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John Campbell Greenway is sending Theodore Roosevelt the book Life in Mexico. He has just returned from Great Britain and regrets not seeing Roosevelt while he was in New York. Greenway anticipates voting Democrat in the next election but is pleased that President Taft vetoed the Statehood Bill on account of the recall of judges.
1911-09-13
President Roosevelt tells railroad owner Frederick W. Whitridge that he has sent Whitridge’s previous letter, in which he offered to help circulate speeches by Secretary of State John Hay and former Secretary of War Elihu Root, to Republican strategist and Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with whom Roosevelt will consider the offer. Roosevelt reflects on Whitridge’s statement that Roosevelt’s reelection is near-certain by guessing that the Democratic Party might nominate someone similar to Roosevelt, such as U. S. Court of Appeals Judge George Gray, who had been appointed by McKinley. Roosevelt wishes Whitridge luck on his upcoming grouse hunt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-28
George Otto Trevelyan believes that President Roosevelt must be happier with the results of the United States election than he was in 1865 when he was first elected to Parliament. He thinks Roosevelt’s trip to Africa is a “splendid idea” and hopes that Roosevelt will visit in 1910 when he is in England. Trevelyan discusses his current writing projects, and notes that he thinks it is easier to get a literal sense of the tragic poets when they are translated in prose, rather than verse. Trevelyan will enclose a copy of a speech he gave at a publishers’ dinner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-17
Seth Bullock encloses a news clipping related to the meeting of the National Association of Railroad Commissioners held in Deadwood. Bullock is looking forward to a visit from Kermit Roosevelt, which will include more outings than Ted Roosevelt’s recent visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-18
W. S. Deacon has been struck by the strong public reaction at the death of William McKinley. He had an excellent year of grouse hunting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-17