Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Maurice Francis Egan

President Roosevelt has received praise for Minister to Denmark Maurice Francis Egan, along with John Wallace Riddle and David Jayne Hill, from Nicholas Butler Murray. Roosevelt is confused by the rates of depression and tendency toward socialism in Denmark, a country of farmers. Mississippi is the most agricultural state in the United States, and Roosevelt concludes that although there are many great Mississippians, a mixture of farmers and townsfolk is the best population to have.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt informs Lyman Abbott of The Outlook about the situation with New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes. Although the major papers covered Hughes as a figure in stark contrast to Roosevelt, he was in fact originally nominated on Roosevelt’s suggestion, and dependent on him for reelection. Politicians such as Hughes have often catered to the press and refused to work beside others in their party, and it has weakened their ability to serve. Even with these misguided acts, Roosevelt investigated the situation thoroughly and felt that Hughes had been a good governor, which is why he intervened for his renomination. Any resentful action Hughes takes to upset Roosevelt does not hold power now, as Roosevelt will never run for office or request anything from Hughes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ralph M. Easley

President Roosevelt does not need further recommendations from Ralph M. Easley until George W. Goethals comments on Gertrude Beeks’s book. Secretary of State Elihu Root will likely not be able to speak at Easley’s conference, but Roosevelt would be delighted if Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou could. Roosevelt agrees with Root about the proposed Reynolds Commission’s excellence.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cornelius Vanderbilt

President Roosevelt tells Cornelius Vanderbilt that he hopes to attend the upcoming anniversary event held by the Robert Fulton Monument Association, but needs to know more details before he can agree to do so.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick William Holls

President Roosevelt thanks Frederick William Holls for the letter. He was very pleased with Nicholas Murray Butler’s essay.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Vahan Cardashian to Andrew D. White

Vahan Cardashian writes to Andrew D. White expressing his concerns about the persecution Armenians are facing under the Turkish government and his fears the violence will escalate. He hopes White will be one of several other prominent men to form a committee that will weild their power to advocate for Armenian rights.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-12

Creator(s)

Cardashian, Vahan, 1882-1934

Letter from Mathew W. Quinn to Theodore Roosevelt

On behalf of the New York Schoolmasters Club, Matthew W. Quinn invites Theodore Roosevelt to be guest of honor and make an address on any subject Roosevelt might choose. The club has had many distinguished speakers and they believe an address by Roosevelt would highly honored. Quinn remembers Roosevelt signing a relief measure to provide salaries for the teachers in Queens when the city failed to provide.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-05

Creator(s)

Quinn, Mathew W.

Letter from John Barrett to Edward Charles O’Brien

John Barrett responds to a note that Edward Charles O’Brien sent to Secretary of State Elihu Root about an article on the trip of Professor William R. Shepherd to South America. Barrett asks O’Brien to explain the situation to the University of Montevideo, because newspaper reports often do not give a full picture. He seeks to clarify Shepherd’s objectives in Latin and South America. Barrett also congratulates O’Brien for his work as Minister to Uruguay.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-20

Creator(s)

Barrett, John, 1866-1938

Letter from Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet to Theodore Roosevelt

Baron Estournelles de Constant informs President Roosevelt of his upcoming visit to America to speak at the Carnegie Institute.  He hopes his speech, entitled “American youth and American faith regenerating European old age and skepticism”, will spawn “great confidence” upon the younger generation of Americans.  He will arrive in Washington on the eighth, avoiding any speaking engagements until he receives Roosevelt’s advice on how do so.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-05

Creator(s)

Estournelles de Constant, Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet, baron', 1852-1924

Letter from Silas McBee to Theodore Roosevelt

Silas McBee shares his thoughts on truthfulness in public life with President Roosevelt, and asks if Roosevelt is aware that W. H. Mallock is preaching for the National Civic Federation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-16

Creator(s)

McBee, Silas, 1853-1924

Letter from Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet Estournelles de Constant to Theodore Roosevelt, with translation

