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Joseph P. O’Mahony thanks Theodore Roosevelt for defending American interests in a recent article on international peace. He recalls a warning from President Harrison about arbitration and criticizes President Taft, praising Roosevelt’s strong stance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-08
Silas McBee writes to President Roosevelt about a statement he made concerning Abraham Lincoln and the notion of strong people and a strong government. McBee expresses his admiration of Lincoln but argues that George Washington also held these ideas and had them before Lincoln. He closes his letter by referring to Lincoln’s birthday as a “Holy Day of the Nation.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-12
Theodore Roosevelt challenges President William H. Taft’s Philadelphia speech, in which he identified himself as a Progressive. Roosevelt also discusses his opinions on the fair and direct representation of the People, and financial conditions in America.
1912-04-03