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Capitalists and financiers--Conduct of life

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry White

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry White

Ambassador White’s assessment, that unlike big financiers in Europe, American financiers are largely speculators, is correct. President Roosevelt believes this is the main problem his administration is facing, and that the proposed legislation will not solve the underlying problem. He also thanks Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherford White for remembering him at Christmas and sends his love.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

The other side of E. H. Harriman

The other side of E. H. Harriman

Reverend McGuinness, who served as Edward Henry Harriman’s pastor at his estate, Arden House, remembers Harriman as a church and community member. The Harriman the people at Arden knew is different than the railroad magnate the public knew. The article includes a facsimile of a letter Harriman wrote McGuinness apologizing for missing church.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-01

Creator(s)

McGuinness, James H. (James Holmes), 1872-1947