Bulloch, James Dunwody, 1823-1901

Photograph of James Dunwody Bulloch, Theodore Roosevelt’s uncle on his mother Martha Bulloch Roosevelt’s side.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1850-1901

Ella Sears Bulloch petitions her nephew, President Roosevelt, on behalf of her sister’s godson, Gifford Cutler, who failed his exam for the United States Navy. She lists his relatives that Roosevelt would know. She explains that he passed in all subjects except spelling and is doing well in a quality technical school in Washington.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-09

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Adrienne Frye for the clipping and the account of Captain James Dunwoody Bulloch.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-03

Theodore Roosevelt expresses to James Morris Morgan that no fellow officer of his uncle James D. Bulloch needs any introductions or justifications for writing to him. Roosevelt said his uncle’s name is Dunwiddie.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-08

President Roosevelt thanks Samuel S. Griffin for sending the letter written Roosevelt’s uncle, James Dunwoody Bulloch. Roosevelt sends the letter back to Griffin and appreciates that he shared it with him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-12

President Roosevelt thanks Judge Wright for the tribute to his uncle, James Dunwody Bulloch. Roosevelt notes that more than any man he knows, his uncle realized William Makepeace Thackeray’s Colonel Newcome.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-08

President Roosevelt realized after reading the pamphlet that Daniel Bartlett Sargent fought on the Kearsarge in the Civil War. He notes that his uncle, James Dunwody Bulloch, fought on the Alabama, and that his former naval aide, Cameron McRae Winslow, is a nephew of John Ancrum Winslow, who commanded the Kearsarge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-06

President Roosevelt thanks James W. Hardison and the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp of Confederate Veterans for the invitation. Roosevelt will stop in Paris, Texas, during his trip to San Antonio, Texas, if possible. Roosevelt informs Hardison he had family who fought on both sides during the Civil War and mentions two recent appointments he has made of the descendants of Confederate veterans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-22

Maxwell H. Maxwell expresses his sympathy at the death of William McKinley and congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency. He regrets that James Dunwody Bulloch, his father-in-law and Roosevelt’s uncle, did not live to see Roosevelt become president. Maxwell hopes to visit the United States and shake the hand of the president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-18

Adrienne Frye sends Theodore Roosevelt the continuation of the story about the ship’s return to Savannah (in reference to James Dunwoody Bulloch’s running of the Union naval blockade in 1862).

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-12

Adrienne Frye sends Theodore Roosevelt an interesting clipping about James Dunwoody Bulloch, whom she believes is a relative. If interested, she can send the sequel when it appears.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-25

James Morris Morgan is asking Theodore Roosevelt a genealogy-related question about his late uncle, James Dunwody Bulloch, as he has already exhausted all other sources that might’ve known the answer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-05

Ella Sears Bulloch asks President Roosevelt to give “a specially warm handshake” to Lieutenant T. E. Greenshields if he is presented to the President in the entourage of the Prince of Wales. Greenshields is the son of a close friend of Roosevelt’s uncles James Dunwoody Bulloch and Irvine S. Bulloch. Bulloch is following news of Roosevelt’s planned trip to Africa, and is “in admiration of Edith [Kermit Carow Roosevelt]’s unselfishness and courage” in agreeing to be left alone for a year. Bulloch is glad Roosevelt is keeping his word to not run for another term as president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-21

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

John B. Ashbaugh examines Theodore Roosevelt’s complicated views on race and charts his history with various ethnic and racial groups, including Native Americans, African-Americans, and Jews. Ashbaugh highlights the influence of Roosevelt’s southern born and raised mother and her brothers, both of whom served the Confederacy during the Civil War. Ashbaugh stresses that Roosevelt’s views evolved over time, and he demonstrates how Roosevelt believed in and promoted the Progressive views of his time such as the assimilation of Native Americans, but that he also respected many aspects of Native culture and had enduring friendships with individual Native Americans. Ashbaugh presents Roosevelt’s views on Jews and immigration, and he details many aspects of Roosevelt’s feelings toward and relationship with African-Americans, including his condemnation of lynching, his White House dinner with Booker T. Washington, and the Brownsville incident.

Five photographs and two illustrations appear in the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Edward Renehan examines Theodore Roosevelt’s lifelong interest in naval affairs: naval history, strategy, and the building and deploying of a naval fleet. Renehan highlights the exploits of Roosevelt’s uncles, James Dunwoody Bulloch and Irvine S. Bulloch, and the work of Alfred Thayer Mahan as influencing Roosevelt’s views. Renehan also notes the importance of Roosevelt’s history, The Naval War of 1812, his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and his construction of battleships while president.

Two photographs, one of Roosevelt’s flag as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, and the other of Renehan with Alexandra Roosevelt Dworkin, supplement the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Tweed Roosevelt describes the arduous process of removing an obelisk named Cleopatra’s Needle from Egypt to New York City. The project was planned and managed by Henry H. Gorringe who persuaded Theodore Roosevelt to hunt buffalo in Dakota Territory in the fall of 1883. Roosevelt explains how obelisks were constructed in ancient Egypt, and he provides a history of the two obelisks known as Cleopatra’s Needles, one of which was moved to London, England. Roosevelt details the process of moving the obelisk which included specialized rigging and lifting mechanisms, and he laments that the obelisk’s presence in New York City is virtually unknown because of its location behind buildings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Six photographs and seven illustrations, including seven depictions of the obelisk, populate the text along with a text box with poem “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that its annual meeting for 2006 will be held in Atlanta, Georgia. The announcement includes a list of the four speakers at a symposium on the Roosevelt family, and it notes their publications and the topic they will be addressing. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2006

In three speeches on October 20, 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt addresses a variety of topics in front of crowds in Roswell and Atlanta, Georgia. Roosevelt notes the courage and devotion to duty of soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, and he states that he can take pride in his Southern heritage. Roosevelt asserts that large corporations should be regulated by the federal government and that political corruption should be identified and eliminated. He notes that the problem of Chinese immigration needs to be addressed by Congress, and he comments on the importance of cotton to the Southern economy. Roosevelt also states that he enjoys the stories of Georgia’s Joel Chandler Harris precisely because they have moral themes that imbue him “with the purpose of being a better man.” John A. Gable provides an introduction to the speeches.

Six photographs of Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia, accompany the text as does a photograph of nearby Barrington Hall. A text box lists the members of the executive committee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Kathleen Dalton explores Theodore Roosevelt’s fascination with war and looks at episodes in his personal life and upbringing that may have led to his preoccupation with war. Dalton says that Roosevelt was greatly affected by the Civil War, especially by war stories from his uncle James Bulloch and from his father’s ties to Union leaders like Abraham Lincoln. She also says that Roosevelt’s need to overcome his childhood asthma and other health problems molded his fighting spirit.

Two pictures of Roosevelt with Leonard Wood are on the third page of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal