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President Roosevelt asks Acting Secretary of War Oliver to issue orders that Granville Fortescue should be detailed to the White House this winter, now that John Procter has gone to the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-17
President Roosevelt requests a report on the cases of Lieutenants Baker, True, and Crockett. Baker received a heavier sentence and Roosevelt would like to know why. Lieutenant (Granville) Roland Fortescue has requested to be stationed in Washington, D.C., next winter. President Roosevelt supports his request as long as it is “fair and just” to Fortescue and all other officers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-06
President Roosevelt would like Charles E. Knoblauch to second Mr. Fortescue’s name and take up his case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-24
President Roosevelt was very interested in the comments made by Richard Croker and found Robert Barnwell Roosevelt’s letter valuable. He invites his uncle and his family to visit Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-31
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-05-19
Bell, Grace Blatchford Hubbard, 1861-1948
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
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Secretary of War Taft encloses a request for a court of inquiry from Granville Fortescue and a report from Judge-Advocate General Davis. Taft agrees with Davis and asks President Roosevelt for his consideration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-26
Judge-Advocate General Davis submits a report regarding Granville Fortescue’s request for a court of inquiry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-26
Army Chief of Staff Chaffee forwards a report and photographs of Port Arthur made by Lieutenant Granville Fortescue to William Loeb, and asks that they be returned when President Roosevelt is finished reviewing them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-06
Tweed Roosevelt recounts a murder trial that centered on the granddaughter of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, the uncle of Theodore Roosevelt known as RBR. Roosevelt examines the secret, scandalous life of RBR, who fathered three illegitimate children, and he shows how one of these children, Granville Fortescue, carried on the scandalous life of his father. Fortescue’s daughter, Thalia Massie, would inherit the dissolute traits of her family and would be at the center of high profile rape and murder cases in Hawaii. Roosevelt describes the racial atmosphere of 1930s Hawaii, and he chronicles the two trials, the participation of famed lawyer Clarence Darrow, and the political maneuvering resulting from the verdicts.
The feature is populated with seven photographs, a political cartoon, an illustration, and an arrest document.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2014
President Roosevelt outlines for Ambassador Meyer his opinions regarding the Russian and Japanese people and their militaries, and comments on England’s similar interest regarding the “Oriental complication.”
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-02-06
President Roosevelt writes his daughter Ethel about the “prairie girls” he met on his trip and how after he shook their hands, they wanted to shake Roly’s hand, referring to Roosevelt’s cousin G. Roland Fortescue. Roosevelt talks about the ranchers and shooting a bear after a two-day hunt.
1905-04-26
Theodore Roosevelt’s cousin, Granville Fortescue, has been nominated by Augustus Peabody Gardner for membership in the Metropolitan Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-08
Lieutenant Fortescue will be detailed according to President Roosevelt’s request.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-19
Charles E. Knoblauch offers to second President Roosevelt’s nomination of Lieutenant Fortescue for membership in the Union League Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-18
Robert B. Roosevelt sends an article that relates to Roland Fortescue and mentions that his father has almost entirely recovered.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-08