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Sterling E. Edmunds sends copies of the editorials he wrote for the St. Louis Chronicle. Edmunds’s opinion of President Roosevelt changed from a negative one to a positive one over the course of the election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-28
President Roosevelt advises William H. Taft on how to respond to religious attacks by the press.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-28
President Roosevelt has been reading the works of former President Thomas Jefferson and concludes that the Constitution is meant to adapt to the country through the decisions of the Supreme Court. As he spends more time with the wealthy, he is convinced of their “entire unfitness” for government. Despite their good intentions, Roosevelt believes that these elites are out of touch with the common people. Roosevelt has a low opinion of Jefferson’s presidency, but notes that he was popular in his time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-21
President Roosevelt is amused at some of the political attacks against him. He agrees to Senator Lodge’s suggestions for personnel changes in the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, but is unsure how to handle the “whisky business” regarding the Pure Food and Drug Act. Roosevelt is facing a number of requests that he run for reelection, but is not concerned with what most people think.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-21
G. P. Coleman sends Theodore Roosevelt a letter from his ancestor, Nicholas Roosevelt to Thomas Jefferson. Coleman hopes Roosevelt will appreciate the letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-24
William N. Freeman writes to Frank Harper to inform him of his new book, Created Equal: The Romance of Democracy. In this book, Freeman argues that the country was originally designed as a “government by agreement of states,” but became a “government by party.” He credits this evolution to the work of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson. Freeman admires Jackson greatly and believes Roosevelt is the only other president of his caliber. Freeman hopes that Theodore Roosevelt will share his opinion on the premise of the book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-23
Albert H. Walker encloses his manuscript of Christ’s Christianity, a compilation of Jesus Christ’s teachings. He promises to send Roosevelt a copy of the published book and plans to print the book himself. He previously sent Roosevelt a copy of his book History of Sherman Law.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-16
William Roscoe Thayer disagrees with President Roosevelt’s opinion that “doer” and “thinker” should be separated, with the concern that students will believe that “doing” without “thinking” is efficient. Thayer hopes the newspaper reports about Roosevelt’s son’s condition are inaccurate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-05
Francis Davis Millet criticizes the design of a medal of George Washington discussed in a newspaper clipping he has enclosed, saying that it fails to capture Washington’s noble characteristics. Millet stresses the importance of a medallist’s duty to capture a President’s features, as a medal will survive after all other forms of art have disappeared. He hopes that Theodore Roosevelt will have a medal that will “hold its own.” He also sends a set of eight medals struck by the French mint as examples of what he means by “nobility in a medal.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-13
Uncle Sam wears a coat labeled “The Constitution” and looks at Secretary of State Elihu Root. On the ground are books labeled “Jefferson Doctrine” and “The Federalist by A. Hamilton” as well as a club labeled “Big Stick” lying on top of the Declaration of Independence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-15
President Roosevelt rides a Democratic donkey pulled by a member of the “Iroquois Democratic Club” as crowds cheer. There are illustrations of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, and William Jennings Bryan in the background.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-12
Description and photograph of a souvenir handkerchief from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition featuring the event program and images of President Roosevelt, President Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, and exposition president David R. Francis.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1904
In this article excerpt, Thomas Nelson Page discusses the role Thomas Jefferson played in establishing the University of Virginia. Jefferson’s quest to discover more knowledge compelled him to purchase the Louisiana Territory as well as build a university.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905
“Copy of a letter from Thos. Jefferson on negro question.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-27
Police Commissioner Roosevelt responds to Professor Frederick Jackson Turner’s review of his fourth volume (most likely referring to The Winning of the West), explaining that he was not able to conduct a more thorough historical investigation because he was busy with other work. He argues that his judgment was sober in relation to his views of Thomas Jefferson.
1896-11-04
Police Commissioner Roosevelt believes that Professor Frederick Jackson Turner was correct about the inadvisability of the tone Roosevelt used when writing about Thomas Jefferson. Roosevelt compliments Turner’s article in The Atlantic Monthly and discusses the West. He asks Turner to let him know in advance when he plans to visit New York so that they can have lunch.
1896-12-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about a speech he gave entitled “Americanism” and rails against President Wilson and his foreign policy toward the World War and Mexico, unfavorably comparing Wilson to Thomas Jefferson. Roosevelt talks of how well Ted has done in business this year and discusses the army training camp at Plattsburgh, New York.
1915-10-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit on his animosity towards Englishmen who will not fight in the war but will go watch football games. He says he has been writing about the war and strongly disapproves of President Wilson’s administration of foreign affairs. Roosevelt gives updates on Archie at Harvard, Quentin at Groton, and Ethel and her husband returning from a trip. Roosevelt hopes Belle is doing better in the heat and is enjoying his duty to be lazy and enjoy himself.
1914-12-02
A statue labeled “Thomas Jefferson The Father of Expansion” stands at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri, with Puck directing the attention of George Frisbie Hoar and other anti-expansionists Edward Atkinson, Carl Schurz, and Charles Francis Adams, who look on in disbelief.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-04-15
David B. Hill stands on a platform, speaking to an unseen audience. He holds a paper that states “Jefferson! Jeffersonianism!! Jeffersonian Simplicity!!!” The ghost of Thomas Jefferson is tapping him on the elbow. Caption: “Hold on there, David! – Don’t make me ridiculous! Remember, I was always an Expansionist – and if I were alive to-day I should be doing just as McKinley and Roosevelt have done.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-06-11