Guild, Curtis, 1860-1915

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Penn

President Roosevelt sincerely appreciates florist William Penn’s gift of a bouquet of roses after his Provincetown speech. On Roosevelt’s behalf, Massachusetts Governor Curtis Guild distributed the roses to local school children. Roosevelt hears from Guild that Penn is “the kind of American citizen whose career gives us cause for genuine hopefulness in this country.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Winthrop Murray Crane

President Roosevelt informs Senator Crane that no naval ships will be able to make an appearance at Boston’s Old Town Week.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Willard H. Brownson

President Roosevelt expresses his concern to Rear Admiral Brownson over the explosion aboard the USS Georgia. He is sure it is being investigated to prevent future incidents. Roosevelt orders Brownson to not send any ship to Boston for Old Home Week. He says he endorsed Brownson’s refusal to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Roosevelt has informed the Massachusetts delegation, Governor Curtis Guild, and Mayor John Francis Fitzgerald.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Sturgis Bigelow

President Roosevelt is going to tell Curtis Guild and George Lyman that he is going to Harvard and Groton to see his sons. He is glad that William Sturgis Bigelow has contacted Arlo Bates about meeting over breakfast and wonders if they can also invite Samuel McChord Crothers and Le Baron Russell Briggs. In a handwritten postscript he informs Bigelow that Oliver Wendell Holmes will be unable to join them.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-24

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt of the rumored attacks against sending the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific. With the upcoming presidential campaign, Lodge feels these attacks are an attempt to “get in a blow at the Administration.” He advises they “ought not leave any loophole” for the opposition, such as the role of the coastwise law, which he details. As a separate matter, Lodge mentions the contentious relocation of the USS Constitution from Boston to Annapolis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-30

Telegram from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte shares with President Roosevelt the letter by United States District Attorney Asa P. French regarding the investigation of the merger of Hartford and New Haven Railroad and Boston and Maine Railroad.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-23

Letter from William Sturgis Bigelow to Theodore Roosevelt

William Sturgis Bigelow discusses the accommodations, schedule, and company at his home for President Roosevelt’s upcoming visit. He thinks Justice Holmes would be more comfortable elsewhere, since they would have to share a bathroom, but he has no problem hosting Senator Lodge. Bigelow points out that it is lucky that no one seems to have discovered yet that Roosevelt will be staying with him otherwise Governor Guild would “have the Ancient + Honorable camped on the [Boston] Common in front of the house to fire twenty one guns whenever you put on a clean shirt.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-26

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to William Loeb

Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou sends to William Loeb a letter for President Roosevelt from Captain Seth Bullock. Cortelyou also mentions that he will decide soon whether he supports Agriculture Secretary James Wilson’s and Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild’s visit to Missouri and Nevada.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer

President Roosevelt informs William Roscoe Thayer that he has not had time to create a sketch and that the data were contained in an article written for Graduates Magazine by Curtis Guild.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Stuart MacArthur

Theodore Roosevelt assures Robert Stuart MacArthur that he knows him. He cannot give MacArthur letters to any foreign rulers, but he can give him one to Ambassador Curtis Guild in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Wayne M. Musgrave

Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could accept Wayne M. Musgrave’s invitation but he cannot accept any other engagements.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Archer Butler Hulbert

Theodore Roosevelt received Archer Butler Hulbert’s invitation to speak at the anniversary of the Ohio Company from Curtis Guild. He wishes he could accept, but he cannot.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-25

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to John Proctor Clark

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary invites Judge Clarke to come to Oyster Bay, New York, and have dinner. Curtis Guild will also be there.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Augustus Peabody Gardner

Theodore Roosevelt is delighted to hear from Representative Gardner. Curtis Guild thinks that Henry Cabot Lodge will pull through. Roosevelt is interested to hear Gardner’s views of the legislature.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles G. Washburn

The William Barnes libel suit was an important victory for Theodore Roosevelt and for “decent government.” Roosevelt has started reading the biography Charles G. Washburn wrote about him and is impressed. He would like to discuss the biography with Washburn and comment on aspects of the biography he liked or might change. Roosevelt states that the story of him boxing while wearing glasses is a myth popularized by Curtis Guild.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-05-29

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Charlotte Howe Johnson Guild

President Roosevelt extends his sympathy to Charlotte Howe Johnson Guild upon finding out about her husband Massachusetts Governor Curtis Guild’s fight for life.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-03

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Charlotte Howe Johnson Guild

President Roosevelt tells Charlotte Howe Johnson Guild that he is concerned about Massachusetts Governor Curtis Guild’s health, and was glad to see the statement that he has improved.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt discusses his thoughts about the results of the previous day’s elections with Senator Lodge, particularly his delight at the defeat of Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts Henry Melville Whitney. Roosevelt is also pleased with wins in Kentucky but saddened by losses in New Jersey and Cleveland. In New York, Roosevelt is angered that Representative Herbert Parsons, who he thinks is a good man, has made an alliance with William Randolph Hearst and Standard Oil.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt does not know what to say about a conversation Senator Lodge had with Governor Curtis Guild about railroad mergers in Massachusetts, but suggests that Lodge tell Guild that Roosevelt acted at Lodge’s request.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Sturgis Bigelow

President Roosevelt is eager to plan his visit to Cambridge, Massachusetts with William Sturgis Bigelow, including breakfasts with friends and statesmen, and a lunch with his son Theodore Roosevelt Jr. at the Sphinx in Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-02