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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Brander Matthews for telling him about the article in the Nation, and will try to acquire Matthews’s article on Americanism. He directed G. P. Putnam’s Sons to send copies of his latest books to Matthews. Roosevelt is glad Matthews liked A. T. Mahan’s article.
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1897-09-04
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt returns the copy of the North American Review to Henry H. Smith. He found the article interesting but observes that the strategies proposed would be useless at present.
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1897-09-04
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt commends Calahan’s character and resulting article on the Navy to his employer, Charles A. Dana, editor of the Sun.
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1897-09-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Robert E. A. Dorr he is sorry he does not have time to write anything for him.
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1897-08-06
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs James J. H. Gregory that he does not have time to write a magazine article.
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1897-08-03
Wilbur S. Hinman informs William Carey he will forward his letter to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, as he is currently out of town. Roosevelt will contact Carey directly if he would like the proof of his article on the New York Police Department sent to him before he returns.
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1897-07-19
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Samuel N. Rhoades for sending his pamphlet. Roosevelt asks Rhoades if he has read his recent article on nomenclature in Science.
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1897-05-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt apologizes to Frank M. Wheeler that he did not receive a copy of Roosevelt’s article. He informs Wheeler that it has been published by the Associated Press and was recently printed in full by the New York Sun.
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1897-05-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Frank Andrew Munsey that he deposited the check after speaking with Crawford about maintaining the copyright of his work. Roosevelt believes he may use the manuscript as a chapter of a book in the future, but does not want it used anywhere other than Munsey’s magazine in the meantime.
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1897-05-18
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks J. Paul Hunter for remembering him and will look through the list of questions and names he has sent. Roosevelt comments on the negative responses from a few “foolish people” on his writing about John Sevier.
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1897-05-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was pleased with Ramage’s reference to his view of pioneers and Indians in his article “Tennessee’s Place in History.” He appreciates Ramage’s understanding of his perspective on writing “the facts exactly as they are” to both pay tribute to frontiersmen and recognize their involvement in “gross brutality.” The recent protests against Roosevelt’s comments on John Sevier illustrate that some people will always be “unable to differentiate between hysterics and history.” He commends the Sewanee Review.
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1897-04-29
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks L. L. Thompson for the article.
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1897-04-30
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt finally sends Richard Watson Gilder the article and hopes he likes it.
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1897-05-03
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Amos R. Wells, managing editor of The Golden Rule, that he recently wrote an article for the publication and cannot write another one.
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1897-05-03
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Richard Warren Sears to publish his article on antelope hunting as soon as possible so he can use it in the Boone and Crockett volume.
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1897-05-04
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt found Charles M. Harvey’s article interesting and thanks him for the kind note. He is amused by the “outburst” about him in Tennessee regarding his comments on John Sevier. Roosevelt wants to meet with Harvey and discuss his article.
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1897-05-05
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt wants to see the card and protests William Robertson Garrett referred to. He is willing to make corrections if needed, but there is no room for doubt in the particular incident concerning John Sevier unless new manuscript material has been discovered. Roosevelt feels the protests come from failing to understand that “a historian is bound to tell the truth.” He suggests Garrett refer to B. James Ramage’s recent article “Tennessee’s Place in History” and show it to Hoss.
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1897-04-29
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Robert Underwood Johnson of The Century Magazine for his reply and asks him to send Casselman’s article.
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1897-04-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sends the proof to James McKeen Cattell, the editor of Science, and requests twenty copies of the periodical containing his article.
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1897-04-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt wishes he could help Margaretta Frank, but he cannot ask a favor of the Department of the Interior. With regards to writing an article about “the Indian question,” he explains that magazines do not pay attention to the author’s name, rather they accept pieces based on their estimate of the writing.
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1897-04-20