt writes Senator Clark strongly recommending Alford Warriner Cooley for the position of Assistant Attorney General, and he encourages Clark to share this letter with the rest of the Judiciary Committee. Roosevelt writes that Cooley was suggested by Attorney General William H. Moody, and he is also favored by Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte. Roosevelt outlines Cooley’s education and career, which includes time as judge for various courts in New York and Washington DC; positions at the Department of Justice; and a member of New York City’s Corporation Counsel. Roosevelt concludes that he doesn’t believe it “would be possible to obtain a better man for the place.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Oscar S. Straus

President Roosevelt thanks Secretary of Commerce & Labor Straus for his letter. Roosevelt is attempting to organize a meeting that includes Straus, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, and Secretary of Commerce & Labor Victor Howard Metcalf for “about the new year.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from William E. Chandler to William Loeb

William E. Chandler asks William Loeb if it is possible for Henry K. Daugherty to retire from the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission within the next month or so. Otherwise, Chandler plans to leave himself. Chandler notes how long he has served on the commission and that Daugherty cannot be the “impartial umpire” between the two sides of the commission. Chandler hopes the mistake of selecting Daugherty can be corrected with “due regard” to his feelings.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-10

Creator(s)

Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917

Letter from William Sidney Rossiter to Oscar S. Straus

Census Bureau Chief Clerk Rossiter updates Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus on the Oklahoma and Indian Territory census’s expected completion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-30

Creator(s)

Rossiter, William Sidney, 1861-1929

Telegram from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt

William Allen White informs President Roosevelt that Judge Frank Sigel Deitrich is drawing his jury from U.S. Marshall Ruel Rounds’s list, which consists of men who will likely convict regardless of the presented evidence. White pleads with Roosevelt to remind Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte of his assurance that Rounds would not select the jury.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-29

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge sends President Roosevelt an article from the Stoughton, Massachusetts, paper the Sentinel regarding his Provincetown speech. He shares that his friend Louis Curtis, a banker, reports a scarcity of money and predicts economic failures.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-26

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge sends President Roosevelt a newspaper copy of his speech to send to Secretary of War William H. Taft and commends Roosevelt for his speech. He also sends a letter he wrote to a friend, concerning recent stock market fluctuations, on which he wants Roosevelt’s opinion. Lodge hopes Roosevelt will look into the matter of the submarine boats.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-21

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter to Edwin Walter Sims

The writer petitions United States Attorney Sims make a motion that the federal government repudiate its promise of immunity in the case of the United States vs. The Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The writer provides a thorough review of the case history beginning in June 1906.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-20

Creator(s)

Unknown

Telegram from Frank Robert Gooding to Theodore Roosevelt

Idaho Governor Gooding informs President Roosevelt that he knows United States Attorney N. M. Ruick has begun his return to Washington, D.C. and that it is important for President Roosevelt to keep secret Gooding’s letter from everyone except Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-15

Creator(s)

Gooding, Frank Robert, 1859-1928

Letter from Henry C. Gauss to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry C. Gauss, as instructed by Attorney General Bonaparte, sends President Roosevelt a copy of a telegram from the United States Attorney for Idaho.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-30

Creator(s)

Gauss, Henry C. (Henry Colford), 1867-

Letter from Henry C. Gauss to William Loeb

Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte has received a telegram from Judge James H. Beatty that the statute of limitations is closing soon on the timber fraud cases in Idaho, so while nothing will be made public until after the trial is concluded, the trial should not be delayed. (William Edgar Borah had been indicted in the timber fraud case, and he had requested delay until he could fulfill his responsibilities as prosecutor in the case regarding the murder of former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg.)

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-25

Creator(s)

Gauss, Henry C. (Henry Colford), 1867-

Letter from Edward A. Moseley to William Loeb

Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission Moseley sends William Loeb two opinions on the constitutionality of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-19

Creator(s)

Moseley, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1846-1911

Letter from Rudolph Forster to Maurice Latta

Rudolph Forester directs Maurice Latta to hold up the appointment of the United States postmaster at Westminster and call attention to it in light of the letter from Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte and memorandum of the Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-15

Creator(s)

Forster, Rudolph, 1872-1943

Letter from Victor Howard Metcalf to Theodore Roosevelt

In compliance with President Roosevelt’s November 28 letter to former Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, Victor Howard Metcalf has enclosed the general board’s opinion on the merits of armored cruisers and battleships.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-15

Creator(s)

Metcalf, Victor Howard, 1853-1936

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Jesse Overstreet

Postmaster General Cortelyou acknowledges Representative Overstreet’s letter asking about the weighing of mail, and encloses a reply from the Second Assistant Postmaster-General, who is responsible for that area. Cortelyou has directed an investigation of this, as well as an investigation of the different rates and routes of carrying the mail across the country, and how much compensation would change given different variables.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-09

Creator(s)

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

Letter from Brooks Adams to Theodore Roosevelt

Brooks Adams writes to President Roosevelt to express his concern and offer advice in regards to Roosevelt’s attempt to “force through a new policy” that is opposed by titans of industry, finance, and the press. Adams also details how opponents support making Joseph Benson Foraker president by capitalizing on the Brownsville Affair. Adams’s primary advice for Roosevelt is to fight relentlessly at every opportunity to eventually force a popular vote on the issue.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-06

Creator(s)

Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927

Letter from William Dudley Foulke to Theodore Roosevelt

William Dudley Foulke calls President Roosevelt’s attention to a paper he encloses which was “published ostensibly by negroes” and distributed widely in Indianapolis. Foulke also comments on the situation of Francis Augustus MacNutt, who had been in the service of the United States as a diplomat until certain charges were raised against him. MacNutt was acquitted at Rome, but subsequent statements attributed to Roosevelt led to his not being received at the Vatican. MacNutt begs the privilege of answering any definite charge against him. He is still abroad, but would return to the United States to have the opportunity to prove his innocence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-28

Creator(s)

Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge, as requested by President Roosevelt, records in writing several matters about which they spoke. He hopes the Gas Company will release the Government, and wants to make sure that Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw does not take further steps before Congress acts. Lodge wants Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson to ask the House Committee for double the amount for the work with moths, and a word of encouragement from Roosevelt would be helpful. Finally, Lodge reminds Roosevelt to speak to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte about giving a speech to French Canadians in Massachusetts in the coming winter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-17

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924