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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

President Roosevelt instructs Acting Secretary of War Oliver how to respond to letters he has received regarding official travel expenditures. Roosevelt tells Oliver to ask Baldwin to come to Washington, D.C., to meet with the president. He also informs Oliver that Secretary of War William H. Taft is visiting the Philippines on duty and therefore his expenses are covered while in official capacity. Roosevelt promises to carefully review the circumstances before any vouchers are approved.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Report from Max Pracht

Report from Max Pracht

Max Pracht reports on corruption in the land office that he witnessed while a special agent in Colorado. Pracht details the misuse of government funds by William A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and his report of it to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock and Hitchcock’s private secretary W. Scott Smith. The final two pages detail Pracht and Smith’s relationship.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-22

Creator(s)

Pracht, Max, 1846-1918

Letter from Henry Martyn Hoyt to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Martyn Hoyt to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Attorney General Hoyt tells President Roosevelt of a recently received telegram from Congressional Delegate Bernard Shandon Rodey of New Mexico complaining that New Mexico Chief Justice William J. Mills is traveling in a special train and using official power to prevent his reelection. Hoyt will confirm receipt of the telegram and will telegraph a message to Mills instructing him to stop this, unless Roosevelt directs him to do otherwise.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-24

Creator(s)

Hoyt, Henry Martyn, 1857-1910