Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Senator Lodge is glad to hear of Judge Horace H. Lurton’s opinions; Lodge is most concerned at present with the difference between nationalists and separatists. Lodge would like to see a judge on the bench who holds the views of Alexander Hamilton and John Marshall not Thomas Jefferson and John C. Calhoun. He would someday like to see Attorney General Moody in the Supreme Court. Lodge closes with a discussion of his anxiety regarding the campaign in Maine.

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1906-09-10

Frederick Scott Oliver responds to criticisms and comments that both President Roosevelt and Senator Lodge have made regarding his book on Alexander Hamilton. Oliver discusses his motivations for writing the book and some of the questions and comments Roosevelt had. Oliver also appreciates Roosevelt’s assessment of the American Revolution in his writings.

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1906-09-06

Henry Cabot Lodge spoke with Attorney General Moody about the platform he is preparing for the Republican State Convention. During their conversation, Lodge learned that President Roosevelt is thinking about appointing Democratic Judge Horace H. Lurton to the Supreme Court. Lodge has strong feelings that the Republican Party should only appoint Republican judges. As a Hamiltonian in his beliefs on the Constitution, he worries about appointing a “strict constructionist who inherits the separatist tradition.” Lodge concludes with some comments about William Jennings Bryan, the beef trust, and “the silver question,” also called bimetallism.

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1906-09-01

Senator Lodge encloses a letter from William E. Alger, consular agent in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, who happens to be Lodge’s cousin. Lodge thanks Roosevelt for sending him Frederick Scott Oliver’s biography on Alexander Hamilton and reviews the work and other Hamilton biographies, and expresses his opinion on early American politics.

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1906-08-20

Senator Lodge is glad President Roosevelt is going to write the letter he mentioned, and he agrees with the statement regarding the tariff that Roosevelt proposes putting in it. Lodge hopes that Attorney General William H. Moody will say something similar in Massachusetts, and mentions that he himself wrote something almost exactly the same recently. Lodge looks forward to reading the biography of Alexander Hamilton that Roosevelt sent him. He comments that he is printing a small volume of essays and speeches, and would like to include the small piece he wrote about Roosevelt, if Roosevelt does not mind.

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1906-08-11

George Haven Putnam sends President Roosevelt a book on American history, which he considers an original, striking, and valuable contribution to the field. Putnam compares the author, Oliver, to George Otto Trevelyan in the sense that both are able to study American history with full freedom from the local prejudices characteristic of other British authors, although Putnam thinks Oliver is more critical than Trevelyan.

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1906-08-06

George Alfred Townsend comments on the condition of the American book industry, saying that they have “been made bricks without straw by the news companies affiliated with the railroads.” Townsend also comments on the railroad rate bill.

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1905-12-06

John A. Gable explores the two Theodore Roosevelts, the mythic “Teddy Roosevelt” and the real Roosevelt. Gable says that there are three kinds of mythic Roosevelts: the Boy Scout, the American Mussolini, and the Teddy Brewster which represent the inspirational leader, the macho imperialist, and the cartoonish buffoon. Gable examines the real Roosevelt by looking at his many accomplishments as president in conservation and foreign affairs and by highlighting his intellectual life, especially his numerous books and essays. He argues that Roosevelt sought to achieve Jeffersonian goals of democracy through Hamiltonian means, and he asserts that both liberals and conservatives can find things to embrace in Roosevelt’s record.

 

A photograph of Gable with author Tom Wolfe and a photograph of P. James Roosevelt, Ruth Stafford Peale, Reverend Norman Vincent Peale, and Brigadier General Chuck Yeager at the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal Awards Dinner accompany the text. 

Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Smith Culbertson for his letter and for reminding him of Alexander Hamilton’s attitude.

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1916-04-26

Volume I, Number 6 of the newspaper, “a National Journal devoted to Politics, Literature and Finance.” This issue includes a portion of an address on federalism by Alexander Del Mar given before the Liberal Club of New York City, as well as details of the debate that followed Del Mar’s remarks.

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1873-02-22