California--San Francisco

Letter from George von Lengerke to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Meyer is reporting to President Roosevelt the state of affairs in Russia after having found St. Petersburg quiet. Meyer traveled throughout Russia, Poland, and the Ukraine. The letter examines the situations in many different cities and other topics including removing Jews from Russia, revolution and revolutionaries’ tactics, a pheasant shoot, military escorts, history, travel, and Russian construction quality.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-28

Our chromatic journalism

John Albert Macy’s editorial in volume 24 of The Bookman. Starting with the current use of the word “yellow” to describe bad newspapers, Macy extends the metaphor to describe other types of journalism according to a chromatic scheme. Includes a handwritten note that says “Dear Cabot, This is good. T. R.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-29

Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt

Jacob A. Riis asks Theodore Roosevelt not to do something for the Roosevelt Boys Club in San Francisco until he has a chance to make some inquiries. Riis is also getting compliments for his courage in disagreeing with Roosevelt on spelling reform. Riis does not understand these compliments, because Roosevelt is not a “horrid monster who eats up everyone who does not agree with him.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-25

Telegram from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Root notifies President Roosevelt that he is closing his visit to Peru, which completes his South American tour. Tomorrow he will head for Panama, and then to Cartagena for a business interview with President Rafael Reyes. Root also informs Roosevelt that he is too tired to do the San Francisco trip after two months of almost continuous speech making. Root may also be able to help with the situation in Cuba, if he is at home.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-15

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt’s secretary that Minister John Hicks has telegraphed from Chile. The Charleston carrying Secretary of State Elihu Root and his family has not yet arrived, possibly due to fog on the coast detaining the ship. Adee has conferred with Acting Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry about Root’s travel plans to Cartagena, Colombia, and thinks the Columbia will serve his purpose best. The trip has been organized accordingly, and Newberry has notified President Roosevelt. Adee has also notified Root (through Hicks) that Roosevelt hopes Root will go to San Francisco.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-30

Letter from F. P. Stearns to Joseph Hopkins Millard

F. P. Stearns compares the design of the Panama Canal locks to a concrete dam in San Francisco, California, as a method to evaluate the canal’s integrity in the event of an earthquake.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-21

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster General Cortelyou informs President Roosevelt of the activities of the Roosevelt Boys’ Club in San Francisco.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-28

Letter from Presley Marion Rixey to Theodore Roosevelt

Surgeon General of the Navy, Presley Marion Rixey, writes to President Roosevelt while he is in transit to Honolulu with Governor Carter. The ship is half full because of the recent earthquake and fire in San Francisco, but Rixey is confident that the city will soon recover. Rixey also informs Roosevelt that he has studied the naval station at Yerba Buena and will be making a full report on needed sanitary reforms shortly.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-29

Letter from Cecil Andrew Lyon to Theodore Roosevelt

Cecil Andrew Lyon tells President Roosevelt the people of the United States will not be happy if he follows through with the Standard Oil plan and the rebates in Kentucky. Lyon praises Roosevelt’s actions in a number of other incidents and events (such as settling the anthracite coal strike, the Panama canal, the Rough Riders, and the Square Deal). Lyon states something must be done to “curb the growing power of money” if the United States wants to avoid incidents like the French Revolution. He believes that Roosevelt is the man to apply such checks on that growing power.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-04

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft sends President Roosevelt an account of the San Francisco earthquake and General Frederick Funston’s handling of the crisis. Taft states that he does not know of any objections to publishing the account, which was written by George M. Dunn, the Judge-Advocate of the Department of California.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-06

Letter from James Franklin Bell to Theodore Roosevelt

James Franklin Bell, Chief of Staff of the War Department, returns a revised draft of a letter to the Secretary of War from President Roosevelt. He has reviewed the letter regarding the conduct of the Army in San Francisco and recommends it be sent upon receipt of the Secretary’s report on San Francisco, as it will be beneficial to the Army and well deserved.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-10

Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

William Emlen Roosevelt tells President Roosevelt that he agrees it would be unwise for the President to speak out on the strike matter and the “other questions at the present time.” The San Francisco disaster has pushed everything else out of mind for the past few days. Emlen Roosevelt was also in Oyster Bay and went over the land. He hopes Ted is all right, but has been unable to determine if he needed a second surgery.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-23

Letter from John St. Loe Strachey to Theodore Roosevelt

John St. Loe Strachey sends his condolences to President Roosevelt for the San Francisco earthquake. Strachey also discusses ways to prevent monopolies and a new company in the British army.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-23

Letter from Henry L. Einstein to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry L. Einstein expresses his concern to President Roosevelt regarding distribution of funds to the Red Cross for California victims of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. He suggests sending General Humphrey to San Francisco to administer aid directly.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-24

Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Cecil Spring Rice thanks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for her letter and gives personal updates on his life. He wishes he could bring his wife to see Roosevelt, but she is in London and is expecting a baby soon. Spring Rice wishes he could be with her, but is doing his duty in St. Petersburg. He comments on the state of politics in Russia, particularly between Sergei Witte and Pyotr Durnovo. The Emperor believes the army is loyal to him, but Spring Rice believes that the situation will not last very long and that a revolution will come sooner or later. He mentions the San Francisco earthquake, commenting on how well the military responded and how quickly the city is likely to be rebuilt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-25

Telegram from Victor Howard Metcalf to Theodore Roosevelt

Victor Howard Metcalf updates President Roosevelt on the conditions following the earthquake in San Fransisco, California.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-26

Draft of a letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of War Taft to pass along his thanks to the United States Army on behalf of the nation. Roosevelt compliments the Army’s swift actions during the recent earthquakes and fires in San Francisco. He also states that the Army was instrumental in responding to the Mississippi River floods, the Galveston hurricane, and the crisis in Alaska, and that the best men compose its ranks.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-28

Telegram from Francis J. Heney to William H. Moody

Francis J. Heney describes his work as a special federal prosecutor working to gather evidence to prosecute San Francisco Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz and political boss Abraham Ruef. The message is in cypher, for which the key is unknown.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-14

Letter from James S. White to Theodore Roosevelt

James S. White thanks President Roosevelt for his letter, which helped White to gain employment in San Francisco.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-27

Letter from Victor Howard Metcalf to William Loeb

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf writes to William Loeb regarding a letter from the San Francisco Merchants Exchange to President Roosevelt. Metcalf requests to meet with Roosevelt before Roosevelt responds to the letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-23