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President Roosevelt tells Representative Gillett that the speech he made following the resolution regarding simplified spelling accurately represented the president’s views.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-17
President Roosevelt asks Mark Sullivan if he would care for the second draft of the original draft of the original manuscript of his upcoming address. Previously, Sullivan expressed that he was enamored with the first draft and regretted having promised to give it away as a Christmas present. Roosevelt sends the second draft, and says that Sullivan can do whatever he likes with it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-20
President Roosevelt does not want to give the impression that the speeches are copyrighted and agrees that the governor’s messages should be left out.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-25
John W. Foster responds to Theodore Roosevelt’s recent letter criticizing Foster’s speech on international relations. Foster supplies citations for statements that Roosevelt alleges are baseless, including discussions of the Alaskan boundary dispute, the Olney-Pauncefote commission, and Roosevelt’s conduct in the case of international treaties during his presidency. Foster closes the letter by remarking that, had Roosevelt “not made a public assault on the noblest act of [his] successor’s administration, I would not have reviewed [his] record.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-29
Ambassador Reid sends Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt descriptions of social events and diplomatic gossip from Great Britain. In a handwritten postscript, Reid says his wife and daughter are going to see her sick father in the Adirondacks and he will be alone by the end of summer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-25
Governor Cummins writes to President Roosevelt regarding an article in the Chicago Record-Herald. Cummins denies the article, which claimed he gave a speech attacking a bill, Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver and the President. Cummins is frustrated and exasperated by this false attack in particular.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-01