Conspiracies

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Alford Warriner Cooley reports to President Roosevelt of his visit to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Although the conspiracy was formed in New Mexico, Cooley observes that the main case can be brought in the District of Columbia because the overt act was committed there. Cooley details his conversation with George Curry, who expects to see the president in Saint Louis, Missouri, on October 1. After Albert B. Fall and William H. H. Llewellyn leave, Cooley does not expect to have any difficulties in New Mexico.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-10

Creator(s)

Cooley, Alford Warriner, 1873-1913

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt reviews for his son Kermit a poem and letter he has received and describes some pictures of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and himself. The President describes the recent weather and assesses a political challenge from Senator Joseph Benson Foraker of Ohio and Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania in the wake of the Brownsville Affair.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

Theodore Roosevelt tells John Hay to proceed with his “secret conspiracies” if they produce results like this.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt encloses a letter he wrote to Albert Shaw which dispels the rumored “conspiracy.” Roosevelt is concerned about the situation at the Commercial Advertiser and will find out if Shaw can convince the man to quit. Shaw might be hesitant due to the man’s influence in Iowa.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lawrence F. Abbott

President Roosevelt’s enclosure to Lawrence F. Abbott regarding a letter Roosevelt wrote to Albert Shaw in response to the [New York] Post‘s view that Shaw was in on the “conspiracy.” This conspiracy is not further defined.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Mrs. T. B. Donelson to Theodore Roosevelt

Mrs. T. B. Donelson discusses how a “Hindo” threatened her life three years ago if she revealed his plans, which she knows through her gift of psychic sight. She also knows of a secret conspiracy between Japan and Italy. Donelson wants to meet with Theodore Roosevelt to discuss these plots against the “American Nation’s honor.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-10

Creator(s)

Donelson, T. B., Mrs.

Letter from Henry E. Huck to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry E. Huck warns Theodore Roosevelt about the threat from anarchists in Orange Lodges in Canada, England, and the United States. He believes that the anarchists are persecuting him and requests help from a detective.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-19

Creator(s)

Huck, Henry E., 1874-1921

Letter from Benjamin F. Barnes to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster Barnes, of Washington, D.C., has been told by an informant that Senator Joseph Benson Foraker intends to bring to the Senate affidavits from postal employees, alleging a conspiracy in the Washington post office. Foraker asserts that there was a conspiracy to spy on the mail of men in public life. While Barnes does not think that such a conspiracy exists, he informs President Roosevelt of events in the post office which may be related. Following the dismissal of a superintendent of delivery, the number of complaints against the post office increased until it was announced that his replacement would be removed. Barnes believes that the dismissed superintendent conspired with others to slow the mail.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-11

Creator(s)

Barnes, Benjamin F., 1868-1909

Letter from Hamilton Fish II to Theodore Roosevelt

Hamilton Fish II, Assistant Treasurer of the United States, sends President Roosevelt a copy of a plan that seeks to injure Roosevelt’s reputation among people backed by the wealthy. The information comes from a newspaperman whom Fish assures is reliable. While he does not believe the plan will succeed, Fish wants Roosevelt to know and is willing to follow-up on the matter as Roosevelt advises.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-14

Creator(s)

Fish, Hamilton, II, 1849-1936

Letter from William H. H. Llewellyn to William Loeb

Luther R. Smith, private secretary to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, and William Spencer Sturgess met with ex-Governor Miguel Antonio Otero, ex-Attorney General George W. Prichard, and Republican Chairman of New Mexico Holm Olaf Bursum in El Paso, Texas. Smith and Sturgess tried to convince Bursum to go against joint statehood in New Mexico. Bursum declined, stating that he had told William H. Andrews and President Roosevelt that he and Solomon Luna would vote in favor of joint statehood. Smith and Sturgess then said that they are “getting up a job” on Andrews to get him arrested on some charges connected with the Enterprise National Bank. William H. H. Llewellyn is confident that joint statehood will get through unless the cause is hampered by “such fellows as Smith.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-05

Creator(s)

Llewellyn, William H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1851-1927

Letter from Richard Yates to Frank S. Witherbee

Illinois Governor Richard Yates wants President Roosevelt to express to Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois and Representative Joseph Gurney Cannon that Yates is Roosevelt’s friend. Cullom and Cannon, among others, are conspiring to stop delegates from supporting Yates in the Illinois Republican State Convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-22

Creator(s)

Yates, Richard, 1860-1936

Statement on plan to damage Roosevelt’s reputation

For two months, wealthy interests have been working with the publicity firm Michaelis and Ellsworth to find anything in President Roosevelt’s life from which a scandal can be manufactured.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-14

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Frank Wyman to William Loeb

St. Louis Postmaster Wyman discusses a case involving Post Office workers who were part of a conspiracy to have former Postmaster Frederick W. Baumhoff removed from office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-03

Creator(s)

Wyman, Frank, 1850-1924

Blames the Yankees

The Russian newspaper Novoe Vremya claims that war is being brought to Russia by the antagonism of the new world. The United States is seeking world hegemony and is undertaking an anti-Russian campaign.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-03

Creator(s)

Unknown

New plot against King Peter

A report from Belgrade indicates that Serbians and Montenegrins living abroad are conspiring against the Karadordevic´ dynasty and King Peter I of Serbia. The Serbian government does not take the conspiracy seriously.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-24

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Abraham Gilbert Mills to Elihu Root

Abraham Gilbert Mills writes to Secretary of War Root to ask Root if he would like to see a letter Mills wrote regarding enclosed resolutions of a conspiracy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-08

Creator(s)

Mills, Abraham Gilbert 1844-1929

Letter from John C. Davies to Hamilton Fish II

John C. Davies writes to Hamilton Fish regarding political corruption and possible plotting against President Theodore Roosevelt. Davies is too timid to contact Roosevelt himself for fear he would wrongly interpret his motives of concern.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-11

Creator(s)

Davies, John Clay, 1857-1925

Letter from Dwight Braman to Theodore Roosevelt

Dwight Braman informs President Roosevelt confidentially about a Wall Street conspiracy against Roosevelt and the Republican administration. A syndicate formed by J. Pierpont Morgan and others bought up government bonds and then attempted to force the money rate up to 40%. The United States Treasury would then have to buy the bonds back at inflated rates. The plan failed due to the intervention of Russell Sage, one of Braman’s clients. Braman has also been working to solve the coal strike and he encloses a letter from John Mitchell which details his efforts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-07

Creator(s)

Braman, Dwight, 1861-1929

Letter from F. M. Pierce to Theodore Roosevelt

F. M. Pierce warns against a Jesuit conspiracy to unite church and state and take over the world. He blames the assassination of William McKinley on the conspiracy and asks President Roosevelt to safeguard himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-25

Creator(s)

Pierce, F. M. (Francis M.), 1855-1924