Your TR Source

Cassatt, A. J. (Alexander Johnston), 1839-1906

Search by Date Range

Clear Filters

17 Results

Letter from William A. Kissam to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William A. Kissam to Theodore Roosevelt

William A. Kissam informs Theodore Roosevelt about the troubles that he is going to encounter with the railroad matter. He states that the Interstate Commerce Commission does not need certain powers and that certain people need to come forward with all of the information that they have. Kissam continues on to state that there are some wrong doings going on within the different railroad companies and if these are not addressed then the President will have either anarchy or revolution on his hands with the workers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-20

Letter from Owen Wister to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Owen Wister to Theodore Roosevelt

Owen Wister is pleased with the overwhelming support of the country for President Roosevelt, which was evidenced by his strong showing in the election. While “deeply moved” by the President’s destiny, Wister is very disappointed in the treatment Roosevelt has received from the “educated gentlefolk” of the country, his own class, which should have supported Roosevelt but did not. When he hears the President being impugned, Wister shares his “impregnable conviction” of Roosevelt’s character. He assures Roosevelt that despite these naysayers, the “great national heart” beats for him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John K. Johnston

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John K. Johnston

President Roosevelt tells John K. Johnston that the present plan for a commission comes from Georgia Senator Augustus Octavius Bacon and is “idiotic” and “admirably calculated to interfere with the efficiency of the work.” Roosevelt’s own idea is to have an executive head the commission in a position similar to A. J. Cassatt holds at the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-24

Letter from Matthew Stanley Quay to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Matthew Stanley Quay to Theodore Roosevelt

Matthew Stanley Quay alerts President Roosevelt that Quay has sent a promised Alaskan caribou head to the White House. Quay discusses the bleak business outlook, particularly as seen in the railroad companies, which are laying aside cars for want of business. Quay will be in Washington soon, and he plans to “have a scrap” with Ethan Allen Hitchcock, United States Secretary of the Interior, and to talk to A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-25

Memorandum for George B. Cortelyou

Memorandum for George B. Cortelyou

President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad declines to attend the Anthracite Coal Strike conference. The Pennsylvania Railroad has not taken any part in previous anthracite negotiations and has limited interests in the anthracite region. Cassatt believes that the strike is unwarranted and that the operators should not yield.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-02

Letter from A. J. Cassatt to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from A. J. Cassatt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad encloses an amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act which enlarges the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission and places railroads under government regulation. Cassatt supports the bill but does not believe that it will pass without active support from President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-01