Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-04-23

Creator(s)

Davies, R.

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Theodore Roosevelt explains why he cannot agree with the report given by the Committee on Political Reform for the Union League. He does agree taxes should be removed from tobacco and sugar, but not alcohol. He also speaks about building up America’s naval defenses. Roosevelt goes on to find numerous faults with President Cleveland’s administration.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1889-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna telling her that his trip has been delayed. He discusses how long he thinks he will be away and says he hopes to return before Christmas. He and Merrifield are headed out, and he describes what he is wearing and the scenery. He adds that New York Governor Grover Cleveland is no “angel.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1884-08-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt suggests that William H. Taft contact First Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon for any monetary or confidential matters regarding the campaign in New York. Roosevelt is done dealing with William Jennings Bryan and, quoting Grover Cleveland, says he will now “lapse into a condition of innocuous desuetude.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt explains to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou that although he fully supports the recruitment of good men to the service, he can not allow for the rules and regulations to be sidestepped. Men in the classified service are not permitted to enter and exit their roles to involve themselves in politics, as Grover Cleveland did, and therefore Roosevelt’s order on the classified places will have to be carried out.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is glad Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission, approves of his handling of the situation with Grover Cleveland. Privately, he feels that Cleveland and Henry Loomis Nelson both deviated from the truth, but no man has “peeped” on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is glad to receive James R. Sheffield’s letters. He decided to publish the letters from Grover Cleveland “to put a stop to the yapping of the dishonest scoundrels” of the press.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt agrees with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler’s ideas about monetary policy, but does not see how they could be implemented at the present. Members of Congress are entirely at odds about what to do, and those who wish to revise the tariff now want to do so simply to hurt the Republican Party. Roosevelt is not concerned about reluctance to support Secretary of War William H. Taft’s bid for the presidency as he believes people are even more reluctant to support other candidates. He is more worried at the suggestion that each party might choose a nominee who had not held high office before, as Roosevelt believes a president must have experience handling the many responsibilities of the government.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Edgar H. Farrar for sending him a pamphlet and agrees he should have been allowed to read it at a Bar Association meeting. Roosevelt recalls that President Grover Cleveland’s interference in the 1894 Pullman Strike was justified by the post road theory, and tells Farrar that they agree on this issue.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt shares his thoughts regarding the upcoming presidential election and the land fraud case against Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah with William Allen White. Roosevelt outlines his personal reasons for supporting Secretary of War William H. Taft for president as well as the political considerations necessary to secure his nomination. In the case of Borah, Roosevelt would like White to come to Oyster Bay to discuss the matter with him and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte; Roosevelt thinks it would look bad for Borah to come himself, and asks White to bring Borah’s lawyers on August 9.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has been very pleased by the actions of Grover Cleveland in “this trying time.” He fondly remembers the trip taken with J. Sterling Morton the previous summer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt says no letter has pleased him more than that of former Attorney General Olney. Roosevelt fully appreciates the burdens placed upon him and his purpose is entirely single: he wants to make a good president and to keep the administration upright and efficient for the benefit of the people. All party considerations are absolutely secondary.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Heinrich H. T. Haas forwards Theodore Roosevelt clippings from local Virginia papers. Haas expresses his concerns about the state of the Democratic Party and gives his opinion on many prominent Virginia politicians. He also discusses “New Constitutions,” Canadian reciprocity, free trade, and tariff policy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-24

Creator(s)

Haas, Heinrich H. T. (Heinrich Hubert Tobias), 1846-1913

President Roosevelt’s former classmate, James Ford Rhodes, reflects on Roosevelt’s administration and how it will be viewed by history. He believes three points will endure: the man whose critics called him a champion of war has become a peace keeper; Roosevelt has set a high standard of honesty in public service, and has inspired good young men to enter into politics; and his presidency has favored neither the rich nor the poor, but administered justice to both. Rhodes also reflects on the lives of the rich, comparing America’s wealthy with others in history, particularly those of the Roman Republic and Empire. He believes the Americans are better because of the use they make of their wealth. While the ancient Romans dedicated themselves to lives of sensual pleasure, the modern Americans live simply and give to educational and charitable causes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-16

Creator(s)

Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927

Rudolph Forster is reminded that President Roosevelt is to write former President Grover Cleveland for his birthday, March 18.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-16

Creator(s)

Presidential Office Staff

C. Brook Johnston writes to President Roosevelt that Grover Cleveland will consider serving as president of the Jamestown Exposition and Henry St. George Tucker will be vice president. Roosevelt’s interest greatly encouraged Cleveland to consider participating.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-17

Creator(s)

Johnston, C. Brook

Elihu Root discusses the measures being taken to restructure the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, including the formation of a board of trustees and the involvement of former United States president Grover Cleveland.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-12

Creator(s)

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Joseph B. Potter informs William Loeb that he and the other members of his branch of the Grand Army of the Republic are not in favor of the Service Pension Bill. Potter clarifies that they do not believe a service pension is wrong per se, but they want to “build the Canal and improve America and the Philippines first.” Until then, they are opposed to “all efforts to give Medals of Honor for bravery to those who were not brave” and pensions “for wounds to those who were not wounded.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-16

Creator(s)

Potter, Joseph B. (Joseph Benjamin), 1839-1920

Edited pages from a biography of President Roosevelt, written shortly after the 1904 Republican Convention where he was renominated for the presidency. The pages include a history of Roosevelt’s professional and literary life.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06

Creator(s)

Unknown

Curtis Guild Jr. believes the Republican Party is superior to the Democratic Party. He discusses numerous instances where the Democratic Party has failed and ends saying the Republican Party doesn’t just talk, it acts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-21

Creator(s)

Guild, Curtis, 1860-1915