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After bitter criticism, Thomas Nevin Jamieson has received the appointment. President Roosevelt instructs Jamieson to be an “upright and efficient officer” whose conduct will prove his critics wrong. Jamieson should visit Marshall Field and the merchants of Chicago, Illinois, to explain his purposes and intended action.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-13
John Appleton Stewart’s Morrisville State School will be dedicated on May 26. He invites Theodore Roosevelt to accompany him and other men on a drive through the New York countryside before speaking at the school.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-27
Senator Lodge writes to Stephen Minot Weld about rumors of an inheritance tax being proposed. Lodge points out that the country has a budget surplus and is not in need of raising money, but says that he finds inheritance tax to be one valid method of raising funds for civilized nations. Lodge thinks rich men should pay tax upon their property to even the burden. Public ownership of property, for which William Jennings Bryan, John B. Moran, and others are calling, verges on socialism and could cause disaster. Lodge is confident in President Roosevelt’s stand against government ownership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-09
Thomas Nevin Jamieson thanks President Roosevelt for his commission as naval officer. Jamieson discusses “slanderous charges” that have been brought against him and mentions a request that Roosevelt made in a previous letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-15