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Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock that he is very impressed by Frank C. Churchill’s report on Alaska, and asks Hitchcock to communicate with Governor Wilford B. Hoggatt of Alaska. Roosevelt had previously been on the side of the missionaries, but has now reversed his perspective, and feels as though Dr. Sheldon Jackson had deceived him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Report on Max Pracht and W. Scott Smith

Report on Max Pracht and W. Scott Smith

The writer asserts that Max Pracht and W. Scott Smith are “working together” and offers evidence. Pracht was suspended from the Land Office for insubordination and sought help from Senator John H. Mitchell; but when Mitchell was unable to help, Pracht turned to Smith and Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock to obtain his current post at the War Department. Events discussed since then by Pracht could only be known through a source close to the Secretary of the Interior such as Smith.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907

Creator(s)

Unknown

Report from Max Pracht

Report from Max Pracht

Max Pracht reports on corruption in the land office that he witnessed while a special agent in Colorado. Pracht details the misuse of government funds by William A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and his report of it to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock and Hitchcock’s private secretary W. Scott Smith. The final two pages detail Pracht and Smith’s relationship.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-22

Creator(s)

Pracht, Max, 1846-1918