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Danny S. Royster informs Theodore Roosevelt of his illness with tuberculosis since he’s been back from military service and asks for his help in getting him to the sanitarium at Fort Bayard, N. M, this is the only facility near him that can treat his illness.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-20
Emma Agnes Pixley discusses the work of her husband, Doctor Chelius S. Pixley, in treating pellagra, which he believes is caused by rancid fats. She argues that he deserves the Nobel Prize and asks Theodore Roosevelt for information on how to nominate her husband.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-04
William F. Roche informs Mrs. F. W. Downs that Arthur D. Hulburd and his family are quarantined due to scarlet fever and cannot send mail. Regretfully, their daughter Helen died from the disease. While the rest of the family is sick, they are receiving care and doing well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-26
In response to Poultney Bigelow’s article on the conditions in Panama, the author denounces him as a “false witness,” asserting that official records testify contrary to Poultney’s twenty-one claims against the Canal Commission as further detailed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-30
Governor General of the Philippines Smith reports to Secretary of War Taft that Dean C. Worcester is very sick with maltreated Bright’s Disease and is out of work for two months. His wife Nanon Leas Worcester is in California and asks that the matter be kept confidential.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-23
Tokutaro Sakai informs William Loeb that Baron Jutaro Komura and Baron Kentaro Kaneko will be extending their stay in the United States indefinitely because Komura is ill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-18
Ambassador Meyer writes to Acting Secretary of State Loomis acknowledging receipt of a cablegram message which he shared with Russian diplomat Lamsdorff. Meyer then discusses the plenipotentiaries’ meeting involving Russia and Japan, and he expects Russian plenipotentiaries to land in New York in the coming weeks. Meyer mentions the arrival of Russian official Muravieff, who became ill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-11
Leonard Wood, Governor of the Moro Province in the Philippines, informs President Roosevelt that he is back in the United States from the Philippines to see doctors in Boston. Wood’s children will remain in Zamboanga. He saw Secretary of War William H. Taft while in Chicago and had a brief talk with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-05
There is some uncertainty over the possible retirement of Associate Justice M. F. Morris on the District Court of Appeals. Although Attorney General William H. Moody has announced that ex-Senator Louis E. McComas would be appointed as Morris’s successor, Morris has declared that he is not yet ready to retire. The confusion comes from a letter sent previously, and from Morris’s previous illnesses, which have resulted in the anticipation of his imminent retirement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-21
Ambassador Meyer writes to President Roosevelt regarding two enclosed articles about Germany, Japan, and France. Meyer gives Roosevelt updates on military operations and discusses land ownership rights being granted to the Polish.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-16
Secretary of War Taft sends President Roosevelt a statement from General John J. Pershing concerning the comparison between wounds and disabilities due to disease among the Japanese military during the Russo-Japanese War. Taft thinks there may be some facts that Roosevelt finds interesting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-18
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1892 to December 1898. Notable events include the death of Elliott Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt is appointed New York City Police Commissioner, his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the Spanish-American War, and Roosevelt’s gubernatorial campaign.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Arthur writes to Hugh Boyd with a detailed description of how he became sick and what his experiences have been like in the hospital, including repeated negative tests for Tuberculosis, which baffles his doctor. Arthur is beginning to feel better and hopes to be home soon, whether he knows what caused his sickness or not, and vows to remain healthy forever after.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11
Poultney Bigelow compares the challenges Ferdinand de Lesseps faced constructing the Suez Canal to those of the Panama Canal. He argues that real-estate ownership among canal officials is responsible for the crowded, unsanitary conditions of Colon and that the government has failed in its administration of the canal zone.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09
Commander Phelps reports on the status of the ships in the Pacific Squadron that are still near Panama. Phelps heard of some conflicts near the border but Colombia has announced that it will not go to war with Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-14
Medical bulletin concerning the status of Senator Hanna who is suffering from typhoid fever.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-12
Rixey, Presley Marion, 1852-1928; Osler, William, 1849-1919; Carter, Edward Perkins, 1870-1955