Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ansley Wilcox
President Roosevelt would like Ansley Wilcox to find out the exact situation with George Bleistein’s horse.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-30
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James H. Stone
President Roosevelt thanks James H. Stone for his letter and the gift of the original roll call on his nomination as Vice President. He will send it on to his son Ted.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-28
Letter from Edwin B. Leigh to Theodore Roosevelt
Edwin B. Leigh sends Theodore Roosevelt an advance copy of a relief map of the area surrounding the Panama Canal construction.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-12
Letter from Leonidas M. Cook to Theodore Roosevelt
Leonidas M. Cook informs Theodore Roosevelt that the Red Springs Masonic Lodge No. 501 are planning a fair to raise funds to build a masonic temple in Red Springs, North Carolina. Cook invites Roosevelt to donate towards the cause.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-23
Letter from Thomas L. Fell to Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas L. Fell, secretary to Dr. John Alexander Low Waddell, sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of Addresses to Engineering Students to enjoy.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-12
Letter from Mary Josephene Burton Frazer to Theodore Roosevelt
Mary Josephene Burton Frazer expresses to Theodore Roosevelt that she invites him and Edith Roosevelt to contribute a small item or letter for a baby show in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-11
Letter from William Wingate Sewall to Theodore Roosevelt
William Wingate Sewall, Collector of Customs at Aroostook County, will be sending President Roosevelt some maple sugar. Sewall hopes Roosevelt’s boys can come deer hunting soon, and he describes the camp he has built at Hook Point with his son Fred Sewell. Major General Henry C. Merriam and Civil Service Commissioner Charles Lyman have recently visited. If Roosevelt is too busy to visit Maine, Sewell might be able to come to Oyster Bay.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-01
Letter from William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin to Theodore Roosevelt
William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin thanks President Roosevelt for his $100 check for the lectern that will be presented at Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, on October 5, 1907, through Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee. Goodwin expresses his regrets that Roosevelt cannot attend and asks if he would inscribe a letter explaining the gift of the lectern to be displayed at the church. Goodwin is also sending Roosevelt a copy of his illustrated History of the Church.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-31
Letter from William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin to Theodore Roosevelt
William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin, rector of the Bruton Parish Church, requests William Loeb convey his thanks to President Roosevelt for his kind financial donation for the new lectern. Goodwin inquires if Roosevelt can present the lectern on October 5, 1907, alongside Bishop of London Arthur F. Winnington Ingram.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-27
Letter from Mariano Riera Palmer to Theodore Roosevelt
Mariano Riera Palmer sends President Roosevelt his award-winning books and hopes he accepts them as evidence of Puerto Rico’s affection. He requests Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow autograph and return the enclosed postcards. Includes both original letter in Spanish and English summary.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-25
Letter from Madison Julius Cawein to Theodore Roosevelt
Madison Julius Cawein is pleased President Roosevelt appreciates the autographed volumes. In response to Roosevelt’s inquiry, Cawein traces his German ancestry.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-25
Letter from John O’Hara Cosgrave to William Loeb
Following up on a recent conversation with President Roosevelt, John O’Hara Cosgrave asks William Loeb to inform Roosevelt that James Sullivan Clarkson sent a set of the recommended books by Carl Snyder. He is certain they will interest Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-22
Letter from Madison Julius Cawein to Theodore Roosevelt
Author Madison Julius Cawein sends a set of his books, illustrated by Eric Pape, to President Roosevelt. Additionally, he sends a copy of the ode he presented at the commemoration of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and an extra set of illustrations compliments of Pape.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-19
Letter from Herman Speck von Sternburg to William Loeb
German Ambassador Sternburg asks William Loeb if President Roosevelt can grant an audience with a visiting German professor, who also wants to present his book on the United States to Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-04-01
Letter from Felix Kraemer to William Loeb
Felix Kraemer has enclosed a letter of introduction from the Vienna Male Chorus Society, who will be performing at the White House on May 6. He requests that all the singers and their families could bypass quarantine restrictions since their transport from Hamburg, the Oceana, was personally chartered by the society and no one else travelled with them. Kraemer hopes William Loeb will “drop him a line” about when he can receive him.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-31
Book from Lelsie M. Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw sends highest regards and best wishes to President Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-04
Letter from Sarah Polk Fall to Theodore Roosevelt
Sarah Polk Fall donates china and glassware used by President James K. and Sarah Polk to the White House collection.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-02-24
Letter from Frank Hall Scott to Theodore Roosevelt
Frank Hall Scott is sending President Roosevelt the two original paintings of the illustrations which accompanied Roosevelt’s article “The Ancient Irish Sagas.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-02-19
Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt
Anna Roosevelt Cowles asks her brother President Roosevelt to sign a photograph for their brother-in-law Joseph W. Alsop. Alsop chose the photo because it gives a view of the back of Roosevelt’s head.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-02-15
Letter from Robert Bacon to William Loeb
Robert Bacon asks William Loeb if there is some time when the “gentleman with the unpronounceable name” can visit with President Roosevelt. Bacon encloses a letter from the United States ambassador to Russia John Wallace Riddle, describing the person, but Russian Ambassador Baron Rosen has distanced himself from the gentleman. Bacon has told the gentleman that Roosevelt is unable to join the gentleman’s society, but may be willing to accept the token the gentleman wishes to present.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-02-14