Confidential communications

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Root has stopped denying his upcoming departure from the Cabinet. He had to make arrangements in New York for next winter and this information was discovered by journalists. Root will have the War Department cipher book while in London for the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal. Communication should be easy and he will remain available for consultations. Root opposes the calling of an extra session of Congress in October as he does not want “speedy financial legislation.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-19

Letter from John L. Belford to William Loeb

Father Belford requests that the enclosed document reach the president and not be read by anyone but him and William Loeb.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-18

Letter from Henry White to George B. Cortelyou

Henry White encloses a confidential letter for President Roosevelt. He is pleased at Roosevelt’s success with ending the Anthracite Coal Strike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-29

Telegram from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph Bucklin Bishop requests a confidential word for his personal information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-05

Letter from Philander C. Knox to William Loeb

Attorney General Knox affirms that an investigation will be conducted into the giving out of the Stewart letter, in accord with President Roosevelt’s request. Knox notes that he has not previously seen the letter, and that the letter itself will show whether it had been in the Department of Justice, because it would be stamped.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-01

Letter from Henry C. Payne to William E. Chandler

Postmaster General Payne provides his understanding of the confusion surrounding the transfer of confidential papers. Payne turned the package of papers unopened over to General Bristow.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-30

Letter from Hugh Henry Hanna to George B. Cortelyou

Hugh Henry Hanna sends a confidential communication to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-25

Memorandum for Rudolph Forster from William Loeb

Philip Battell Stewart’s letters to President Roosevelt might have been made public when the Senate Committee sent for the papers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-30

Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw met with William Williams, Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island. Shaw directed Williams not to release any further papers requested by Edward F. McSweeney, and to institute a search of papers recently removed from the immigration office by McSweeney.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-30

Letter from Charles C. Long to Philander C. Knox

There is a controversy regarding how the Senate Judiciary Committee obtained some documents.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-31

Letter from George Edward Graham to Theodore Roosevelt

George Edward Graham is concerned that a letter written to him by Admiral Schley has appeared in print and might compromise Schley with the Navy Department.  The letter was sent to Graham’s publishers to show that Admiral Schley considered Graham’s book an authority on the Santiago campaign.  The letter was marked confidential and appeared in a few circulars before being stopped.  Graham hopes that this information will influence President Roosevelt to let the matter rest.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-26

Letter from A. T. Mahan to John Davis Long

Hamilton Holt, editor of the Independent, published a criticism by Park Benjamin of A. T. Mahan’s book, Types of Naval Officers, and Mahan is upset that confidential comments made in his correspondence to Holt, in which he took issue with Benjamin, were published. Mahan feels that the Independent “has misled its readers” by failing to correct false information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-16

Letter from O. M. Campbell to George B. Cortelyou

O. M. Campbell is sending a confidential letter to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-31

Letter from Douglas Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Douglas Robinson encloses a letter from August Belmont that President Roosevelt must see. The letter should be destroyed after it is read. Robinson regrets he was not at Yale to see Roosevelt in his doctor’s gown.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-26

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to O. M. Campbell

George B. Cortelyou will ensure that O. M. Campbell’s letter, if marked confidential, will go directly to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-29

Note from William E. Chandler to William Loeb

William E. Chandler directs William Loeb to give President Roosevelt a paper. Chandler stresses that the paper is meant only for Roosevelt and asks that his memorandum is removed from it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-20

Letter from Thomas Collier Platt to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Platt encloses a letter from George C. Tichenor and failed to mention that the previous letter was supposed to be confidential.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-15

Letter John S. Wise to Theodore Roosevelt

John S. Wise has sent a confidential letter to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-16

Letter from Henry L. Burnett to George B. Cortelyou

Judge Burnett encloses a confidential letter for President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-15

Letter from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt

William Allen White encloses a confidential telegram he sent to Governor Stanley.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-02