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Edward McCann thanks Theodore Roosevelt for writing an appeal to Charles Samuel Deneen for McCann’s pardon and return home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-05
Four members of the Navy and one Marine have been arrested in Italy while on shore leave. Ambassador Meyer is attempting to acquire the court report and has sent an appeal to Rome.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-30
President Roosevelt asks George B. Davis, Judge Advocate General of the Army, for advice concerning the case of William Buwalda. Roosevelt does not currently want to change the sentence, as he feels that Buwalda must be punished, but thinks that the term of punishment is too long and is considering shortening the sentence. (Buwalda was court-martialed for shaking anarchist Emma Goldman’s hand.)
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-24
President Roosevelt is surprised that R. J. Caldwell paid any heed to an editorial of the New York Evening Post. While Roosevelt agrees it could be useful to imprison some railroad officials for evading or violating laws, the author of the article either does not know or blatantly ignores the difficulties in prosecuting such trials. Roosevelt mentions, however, that the administration is sometimes able to punish offenses of the railroads, and brings up several recent fines that were imposed on railroads and railroad officials. The chance of securing imprisonments, however, would be minuscule, even if clauses allowing for it were restored to the law.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-09
Attorney General William H. Moody suggests that President Roosevelt might consider commuting the sentence of George E. Lorenz, a man who served as a witness for the government in the case against August W. Machen, Samuel A. Groff, and Diller B. Groff.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-21
S.M. Fields writes to President Roosevelt regarding statements made by Jeff Davis, Governor of Arkansas and imprisonment of women.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-07
Ambassador Meyer writes to President Roosevelt comparing the situation in Russia to events in France during the French Revolution. Meyer goes into detail about the current political crisis in Russia, mentioning the need for reform, the need for improved conditions for the military, and the public opinion of the czar. Meyer describes the shutting down of newspaper offices, the imprisonment of editors, and strikes that could take place. He suggests that an American military attache could be of great help to him, as communication and media in St. Petersburg are not reliable.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-20
Father Time presents the new year labeled “1886” to Puck standing in the foreground, holding his lithographic pencil. Behind him are scenes of events from 1885, such as President Cleveland’s inauguration on March 4, Fredinand Ward’s conviction and William Mahone’s defeat, publication of Pope Leo XIII’s “Encyclical” Immortale Dei, Louis Pasteur’s anti-rabies vaccine, Chinese attacked in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Tacoma, Washington Territory, and the Grim Reaper strikes down Ulysses S. Grant, Alfonso XII of Spain, William H. Vanderbilt, composer Leopold Damrosch, Cardinal McCloskey, Thomas Hendricks, and Victor Hugo. Fighting continues in Bulgaria, Sudan, Tonquin, and Spain.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-12-30
James S. Easby-Smith provides details for the conviction and imprisonment of Samuel Seelig. He points out that no request for a pardon had been released as of the date of the letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-25