Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to C. Hart Merriam
Theodore Roosevelt lets C. Hart Merriam know that the enclosure explains itself.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1897-12-02
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Hobart, Garret A. (Garret Augustus), 1844-1899
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Knox Allen
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs John Knox Allen that he most likely will be able to visit in October. Roosevelt believes he has persuaded Secretary of the Navy Long to allow him to take time off. Roosevelt will write to Vice President Hobart about the visit.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1897-08-14
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alford Warriner Cooley
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Alford Warriner Cooley that the position in question is a presidential appointment. Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long is only responsible for documenting the history of an applicant and keeping tabs on them. If someone notable, such as a congressman or Vice President Garret A. Hobart, write a letter on behalf of Mr. Phelps to President William McKinley, and sends a copies of the letters to Long, Roosevelt will put in a good word for him as well.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1897-06-09
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The Case Against Awarding TR The Medal of Honor
John A. Gable critiques a book and an article that have been cited to undermine the case for awarding Theodore Roosevelt the Medal of Honor. Gable considers Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan: The Making of a President by Harold Samuels and Peggy Samuels and an article by military historian Mitchell A. Yockelson. Gable argues that the panel considering the merits of Roosevelt’s case should consider these works so that they can see the weakness of the argument against awarding Roosevelt the medal. Gable highlights some of the deficiencies in each of these works and refers to the Samuels’s book as “a blatant hatchet job.”
A photograph of Gable with Tweed Roosevelt and two photographs of the Roosevelt Rough Rider equestrian statue in Portland, Oregon, supplement the letter.
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Two obstacles that must be removed before Uncle Sam can drive on
President McKinley stands on the roadside near a large rock labeled “Unsettled Tariff Question.” Vice President Hobart and members of McKinley’s cabinet attempt to clear the roadway by removing another large rock labeled “Unsound Financial System.” Waiting behind them on the road “To Prosperity” is Uncle Sam sitting on a large wagon filled with “U.S. Commercial Interests.”
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1897-03-31
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He’s back again!
A gigantic, well-dressed pig labeled “Protection Glutton” confidently strides into Congress carrying a paper that states, “We demand a prohibitory tariff on all imports, in the interest of the suffering laborer, the down-trodden farmer, and the struggling infant industries of the country.” Among the Congressmen present are Thomas B. Reed, Nelson Dingley Jr., Matthew Quay, Garret A. Hobart, and possibly Mark A. Hanna.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1897-01-13
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Pioneer Cleveland
President Cleveland stands on the right, holding an axe labeled “Political Wisdom,” in a forest where he has been cutting trees labeled “Gold Standard.” Approaching from the left is a procession led by Mark A. Hanna, as drum major, followed by William McKinley, Garret A. Hobart, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas B. Reed, George F. Hoar, John Sherman, Henry Cabot Lodge, and others. One is carrying a banner that states, “The Repubican Party is unreservedly for Sound Money – the existing Gold Standard must be preserved. Rep. Platform.” Caption: He blazed the path that they have got to follow.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1896-08-26
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We are not a nation of swindlers!
The statue of George Washington, full-length, stands with right arm raised and with fasces behind him, at Federal Hall on Wall Street, New York City. A large crowd of men is standing on steps, among them William “McKinley,” holding a flag that states “The National Honor Must Be Upheld,” and from left, “Phelps, Carlisle, Sherman, Buckner, Palmer, Harrison, Hobart, Cleveland, [and] Flower.”
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1896-10-21
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Poor Tammany!
The Tammany Tiger, in ragged clothes, wears a campaign button that states “16 to 1 Bryan and Sewall” and a watch chain with a “Pawn Ticket” instead of the watch. The tiger bemoans the fact that the Republican Party platform promises “Prosperity for the Laborer and the Business Man” and “Prosperity for the Farmer” and the Democratic Party platform promises “Prosperity for Labor and Business.” The tiger gestures toward campaign banners, hanging in the background, for “McKinley and Hobart” and “Bryan and Sewall.” Caption: They’re all goin’ to git Prosperity, an’ I’m goin’ to git left!
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1896-11-04
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Peace jubilee of the American union glee club
Puck conducts a group of singers on a stage as they sing “The Star Spangled Banner.” Among the singers are “Palmer, Buckner, Johnson, Levering, Watson, Bryan, Sewall, Mrs. Lease, McKinley, [and] Hobart.” Mary E. Lease is dressed as Columbia holding an American flag. Caption: Puck–Now, then, altogether! – “The Star Spangled Banner, oh long may it wave / O’er the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave!”
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1896-11-11
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Crowning the abomination
A huge figure labeled “Tariff for Trusts,” wearing a quilted cape labeled with products and percentages and holding papers labeled “Concessions,” sits between the Senate and House chambers. Garret A. Hobart sits on the left and Thomas B. Reed sits on the right. Nelson Dingley and William B. Allison, holding enormous pincers labeled “Ways and Means Committee” and “Finance Committee” with a crown labeled “Sherman’s Bluff Anti-Trust Law of 1890” in the jaws, are placing the crown on the head of the devilish figure at center.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1897-07-28
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Herrick may be Roosevelt’s mate
With President Roosevelt’s return from his western tour, speculation has begun regarding his likely vice presidential nominee in the upcoming elections. William H. Taft is expected to be appointed Secretary of War, so his name is not to be considered. The likely candidate, according to the Philadelphia Press, is Ohio Governor Myron T. Herrick. He is purported to rise to consideration in the same way that Garret A. Hobart did as William McKinley’s vice president, through success in both business and politics.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-20