Carriages and carts

Theodore Roosevelt requests that his horse and cart reach Harvard before September 24. Elliott Roosevelt will find him a whip, and Anna Roosevelt will find the rug.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1879-09

A wagon drawn by a single donkey labeled “American Consumer” chases a carrot labeled “Promised Tariff Reform” dangling from a stick held by the wagon driver labeled “Republican Congress.” The wagon is transporting a bunch of bloated old men, each representing a “Trust” and labeled “Steel, Copper, Lumber, Sugar, Beef, Coal, Tobacco, Clothing, Watch, Leather, [and] Paper.” They are members of the “Stand Pat Club,” some waving “Stand Pat” pennants. One man holds a drum that states, “The tariff will be revised when public welfare demands it.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

There had not been a major revision of tariff schedules since the Dingley Act of 1897 as American politics approached the 1908 presidential campaign. A decade seemed like a long time to many people — especially to businesses and trusts who benefited from “protection.” High duties on imported products contributed to general revenue, but also enabled American manufacturers and farmers to compete against foreign competition.

Nevada N. Stranahan confirms with William Loeb that he will take Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to the dock to meet her sister, Emily Tyler Carow, who will arrive on the steamer Statendam.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-28

Douglas Robinson acknowledges receipt of two insurance policies for President Roosevelt’s horses and carriages.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-02

M. Florence Locke is thankful that President Roosevelt is successfully recovering from injuries sustained in a carriage accident.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-29

Joseph Bucklin Bishop expresses relief that President Roosevelt’s recovery from a traffic accident is going well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-24

Senator Allison comments positively on President Roosevelt’s recent speeches and wishes him a speedy recovery from the Pittsfield accident.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-24

Anna Roosevelt Cowles expresses concern about President Roosevelt’s leg injury and offers her services and those of her husband, William S. Cowles.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-24

Secretary of State Hay is happy to hear that President Roosevelt was not seriously injured in the carriage accident.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-03

Winthrop Chanler is relieved that President Roosevelt is doing well after the carriage accident.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-04

Richard Watson Gilder was glad to hear that President Roosevelt and George B. Cortelyou emerged safely from the carriage accident. He would like Roosevelt to recommend someone to write an article entitled “The President and the Trusts,” and suggests Nicholas Murray Butler or Albert Shaw.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-04

Senator Hanna congratulates President Roosevelt for escaping serious injury in the carriage accident and asks if the upcoming conference in Oyster Bay, New York is still being held.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-04

Owen Wister was shocked by the carriage accident and hopes to visit President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-06

Cardinal Gibbons expresses thanks to “the Almighty” that President Roosevelt escaped from the carriage accident. In an unrelated note on the verso, President Roosevelt requests a meeting with Senator Platt and Senator Aldrich.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-11

Surgeon General Rixey is pleased to hear that President Roosevelt is recovering from the Pittsfield accident. He hopes that Roosevelt can join him on a turkey hunting trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-11

Mr. Martin should have a stretcher ready to meet the train. A landau and Dr. Rixey’s carriage should also be sent.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-22

James K. Probey has heard that President Roosevelt was interested in purchasing a carriage for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He encloses a photograph of a “very fine Rubber tire carriage” and offers it to Roosevelt for a price far below what it usually sells for. Probey can send the carriage over for inspection.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-06

W. W. Steier has heard that President Roosevelt is having trouble putting together a carriage team. Steier is selling a chestnut sorrel horse and offers to send a photograph of the horse.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-01