Greenway, John Campbell, 1872-1926

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

Theodore Roosevelt does not believe the “war talk” with Mexico will lead to anything serious and hopes there will be no need to intervene. However, if a big power, such as Japan, backed Mexico and serious war resulted, Roosevelt requests President Taft’s permission to raise a division similar to the Rough Riders. He discusses how it would be organized and who he would choose as officers. Elected officers cause inefficiency, as evidenced by the two other Rough Rider regiments. Roosevelt does not intend to boast; instead, he reminds Taft of his regiment’s effectiveness during the Spanish-American War.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Chalres L. Edmundson

Theodore Roosevelt regretfully informs Mayor Edmundson that his schedule will not allow him to visit Bisbee, Arizona.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mrs. O. W. Hammond

Theodore Roosevelt requests Mrs. O. W. Hammond to have Mr. Greenway write a letter about her son and he will forward it on to Colonel Goethals.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-12-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George U. Young

Theodore Roosevelt believes that the main trouble with the Progressive Party was that most of the people would not see their true interests and how the future welfare of the people, and the honor of the nation, could best be served by the Progressive Party.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-06-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

Theodore Roosevelt writes Henry Cabot Lodge that there are a number of Progressives who would not support William H. Taft. Roosevelt could not support Woodrow Wilson, either. The U.S. Collector of Customs is in John Campbell Greenway’s hospital, because he was shot on American soil by Mexicans.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Robert Harry Munro Ferguson for the letter and conveys greetings from his family. Roosevelt is sending Ferguson a book, and asks that he share it with Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson once he is finished with it. Roosevelt tells about a conversation he had with a German friend who said that the way the United States neglected its duty in Mexico had caused as much suffering as Germany’s actions caused in Belgium, and that Roosevelt thinks he is right. Roosevelt also comments on many people who want to keep America out of the war, and says that England suffers because of the current prominence of their point of view.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ben Daniels

Theodore Roosevelt is content about the news he has just received and would like to know how everything works out. John Campbell Greenway has been contacted regarding the matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ben Daniels

President Roosevelt sent Ben Daniels’s letter on to John Greenway immediately upon receipt, to take up the matter. Roosevelt asks that Daniels let him know if everything is satisfactory, and that Roosevelt shall always stand by him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dudley Stuart Dean

Roosevelt tells Dudley Stuart Dean that in the event the United States gets involved in a war where there is substantial fighting on land, he would like to raise a brigade or division like he did with the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. Should such a thing come to pass, Roosevelt would like to put Dean as an officer, and praises Dean’s “courage, hardihood, energy, resourcefulness, and administrative ability.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Emlen Roosevelt

President Roosevelt liked Philip Roosevelt’s poem, but will not say so to him. He agrees with his cousin William Emlen Roosevelt that he likes discussing the futures of the Roosevelt boys. He thinks Ted will likely work under John Campbell Greenway. Roosevelt also tells William that he does not know much more about the legislation in Congress.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt agrees with Kermit Roosevelt about the book Martin Chuzzlewit, and criticizes Charles Dickens’s character and inability to see the positive traits of America and Americans, which led to such great men as Abraham Lincoln. He concedes, however, that some of the negative characteristics that Dickens’s characters portray do persist in some Americans, including Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, William Randolph Hearst, and John D. Rockefeller. Roosevelt enjoyed a recent visit from Kermit’s older brother, Theodore Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt congratulates his son, Theodore Roosevelt, on his grades. He cautions Ted against making a mistake that he personally made when he was at Harvard where he got good grades in the first half of the year, and then did not study for the second half and ended up with low marks because of poor grades in his finals. Frank Witherbee visited Roosevelt recently.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt passed along a letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Isabella. He teases his son, mentioning that he did not open the letter but expects a letter of his own from her soon. He updates Kermit on the weather and horse riding and rock climbing excursions he has taken with various visitors.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit Roosevelt about the events of Thanksgiving week. His son Archibald B. Roosevelt has taken extremely ill, although he has had a good time at the Groton School. Roosevelt has gone on several outings with friends and plans to go riding with Henry Cabot Lodge the next day.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit Roosevelt at the Groton School with news of home, including details about his sister Alice Roosevelt Longworth and mother Edith Roosevelt. He also mentions several pending commissionership appointments and shares news about his pending Nobel Peace Prize award.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt sends his son Kermit Roosevelt a copy of his book and discusses Kermit’s grades, which he would like to be a little higher. He also discusses his trip through the South, and in particular highlights a boat accident he was in off the coast of New Orleans. Alice Roosevelt Longworth returned home from her trip to Japan with fencing armor for Archibald B. Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt; Roosevelt describes their antics.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt was glad to have his son Ted unexpectedly visit with a friend and tells him that he is welcome to bring whoever he wants to the White House at any time. Roosevelt is in the middle of a speechmaking trip through the South, where he was greeted most enthusiastically by the public, noting that they had “nothing sufficiently bitter to say of me” just a year prior. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit about how his trip through the southern states has gone thus far. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and a cousin, John S. Elliott, accompanied Roosevelt as far as Atlanta, and had a lovely time. They also visited the childhood home of Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. Roosevelt, now accompanied by John Campbell Greenway and John Avery McIlhenny, believes that the next part of the trip will be hard work going forward.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson

President Roosevelt sends his love to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s wife Isabella. He will take up the case of Rough Rider Albert Powers as soon as he can. In a handwritten postscript, Roosevelt says that the presence of John Avery McIlhenny and John Campbell Greenway greatly adds to his enjoyment of his trip.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit about a surprise weekend visit from Ted Roosevelt. Ted, who brought a friend, is enjoying Harvard even though he will not make the freshman football team. Roosevelt leaves tomorrow for his southern trip, and looks forward to it being over, when he will be done with “tours of speech-making.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-17