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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Everett Colby

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Everett Colby

Theodore Roosevelt defends Governor Hiram Johnson’s actions in rapidly appointing a committee without consulting the state delegations. It is Roosevelt’s understanding that this is a formal committee whose only function will be calling for a party convention. Once the party is organized, all delegations will be consulted. Roosevelt offers to add Everett Colby’s name to the list and requests suggestions for other additions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert S. Hadley

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert S. Hadley

Theodore Roosevelt believes that he will need to shortly announce whether he would accept the Republican presidential nomination if nominated. He has received requests from several state governors and has been reviewing the situation with Frank Knox and J. Franklin Fort. Knox will be contacting Governor Hadley regarding the state in which Roosevelt should make his announcement. In a postscript, Roosevelt suggests that he make his views on the nomination public by answering letters from Hadley, Governor Glasscock, Governor Stubbs, Governor Osborn, and Governor Bass. Roosevelt does not intend to seek the nomination but would feel honor-bound to respond to a call from the public.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Northup McMillan

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Northup McMillan

Having been told second-hand by J. Franklin Fort, Theodore Roosevelt found out that William Northup McMillan has returned to the United States and is humorously upset that he was not informed directly. He then strongly insists that McMillan meet him at his home in Oyster Bay, even if it is only for lunch. Roosevelt invites his wife and mother to come along as well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Copy of letter from Theodore Roosevelt to B. B. Comer

Copy of letter from Theodore Roosevelt to B. B. Comer

President Roosevelt introduces an enclosed letter summarizing the conclusions of the recent White House Conference on the Care of Dependent Children, and a program of its attendees. One conclusion was that Roosevelt should send each governor a copy of the proceedings for state governments to reference. While the proceedings are being published, Roosevelt sends these enclosures for immediate use. He hopes that the governors will actively promote the Conference’s cause. The names of the governors who received this letter are then listed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the Department of Justice

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the Department of Justice

President Roosevelt informs the Department of Justice that he has directed the Postmaster General George von L. Meyer to exclude the anarchist newspaper La Questione Sociale from the mail, and that it will not be admitted to the mail until a court or the Department of Justice advises that it must be admitted. Roosevelt asks if it is possible to prosecute the people who created the publication under federal law, calling them “enemies of mankind.” Roosevelt will also inform the Governor John Franklin Fort of New Jersey so that prosecution may be attempted under state law. Roosevelt says that the paper had been advocating for murder and arson, and that if such things are not illegal, then they should be.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Herbert S. Hadley to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Herbert S. Hadley to Theodore Roosevelt

Governor Hadley met with Frank Knox regarding whether Theodore Roosevelt should make a public statement on his willingness to accept the Republican presidential nomination if offered. In Missouri, a statement is not necessary as the party has inferred that Hadley’s support for Roosevelt means that Roosevelt will accept the nomination. Hadley and Knox have concluded that the ambiguity of Roosevelt’s position is out of place with the frank way he has dealt with political questions in the past. They also believe that a lack of direction is preventing potential leaders of the Roosevelt campaign from acting. Hadley suggests that a letter signed by several supportive governors would be a “dignified and proper method” of announcing Roosevelt’s position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-29

Creator(s)

Hadley, Herbert S. (Herbert Spencer), 1872-1927