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Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge is glad to hear President Roosevelt’s outlook on the upcoming elections. He has heard from Thomas J. Akins in Missouri that the Republicans have a good chance of carrying that state. Lodge also feels that New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s speeches out West have been helping the ticket. William Sturgis Bigelow has not acknowledged Roosevelt’s letter because the coin has not arrived yet. Lodge also discusses the situation in Europe. He warns Roosevelt that if Jeremiah J. McCarthy, Surveyor of the Port of Boston, appeals to him to appoint a Deputy Surveyor, he should get the facts from Reynolds before acting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-09

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from Lawrence F. Abbott to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Lawrence F. Abbott to Theodore Roosevelt

Lawrence F. Abbott expresses his appreciation to President Roosevelt for the beauty of the new coins recently released, for which Roosevelt is being severely criticized by others. (The coins were considered poorly designed, and the words “In God We Trust” were omitted.) Abbott also comments, regarding ongoing criticism of the President for his actions going against the constitution, that none of Roosevelt’s legislation has ever been found to be unconstitutional. By comparison, the only major of piece of legislation initiated by New York’s Governor Charles Evans Hughes and successfully enacted has been found unconstitutional. Some of the men and papers who criticize Roosevelt are the same ones who praise Hughes, and Abbott would like to point out their inconsistency.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-26

Creator(s)

Abbott, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Fraser), 1859-1933

Self-supporter Sammy

Self-supporter Sammy

Print shows two images of Samuel J. Tilden, dressed identically, to the left and right of a barrel full of coins, labeled with monogram “SJT.” Papers extending from their pockets state “For President, S. J. Tilden. For Governor, S. J. Tilden.” Caption: “Mr. Tilden will not support any candidate whom he has not personally selected” — Daily Paper.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-05-10

Creator(s)

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937

The deadly upas tree of Wall Street

The deadly upas tree of Wall Street

A large old tree grows at the edge of a body of water, with Albany, New York, on the right, and the U.S. Capitol on the left, in the background. Hanging from the branches are many coins with “$” and a few blossoms labeled “Bribes for Legislation, Bribes for Lawyers, Bribes for Judges, Bribes for Editors, [and] Bribes for Congress.” Telegraph lines are tangled in the branches, and the face of Jay Gould is formed by limbs and branches at center. The bodies of several people lay among the debris beneath the tree. Roscoe Conkling is slumped against a row of buildings. “Westbro[?]” has expired over the same row of buildings. A skull labeled “Jim Fisk” lies next to “Whitelaw Reid.” Ulysses S. Grant, at center, is labeled “Black Friday.” Beneath a railroad is the body of a woman labeled “Stockholder.” Against the trunk of the tree is a man labeled “Stockholder E.R.R.” who looks a little like Cornelius Vanderbilt, and on the right is Alonzo Cornell labeled “Blind Pool.” All appear to have succumbed to greed through the machinations of Jay Gould. Caption: “This tree … was said to be so exceedingly poisonous that no one could even approach it without certain death.” Zell’s Encyclopedia.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-08-30

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894

Letter from Malcolm Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Malcolm Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Malcolm Storer, the curator of Harvard University Library’s collection of medals, is interested in acquiring medals featuring Harvard alumni. So far, Storer has collected approximately fifty. Many medals will likely be made in President Roosevelt’s honor and Storer requests to be sent copies if possible. The only Roosevelt medal currently housed in the collection is “an inferior campaign one.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-01

Creator(s)

Storer, Malcolm, 1862- 1936