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President Roosevelt thanks Samuel A. Harper for his letter but chastises him for requesting more insight on Aaron Burr when Roosevelt is busy with a myriad of current affairs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-12
President Roosevelt defends a statement he made about Jefferson Davis eighteen or twenty years ago, in which he compared Davis with General Benedict Arnold. Roosevelt believes Davis a traitor because he intrigued for secession, and therefore the destruction of the republic, in support of slavery. Unlike Arnold, Davis received office for his treachery. Roosevelt also sends Colonel George Harvey a copy of Rough Riders to clear any confusion about Roosevelt’s participation on a specific day during the Spanish-American War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-19
Senator Lodge encloses an article he wrote regarding an incident in the lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-29
William Randolph Hearst has been nominated for Governor of New York by the Democratic party, a position which in five of the last ten national elections has led to the Democratic nomination for the presidency. The article notes that this will be Hearst’s first major political contest and predicts a hard-fought election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-06
Scrapbook containing an array of newspaper clippings of articles and photographs relating to the 1912 presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912
The article focuses on the decision of Supreme Court Judge Humphrey in relation to the pork packing industry. The New York World sides with President Roosevelt and feels laws are meant to be enforced. For those unhappy with Roosevelt’s dissent, the paper provides previous examples of United States presidents speaking out against prominent Supreme Court decisions such as the Dred Scott case or Marberry vs. Madison.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906