Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to V. E. Buron
Theodore Roosevelt thanks V. E. Buron for the nuts, cotton ball, and mint drops.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1913-01-07
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Wolcott Wadsworth
President Roosevelt sends Representative Wadsworth the report of the Committee on Department Methods, also known as the Keep Commission, dealing with several matters involving the Department of Agriculture. Judging by a recent speech of Wadsworth’s, Roosevelt believes he has seen the report already but sends it nevertheless in case there are further actions Wadsworth believes Roosevelt should take.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-05-04
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Sharp Williams
President Roosevelt asks Representative Williams to let him know of “good places carrying snug salaries outside of the classified service.” He will have Census Director S. N. D. North review Thomas H. Herndon’s case.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-30
Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Lodge is sorry that President Roosevelt has reached the time of life where physical exercise has ceased to be a rest. Lodge thinks that if William Randolph Hearst runs in any way in New York, the Republican party will be able to carry the state. The political situation in Massachusetts has revived Lodge’s hopes of retaining control of the House. The reciprocity revision movement appears less militant than last year, and higher wages in the cotton and wool industries has weakened agitation against Republicans on behalf of changing the tariff. Lodge thinks the unknown quantity in the Congressional elections is the labor vote under the direction of Samuel Gompers. Lodge agrees with Roosevelt that there is more baseless praise poured out over Thomas Jefferson than any man in our history.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-08
Letter from Henry Martyn Hoyt to Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Martyn Hoyt tells President Roosevelt that the cotton inquiry is in good shape and that he believes indictments will follow. He agrees with President Roosevelt that they do not need to do anything else with Mr. Wilson.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-07-28
Letter from James Bronson Reynolds to Nicholas Murray Butler
James Bronson Reynolds reports of his travels in the Philippines, where he believes Filipinos have just complaints regarding liberty, with the powerful taking the spoils. Reynolds also spent time in China and believes there is great opportunity for trade in China, especially in cotton. He applauds setting up a commission or investigator there. Reynolds also writes of Chinese students in Tokyo.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-07
Cotton Yards. Red Springs, N.C.
Postcard showing stacks of cotton stocked in the cotton yards in Red Springs, North Carolina. A man is walking through the center of the yard, and buildings surround the perimeter.
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A blood curling history of merciless marauders and infant industries
A number of trusts are on a large “grab” ship with J. Pierpont Morgan at the front. Morgan looks through binoculars and says, “Saved,” when he sees Attorney General Philander C. Knox in a small vessel filled with cotton. Knox tips his hat to the ship. Meanwhile, a man labeled “the common people” peers out of the lower deck and says, “Help.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12
Letter from James Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson commits to fully investigating allegations concerning leaks of the Department of Agriculture’s cotton estimates. Wilson adds that assistant statistician Edwin S. Holmes created a report concerning methods and sources used to prepare estimates. Holmes was dismissed in 1905 on charges of leaking cotton crop reports and selling information to cotton brokers.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-12