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Ernst Hertzberg asks Theodore Roosevelt to send a handwritten letter for his autograph collection and offers to bind a book for him in return.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-13
This pamphlet provides a history of the conflict between the Los Angeles Times and the Typographical Union, which it says started in 1890 and continued for sixteen years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-14
Theodore Roosevelt offers advice to Samuel C. Price on an article Price wrote and mentions he has over thirty years experience trying to get published. Roosevelt “heartily” agrees with much of what Price wrote in his piece but advises focusing just on the American people. When discussing self-governance, Roosevelt notes vague language used in the Declaration of Independence that highlighted the hypocrisy of American slaveholders in calling for independence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-29
President McKinley writes to accept the Republican Party’s nomination for President and accepts the platform. He discusses his desire to uphold the gold standard and refutes the opinions of those who support the silver standard. He also comments on international affairs, including the territorial government in Alaska and Hawaii, war loans from the Spanish American War, neutrality policies in the Boer War, law and order in Cuba, and holdings in Puerto Rico and the Philippines. He also comments on domestic issues including civil service reform, the volume of United States currency, and domestic shipping. Finally, McKinley comments on insurrection and peace treaties in the Philippines, asserting his desire for peace and that no person be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-09-10
Abbreviated form of Theodore Roosevelt’s speech at the Fourth of July celebration held in Dickinson, Dakota Territory on July 4, 1886. Roosevelt asks the crowd to remember that Americans have duties as well as rights and privileges, and he makes a point of telling his listeners that he is proud to be a westerner.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1886-07-04
Poetic timeline of the history of the United States which marks significant dates in the formation of the country.
1934-06-11
A manuscript, created for a Mount Rushmore inscription contest, covering key events in American history.
1935-04-22
A sketch after Trumbull’s painting “The Declaration of Independence” shows John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, and Charles Thomson, standing around a table where John Hancock is sitting, as a businessman labeled “Spirit of 1908” rushes in from the left. Caption: Where would we be now if modern counsel had prevailed in ’76?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-03-04
President Roosevelt’s speech commemorates the dedication of the State Capital Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, noting the state’s historic legacy in America.
1906-10-04
Typed transcript of a letter in which William Shippen rejoices in the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the opportunity it affords his country to set the course of its government on a firm foundation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1776-07-27
Transcript of Benjamin Franklin’s letter to his sister Jane Mecom on the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin thanks her for the soap and explains that “bad spelling” is not her fault.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1786-07-04
William Chapline Swearingen writes his brother Lemuel a detailed account of the troop movements leading up to and the events of the Battle of San Jacinto.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1836-04-25