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Theodore Roosevelt pays tribute to Frederick Haynes Newell and regrets that his work has not received greater public attention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-22
President Roosevelt encloses a letter that he wrote to Thomas Cochran regarding the reinstatement of Walter S. Elvidge, who was fired after his reckless driving caused his automobile to block Roosevelt’s carriage. Roosevelt makes it clear to Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf that he does not accept the explanation that Elvidge acted as he did because he was not aware that it was the President’s carriage; his conduct would have been just as bad regardless of whose carriage it was. If Elvidge behaves this way again, he will be dismissed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-03
President Roosevelt asks Collector of Customs in New York City Stranahan for his advice about Deputy Commissioner of Ellis Island Joe Murray. Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island William Williams and Murray are having difficulties getting along, and Roosevelt wonders if there is another position that would pay at least $3,000 where he could put Murray by March 4.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-24
President Roosevelt thanks U.S. Marshal Wilson for the book about L. Q. C. Lamar, but regrets to state he has not received favorable reports about Lamar’s son, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar III.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-20
President Roosevelt does not believe that Colonel James A. Jewell is fit to hold his present office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-26
Elliott Northcott, Minister to Colombia, reports to Secretary of State Knox on the conduct of Edwin Warren Guyol and Earl Harding, reporters for the New York World who were visiting the legation to investigate the revolution in Panama. Their aim was to secure evidence to be used in a trial against the World. Guyol and Harding both acted badly, and Harding accessed the legation’s records without permission. Legation clerk Alfred A. Norsworthy, who gave Harding access to the papers, was dismissed. Harding threatened to publish information that would get Northcott and other legation officials fired.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-10-25
Robert DeCourcy Ward explains to President Roosevelt that his aim in confidentially describing the drunken conduct of Minister to Uruguay and Paraguay General Edward Charles O’Brien while aboard the steamer was to make Roosevelt aware of the situation. Ward was not actually present when certain situations occurred, but more information may be forthcoming from other channels. He felt it necessary to give Roosevelt this account, and he believes that the country’s ministers should be held to the highest standards, but he does not wish to have his communications presented to the State Department as evidence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-19
Senator Hawley supports the retention of Assistant Secretary Cridler, a “gentleman” who admirably performed his duties over the past twenty-five years. He urges President Roosevelt to carefully consider Cridler’s discharge from the State Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-24