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President Roosevelt introduces Edwin Emerson, a former Rough Rider who has observed affairs in several South American republics. Emerson has information on the situation at the Isthmus of Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-23
Ed Bovein reminds Theodore Roosevelt that Edwin Emerson gave him several of Bovein’s rough sketches. He sends copies of The College World with his drawings accompanying some Western verse and hopes they are better than the sketches.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-07
Captain O’Ryan invites Theodore Roosevelt to inspect the farm owned by the 1st Battery Field Artillery of the New York National Guard. They conduct practical training there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-06
A handbook for Roosevelt’s Rough Rider Association, which includes a list of association officers, the association’s constitution and by-laws, and a list of the association’s members, honorary members, and the muster-out roll. Handwritten annotations about members or officers is present throughout. Pages 56-57 and 88-89 are uncut in the original and cannot be scanned.
Rafael Uribe Uribe introduces himself as a representative of Colombia’s Liberal Party and a soldier of the rebel army. He explains his party’s opposition to the conservative regime and asserts that it fought against the extension of the concession of the Panama Canal to the French. He asserts that the liberals are fighting against tyrannical oppression and hopes that the United States will look upon them with sympathy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12