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President Roosevelt thanks Attorney General Knox for sending the letter to Cornelius Newton Bliss. He is pleased that Henry Clay Frick has communicated with Bliss.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-07
President Roosevelt agrees the bureau he discussed with Winthrop Murray Crane should be created. Henry Clay Frick is available to help in their scheme.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-06
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to contact Jefferson and Isaac N. Seligman regarding the financial situation. Jefferson Seligman fears a panic and Roosevelt would like Shaw to reassure him. In a postscript, Roosevelt states that Henry Clay Frick is anxious for an extra legislative session but Roosevelt believes this to be unwise. He encloses letters from Ambassador Meyer regarding the financial situation and a request from Representative Martin for Shaw to attend the Mining Congress at Deadwood, South Dakota.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-22
Albert H. Walker commends Theodore Roosevelt’s testimony before the committee regarding the acquisition of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company. However, he fears Elbert H. Gary and Henry Clay Frick were not frank with Roosevelt in 1907 and discusses why. Had Walker testified to the committee, he would have said there was no violation of the Sherman Law.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-07
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou details why Théobald Chartran’s painting depicting the signing of the “Protocols of Peace” between the United States and Spain in August, 1898, is not historically accurate. He does not want a 1902 letter from the French ambassador at the time, Jules Cambon, to be attached to the painting’s provenance. Cortelyou shares the letter and compares Cambon’s list of attendees with his own meticulous secretarial notes from the event. Neither the photograph Frances Benjamin Johnston took the day after the actual signing nor Chartran’s painting provide a completely accurate representation of the attendees and setting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-05
The Office of the Attorney General reports that Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte advised President Roosevelt that there is no reason to prosecute the United States Steel Corporation under the Sherman Act for its proposed acquisition of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. However, if this transaction were to be preceded or followed by similar acquisitions, the Department of Justice would need to reexamine the situation for antitrust violations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-09
United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General
Frank B. Kellogg, a member of the Republican National Committee, writes to Republican National Committee Treasurer George Rumsey Sheldon protesting the acceptance of money from the trusts and those who run them. In particular he lists the Standard Oil Company, the Union and Southern Pacific railroads, and the Powder Trust, and names the men he knows who are associated with them. He states that it would be wrong for the Republican Party to take money from any trust when these same trusts are violating the law.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-21
Acting Secretary of State Loomis relays the home address of Henry Clay Frick and asks William Loeb to say in his letter that Loomis is in charge of “Foreign Trade” matters in the State Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-16
Senator Knox congratulates President Roosevelt for what Knox sees as deficiencies in the Democratic presidential nominee and the Democratic Party platform. Knox also informs Roosevelt of his plans to travel to Prides Crossing with Henry Clay Frick and says he can meet with Roosevelt before then.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-09
Edward Henry Harriman thanks President Roosevelt for his previous enclosures. Harriman asks about Governor Pardee in connection with a potential appointment and says that he hopes to contact Henry Clay Frick, Cleveland Dodge, and Marvin Hughitt in the next week.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-02
Attorney General Knox sends President Roosevelt a letter that Knox wrote to Cornelius Newton Bliss. Knox encouraged Bliss to accept the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. A handwritten note on the letter indicates that Knox has telegraphed Henry Clay Frick.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-06
Philander C. Knox reports that Henry Clay Frick has sent an urgent letter to Cornelius N. Bliss.
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1904-05-06
Lee Cullum challenges the conclusions of historian Richard Hofstadter who downplayed the achievements and intellect of Theodore Roosevelt. Cullum claims that Roosevelt was superior to Woodrow Wilson in his handling of diplomacy and big business, and she asserts that Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy had a lot in common.
An illustration of Roosevelt in a dynamic speaking pose and a listing of the officers and members of the executive committee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appear in the article.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1987-12-27
The First National Bank of Birmingham comments on the recent Governors and Commissioners of Agriculture conference investigating the decrease in cotton sales price despite increased production. The Bank reports on the discouraging situation surrounding the government’s dissolution of the United States Steel Corporation. It is “simply absurd” to think that the Panic of 1907 was deliberately caused to acquire the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company. Birmingham citizens knew that before its acquisition, the Company’s stock did not have loanable value, and its credit was impaired. Since its acquisition, the Company aided in developing the local district, improvements which have been delayed due to the dissolution. Overall economic conditions in the district are favorable, although the upcoming presidential election could alter commercial and manufacturing activity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-01
Article discusses Theodore Roosevelt’s remarks on the continued success of the United States Constitution.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-13
The Stanley Investigating Committee of the House—after hearing the testimony of Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the Executive Board of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company—finds that there is much more to be discovered, and that they do not believe the whole story has been told yet. Gary will go under further examination, and it is expected that other high-profile figures will as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06
Program for the dedication of the largest flag in the world, which will occur at noon on July 5, 1909, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-07-05
This Times article discusses President Roosevelt’s campaign against anarchism in the United States, especially in light of several recent anarchist attacks in the United States in 1908. The article suggests if Roosevelt can figure out a way to suppress anarchist doctrines, he will be doing a great service to mankind.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-10
The London Times relays reports from its correspondent in America regarding various issues and events in the United States. In particular, the correspondent provides updates on political policies and legislation, as well as events that have happened in Washington, D.C., and between the United States and countries abroad, such as Venezuela and Haiti.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-30
William E. Chandler expresses his complete confidence that the Republicans will be victorious and President Roosevelt will win reelection. Thanks to Alton B. Parker’s blunder in sending a telegram about the gold standard, the only thing that could cause Roosevelt to lose is the perception that he is taking too much money from magnates like J. Pierpont Morgan, Edward Henry Harriman, and Henry Clay Frick.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-10