Gaston, William A. (William Alexander), 1859-1927

On a page of the Boston Post, the article “Gov. Bates asks Col. Gaston questions” has been highlighted, and the note “omitted in Herald” appended to two paragraphs. The article describes a Republican rally which saw Massachusetts Governor John L. Bates respond to statements from his Democratic opponent William A. Gaston regarding appropriations and expenditures for Massachusetts, as well as statutes limiting the length of the working day. Other articles on the page include a discussion of a proposed expansion of the Suffolk county courthouse, a temporary suspension in the production of anthracite coal, and a discussion on the method of assigning wages to employees.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-22

Creator(s)

Unknown

President Roosevelt does not recall the exact matter or letter that he had written about his boxing record at Harvard, but tells Thornton H. Simmons the results of some searching that he had done previously when a similar matter came up. Roosevelt states that he had never been light-weight champion, and tries to clear up questions about his athletic record. He cautions, however, that he does not want this matter published.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Secretary of War Root is in London with the Alaska Boundary Tribunal and President Roosevelt provides updates on various events and political issues in the United States including the post office scandal, State Senator Greene, and political candidates.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

This article, from the Boston Herald, reports on a recent Republican rally which saw Massachusetts Governor John Lewis Bates and Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild criticize the Democratic party. Bates and Guild additionally responded to statements from the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, William A. Gaston, regarding Massachusetts state expenditures, as well as statutes limiting the length of the working day.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-22

Creator(s)

Unknown

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Creator(s)

Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association

President Roosevelt sends his greetings to Senator Lodge on his return from the successful Alaska boundary negotiations. Roosevelt needs Lodge’s assistance in the Massachusetts campaign, where William Alexander Gaston and Richard Olney have been attacking Roosevelt “savagely.” Olney is attacking Roosevelt for the Post Office scandals, despite the fact that they began under the administration of which Olney was a part. Roosevelt sends love to Lodge’s wife Nannie, and congratulates him on his new grandson, John Davis Lodge.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1903-10-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Summary and text of speeches delivered by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Governor John Lewis Bates to the Norfolk Club. Primary topics were the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Lodge’s work on the Alaska boundary tribunal, and defending President Roosevelt from Democratic attacks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-01

Creator(s)

Unknown

Curtis Guild discusses the state of Republican politics in Boston and relays his appreciation for President Roosevelt’s position on Senator Joseph Benson Foraker and Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw. Guild describes Governor John Lewis Bates’s recent speech in New Bedford, in which he admonished William A. Gaston. Guild asserts that the summary of Bates’s speech published in the Boston Herald was insufficient. Guild discusses the bills regarding the Wakefield water loan and the fireman workforce and describes Gaston’s image as marred by association with Edward F. McSweeney.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-22

Creator(s)

Guild, Curtis, 1860-1915

Commissioner of Immigration Williams responds to Harper’s Weekly editor Henry Loomis Nelson’s criticism of the recent arrest of Edward F. McSweeney, presenting evidence of McSweeney’s inappropriate conduct as Assistant Commissioner of Immigration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-04

Creator(s)

Williams, William, 1862-1947

Henry Bainbridge Chapin sends President Roosevelt a list of members of Harvard’s Class of 1880 who will visit Roosevelt on November 1. Chapin asks when dinner will be scheduled.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-26

Creator(s)

Chapin, Henry Bainbridge, 1857-1910