Goodrich, Caspar F. (Caspar Frederick), 1847-1925

The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs interviews a number of naval officers on some alleged defects in the construction of several battleships now being built. Chief among these concerns are the questions of the placement of the armor belt, the positions of the guns, and the design of the hoists to provide the turrets with ammunition.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-21

Acting Secretary of State Adee assures President Roosevelt that all three departments in San Francisco are acting in accord regarding the Russian cruiser Lena. He believes that the Russians will disarm the ship as repairs are made if they are asked. Adee includes the text of messages between himself and the Russian Ambassador Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini regarding the situation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-13

This object is a program for the Holland Society of New York’s Twenty-fourth Annual Dinner, including a Dutch-language menu, speeches, and music.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-21

President Roosevelt informs Acting Secretary of State Adee that he has received his telegram and two from Mr. Murray. Roosevelt does not understand whether the captain of the Russian ship Lena has expressed the desire for complete repairs, accepting that would require disarmament. If the captain agreed, Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich is to oversee the disarmament. If the captain has not agreed, Adee is to obtain a statement from the Russian Ambassador to the United States Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini as to the captain’s intentions. If the Russians do not act, the United States will make a formal examination on its own, and if the repairs are extensive, insist on immediate disarmament.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-13

Secretary of the Navy Morton forwards to President Roosevelt a telegram from Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich. The captain of the Russian warship Lena has requested that the crew and officers be sent home and there has been difficulty in enforcing parole on the crew. Morton has responded to Goodrich to inform him it has been referred to Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-17

Theodore Roosevelt writes that the information Henry T. Allen sent was “just the information that I wished” and he will take many of the suggestions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-07-10

President Roosevelt writes that unless Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich produces evidence, there is no need for Admiral A. T. Mahan to act. Multiple accounts have validated Admiral Charles S. Sperry’s statements, and Goodrich has been against the voyage of the Great White Fleet from the start.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-01

President Roosevelt is interested in what Henry Reuterdahl has to say about the attitudes of the Sun, Herald, and Post towards the navy, and discusses his opinion on the stances of each paper. In a postscript, Roosevelt says he has received the painting of the Great White Fleet Reuterdahl has sent and is delighted with it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-08

President Roosevelt is surprised by Henry Cabot Lodge’s claim that the Naval Board supported Rear-Admiral Harry H. Rousseau succeeding Admiral Robley D. Evans. He asks if Admiral George Dewey had told him this, as Dewey had told him that Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich should succeed Rousseau. After meeting with the Naval Board, Roosevelt concludes that Evans and those under his command have done their work well and that the Dewey camp are “entirely in error” to rally against Evans and Rousseau.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-10

President Roosevelt relays a message from Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte to California Governor Pardee informing him of the locations of various ships, and what orders that have been given to assist with providing aid to San Francisco in the wake of the disaster there.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-21

President Roosevelt instructs Acting Secretary of State Adee to notify Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton and Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich that the officers may be paroled to San Francisco if Minister Taro Katsura objects to their being sent home.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-17

President Roosevelt writes to Secretary of the Navy Morton that he approves of Caspar F. Goodrich’s action and directs Morton to send copies of Goodrich’s telegram and this telegram to the State Department.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-13

President Roosevelt informs Acting Secretary of State Adee that the collector of port in San Francisco should be his willing agent in the matter of the Russian ship, Lena. In view of Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich’s telegram, the Department of Commerce and Labor shall notify the collector and the United States Navy of Roosevelt’s decision to allow the Lena to stay in port. Roosevelt comments that the severity of repairs that the ship needs will determine how long it will need to remain, and that if it remains in port for an extended time, it will need to disarm. Roosevelt instructs Adee to inform the Japanese Minister of the United States’s action regarding the Lena.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-13

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sends Horatio L. Wait a statement from Caspar F. Goodrich, Superintendent of the Naval War College.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-23

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

MacCabe, Joseph B., -1930

Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt of a conversation he had recently showing intrigue among a few officers of the United States Navy. The men in question think Rear Admiral Evans should retire and ‘Harry’ be appointed in his place, and have volunteered that information frequently. His sister-in-law Isa’s health is in rapid decline.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-12

Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt about the career implications for Admiral C. H. Davis should Atlantic Fleet Commander Admiral Robley D. Evans retire. Lodge feels that Davis deserves the position more than Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich and that Evans’ actions in Jamaica after the 1907 earthquake should not be held against him. Lodge adds that his sister-in-law’s health continues to deteriorate and that according to the doctors she should have died several days before.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-09

John W. Vrooman recounts his recent trip to upstate New York to William Loeb. Vrooman has heard that many want President Roosevelt to run for the Senate after his term ends, and asks Loeb if Admiral Goodrich’s retirement could be postponed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-18

Senator Lodge explains the urgency in the matter of appointments in the Atlantic Fleet from his previous letter. Lodge is also very disappointed at the results of the most recent election. While Republicans won some key districts, Democrats, especially in states like New York, had a particularly strong showing that is disheartening and concerning.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-07

Senator Lodge believes nothing more can be done on President Roosevelt’s part in Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner’s campaign. Roosevelt has no need to worry because the newspapers are printing inaccurate accounts that are not believable. Lodge requests that Roosevelt seriously consider appointing the Atlantic Fleet’s second in command to operate the fleet in the event of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans’s retirement.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-02