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Joseph Edward Stubbs thanks Theodore Roosevelt for mentioning the University of Nevada’s new statue in a recent article, however there was an error in the article. The statue is of John W. Mackay and was donated by his son, Clarence H. Mackay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-25
A digest of an attached detail clarifies that Acting Secretary Thomas Ryan’s memorandum was sent in mistake. The memorandum incorrectly reported President Roosevelt’s determination at the conference on October 5 regarding forest reserve lands. If Roosevelt approved the memorandum without noticing the error, Ryan is directly responsible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-19
This article corrects a mistake made in a previous article of this title, regarding Captain William E. English’s report of how and where President Roosevelt became wounded during the Spanish American War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-13
Herbert H. D. Peirce writes to William Loeb to say his secretary confused his telegrams for Baron Komura and Baron Rosen, but he has corrected the mistake.
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1905-09-07
George B. Cortelyou asks William Loeb to inform President Roosevelt that Postmaster General Payne “got the matter a little mixed” in a letter concerning the executive committee, since the suggestions which Payne says he made to Cortelyou were instead made by Cortelyou to Payne.
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1904-07-19
Theodore Roosevelt confirms Senator Lodge’s recollection of Roosevelt’s actions after the 1880 Republican National Convention. The story from J. Henry Harper is “pure fabrication.”
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1912-03-26
Theodore Roosevelt asks Henry L. Stimson for legal advice regarding a case involving Charles France Bates, stating that Mr. Bates was a very good man who may have been unintentionally slandered due to a past situation from Roosevelt’s presidency.
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1911-09-01
Theodore Roosevelt calls John W. Foster’s attention to several misstatements of fact he made in a recent speech. Roosevelt states that he has always been consistent on the subject of international arbitration, and he explains his positions on the seal industry in the Bering Sea and the Alaskan boundary dispute. Roosevelt does not wish to start a public controversy on the matter but felt that an ex-Secretary of State such as Foster needs to have the record set straight when he publicly misstates facts about an ex-President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-26
Theodore Roosevelt has made a rule not to write for anyone about the Hall of Fame. He did once and realized it was a mistake.
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1915-10-15
President Roosevelt chides Representative Dalzell for remarks he made criticizing Roosevelt’s post-presidential safari trip. Roosevelt clarifies that he is paying for the safari himself, and that the Smithsonian’s contribution to the trip comes in the form of hiring three naturalists and taxidermists who will travel with Roosevelt for the purpose of preparing and shipping the animals that Roosevelt hunts, which will subsequently be donated to the Smithsonian’s collections. Roosevelt himself is not receiving anything from the government for going on his safari.
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1908-12-07
President Roosevelt sends George Rumsey Sheldon an alleged report of a speech that Sheldon made. No one has suggested that Roosevelt was indebted to any groups, or had taken on any obligations before he assumed office. Roosevelt is sure that this is a misreport of Sheldon’s words, which is why he wanted to call his attention to it.
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1908-12-05
President Roosevelt saw William Garrott Brown’s letter through Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and thanks Brown for writing. Roosevelt does not mind people being mistaken about him, so long as it is not on purpose and malicious. One reason Roosevelt had felt indignant at first was because he had read and appreciated Brown’s works, and felt that he was the sort of Southerner that he wanted to represent. Roosevelt would like to meet Brown in person, if it is possible for him to come to Washington, D.C.
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1908-12-05
William Loeb explains to Henry H. Flather that Douglas Robinson accidentally threw away a bank draft issued to him and asks Henry H. Flather to issue a new one.
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1907-06-17
President Roosevelt paid no attention to the mistake in the report since he knows Brigadier General Grant’s attitude toward himself well. Roosevelt wishes warm regards to Mrs. Ida Marie Grant.
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1904-03-21
Senator Lodge clarifies a correction he sent to J. Henry Harper regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s actions after the 1880 Republican National Convention. The conversation suggested by Harper between Roosevelt and George William Curtis never took place as Roosevelt did not return to New York by train. After a personal inquiry of Roosevelt and a review of letters from that time, Lodge knows that Roosevelt could not have said what was attributed to him in Harper’s book.
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1912-04-23
Senator Lodge has contacted J. Henry Harper regarding an inaccurate account of Theodore Roosevelt’s actions after the 1880 Republican National Convention.
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1912-03-23
Senator Lodge seeks to clarify an inaccuracy found in History of the House of Harper. The passage pertains to Theodore Roosevelt’s decision to support James Gillespie Blaine for the Republican presidential nomination in 1880.
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1912-03-22
John W. Foster responds to Theodore Roosevelt’s recent letter criticizing Foster’s speech on international relations. Foster supplies citations for statements that Roosevelt alleges are baseless, including discussions of the Alaskan boundary dispute, the Olney-Pauncefote commission, and Roosevelt’s conduct in the case of international treaties during his presidency. Foster closes the letter by remarking that, had Roosevelt “not made a public assault on the noblest act of [his] successor’s administration, I would not have reviewed [his] record.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-29
Alfred S. Dockery has a correction for Theodore Roosevelt’s recent Outlook article on nationalism and popular rule. Congressman George W. Dargan was from South Carolina, not North Carolina.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-14
Henry Taft writes to President Roosevelt asking him to strike out the passage starting “there is a further pertinent fact” from the statement Taft sent. He notes that further examination has disproved the statement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-01