Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to William A. Rodenberg
President Roosevelt expresses sadness after hearing about the death of Judge Charles W. Thomas.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1906-03-14
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lucien Hugh Alexander
President Roosevelt asks Lucien Hugh Alexander to ask Senator Philander C. Knox to take up the matter of the removal of James Wilson’s remains. He liked Alexander’s and Dartmouth president William Jewett Tucker’s addresses. He offered the vacancy to Senator Knox, but he declined it. Roosevelt believes that out of everyone in the country, Secretary of War William H. Taft is most fit to be a judge.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-03-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. McCook
President Roosevelt wants to speak on the anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain during his trip but cannot set a fixed date as his schedule is busy.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1905-05-31
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Tommy Dewar
President Roosevelt is pleased with Tommy Dewar’s comments. However, Roosevelt feels Jacob Riis’s account of Roosevelt is more illustrative of Riis’s “own fine character.” Sadly, Riis’s wife, Elisabeth D. Riis, recently died.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-01
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Prince Heinrich
President Roosevelt sends his sympathy after the death of Prince Heinrich’s son, Prince Heinrich Viktor Ludwig Friedrich.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-27
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Ernest Frederick Wilhelm Pihlblad
President Roosevelt was saddened by the death of Carl Aaron Swensson and extends his sympathy to the Swensson family.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-16
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root
President Roosevelt agrees with Elihu Root’s comments regarding corruption in New York and he is pleased that the speech will be published. The Republican Party and the country benefited from the work of Senator Hanna and his death is “very sad.” The Panama treaty appears set to pass and the cooperation with Germany on securing the neutrality of China was a success.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-16
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
President Roosevelt asks Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to thank McDougall Hawkes. He has already started correspondence regarding the need to fix a date for the convention. The death of Marcus Alonzo Hanna is a tragedy.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-17
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry White
Marcus Alonzo Hanna has died. President Roosevelt describes him as a “strong personality, with many large and generous traits.” Roosevelt appreciates the information regarding England’s views on the Yang-tso valley. Germany has acted well and Russia was astonishingly unprepared.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-17
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William P. Frye
The Senate ceremonies at Marcus Alonzo Hanna’s funeral were impressive and President Roosevelt was touched by Senator Frye’s final sentence.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-18
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt
Marcus Alonzo Hanna’s death was a tragedy. He had many “large and generous traits.” Near the end, Hanna sent Roosevelt a note that showed him at his best. Roosevelt recently had lunch with Buffalo Bill. Granville Fortescue is working to get sent to Korea in order to see the fighting of the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt agrees that a West Point education would be good for Ted Roosevelt, just like it would be good for anyone, but he believes that Ted has too much potential to enter the army.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin Murphy
President Roosevelt sends his sympathy after the death of Janet Colwell Murphy, Governor Murphy’s wife.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Grenville Mellen Dodge
President Roosevelt was sorry to hear of Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna’s death. He will give General Dodge’s letter to Secretary of State Hay and see if he can make the speech.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-16
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to A. P. Montant
President Roosevelt sends his sympathy to Mrs. Townsend and A. P. Montant’s wife Hannah, on the death of Edward Mitchell Townsend. Roosevelt regrets he will not be able to attend the funeral.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to A. P. Montant
The Roosevelt family is also mourning the loss of Edward Mitchell Townsend.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George C. Treadwell
President Roosevelt extends his sympathy upon the death of George C. Treadwell’s father.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-22
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Clark Howell
President Roosevelt is grieved to hear of General Gordon’s death.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Frisbie Hoar
President Roosevelt extends his sympathy to Senator Hoar after the death of his wife, Ruth Ann Miller Hoar. They can discuss business when Hoar returns to Washington, D. C.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-28
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emil von Schleinitz
President Roosevelt asks Emil von Schleinitz to extend his sympathy to the family of Captain Pabst.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jane Matthews Gray
President Roosevelt thanks Jane Matthews Gray for sending the proceedings about the memory of her husband, Supreme Court Justice Horace Gray. Roosevelt regarded him highly.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1903-12-05