French Senator Estournelles de Constant describes to President Roosevelt the itinerary for his upcoming trip to the United States. He will be delivering a speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Carnegie Institute, and will also be visiting friends in New York, New York, and Washington, D.C., including Nicholas Murray Butler, J. J. Jusserand, Elihu Root, and Joaquim Nabuco. He insists that he also needs to see Roosevelt to discuss the projects he has been building up since their last meeting in 1902, and that his main aim in taking the trip is to visit with Roosevelt. He hopes Roosevelt can grant him a prompt reply so that he can finish planning his trip.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-09

Creator(s)

Estournelles de Constant, Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet, baron d', 1852-1924

Letter from John William Burgess to Theodore Roosevelt

John William Burgess, a prominent American political scientist, reports to President Roosevelt on the success of the Roosevelt Professorship, and the exchange program, at Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universita¨t Berlin. Burgess describes the impact of his inaugural address as Roosevelt Professor, that it was pre-approved by both the Prussian Ministry of Education and by Emperor Wilhelm II’s former tutor Georg Hinzpeter, and well-received by the Germans and by the Emperor himself. He says those who objected were Americans and Englishmen who oppose friendship between the United States and Germany. He says this press completely misrepresented what was said through the “journalistic hysteria” that was published in American papers. Burgess reports that the Roosevelt Professorship is now “on a foundation which cannot be shaken.” Burgess also expresses his view the issue of states’ rights and federal treaties, namely that the Constitution gives the president treaty-making powers which the citizens of the states are bound by just as they are to laws of Congress.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-18

Creator(s)

Burgess, John William, 1844-1931

Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph Bucklin Bishop discusses two members of Theodore Roosevelt’s Cabinet. He does not understand how they can work simultaneously for Roosevelt’s and Ryan’s purposes. Bishop also compliments Roosevelt on the loyalty he has to his friends.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-16

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge tells President Roosevelt about the establishment of a big German coaling station in St. Thomas, which indicates that German Emperor William II is “still hankering after those islands.” Lodge recommends quickly buying Greenland. In addition, Lodge recommends replacing Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and disagrees with Shaw’s plan for issuing bonds. Lodge comments on various prominent events happening in the United States and the world and explains he is enjoying his time in “this old Italian town,” but is beginning to long for home. He wants to be near Roosevelt and not have to watch from a distance.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-10

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from Winthrop Murray Crane to William Loeb

Senator Crane returns President Butler’s letter to President Roosevelt. Crane is very interested in Butler’s arguments and will schedule a meeting to discuss the topic further with Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-07

Creator(s)

Crane, Winthrop Murray, 1853-1920

Letter from Brander Matthews to Theodore Roosevelt

Professor Matthews congratulates President Roosevelt on the recent election results. Matthews speaks of Roosevelt with his colleague, Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, but he hopes to see more of Roosevelt when he lives closer (presumably, after the presidency).

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-27

Creator(s)

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph Bucklin Bishop reports to President Roosevelt that there is very little support for Seth Low for postmaster. Bishop discusses the appointment of Francis E. Leupp as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Bishop is anxious about Roosevelt’s trip to St. Louis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-21

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Letter from John H. Edwards to William Loeb

John H. Edwards returns letters President Roosevelt had sent to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw. Shaw has had a meeting with Roosevelt on the subject.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-19

Creator(s)

Edwards, John H., 1875-1955

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, writes to President Roosevelt to arrange a visit to the White House and encloses an article from the San Francisco Argonaut.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-11

Creator(s)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph Bucklin Bishop tells President Roosevelt that he has “been literally drunk with joy,” since the previous day, in which Roosevelt won his election to the presidency. Bishop approves of Roosevelt’s statement about not running for a third term. Nicholas Murray Butler wished for Bishop to excoriate Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker in a newspaper article, but Bishop believes that after the decisive loss Parker suffered, “anything that an individual could say was feeble.” He looks forward to coming to Washington, D.C., soon for a banquet.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-09

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928