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President Roosevelt agrees with Andrew Dickson White’s article that the introduction of the English system of “responsible government” to the United States would be the “greatest curse one could imagine.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-30
Representative Norris suggests that Theodore Roosevelt write an editorial for The Outlook articulating why the Post Office Department should be independent of politics and the Cabinet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-25
Folded business card for Irma Manor of Buffalo, New York. When folded, one side bears a photograph of a large, vine-covered building and the other side includes standard business information. The inside of the card contains information on rates and notes that the manor was the location of Theodore Roosevelt’s first cabinet meeting after succeeding to the presidency on September 14, 1901.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1930
Summary of the formation of the new Department of Commerce and Labor. Speeches were delivered by Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody, and Director of the Census Bureau S. N. D. North. A congratulatory telegram from President Roosevelt was read by Cortelyou.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03
Henry White spoke with Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour and Balfour expects his new cabinet to be excellent. White encloses Balfour’s famous Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade. The Alaska Tribunal is going well and a satisfactory decision appears to be on the way. Even Senator Lodge, who was previously doubtful of a decision, is hopeful. White and Ambassador Joseph Hodges Choate have provided letters of introduction to General Ian Hamilton, Baron Ribblesdale, and John Poynder. Original and typewritten copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-19
David Banks Sickels encloses a letter he sent to 23 members of Congress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-19