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Theodore Roosevelt writes to Max McCusker of the People’s Power League of America and regrets that he is unable to write the requested article. Roosevelt is unable to accommodate even a small percentage of the many requests he receives without them losing their effectiveness.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-17
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary refers Jerome D. Davis to the article Roosevelt wrote in The Outlook, in which he gave his opinions on the referendum, initiative, and recall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-14
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Israel Frederick Fischer that he does not know if there is anything that The Outlook can do, but he is in communication to Straus about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-07
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Baron Bernardo di San Severino that he has just read the article on the Comorra and he has submitted it to Dr. Abbott to see if it can be used in The Outlook. Roosevelt enjoyed seeing di San Severino the other day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-07
Theodore Roosevelt replies to Edwin T. Earl and tells him that he must turn down his request and has already written him as such. Many papers make this request and he does not want to offend them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-05
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary confirms the arrival of Brand Whitlock’s telegram and thinks the best answer is to send the enclosed article, which Roosevelt wrote for The Outlook last January 21, explaining his views on the initiative and referendum. He gives permission to quote the article as needed. Since the article gives his viewpoints on the matter, he prefers to use it to answer any questions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-30
Theodore Roosevelt asks Oscar S. Straus his opinion on the enclosed piece. He believes that including a designation for “Hebrew” is appropriate on a census, for example, but that it is not appropriate for a passport. He wonders if it is “of sufficient importance to justify our treating it along these lines in a small editorial paragraph?” He adds that it was nice seeing Straus and his wife the other day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-30
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Brander Matthews for sending him the two documents. He has never heard of the book nor the author and sees no address for the author. Accordingly, “I have written saying that it is an impudent forgery, so you won’t have to send them to the Evening Post.” He also is enjoying the volume on versification that arrived and appreciated seeing Matthews the other day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-30
Theodore Roosevelt replies to W. Robert Foran and expresses concern about Foran’s career prospects. After speaking with Kermit Roosevelt, he agrees that there are few prospects in the newspaper business and suggests Foran’s unique skills would make a good match for the Canadian Mounted Police.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs J. I. Romer that Roosevelt regrets he is unable to write the requested article. Roosevelt is unable to write for magazines other than The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-21
Theodore Roosevelt tells William Hutchinson Cowles that the Associated Press dispatch was a fake, and that he believes something about it. Because of it, Roosevelt felt that he should not accept an invitation from President William H. Taft. Roosevelt expresses consternation with the Associated Press’s recent actions and reporting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-13
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary informs E. O. Stratton that, as contributing editor to The Outlook, Roosevelt does not make decisions on what gets published. The secretary returns Stratton’s article and suggests he send it directly to the managing editor of that periodical.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-03
Theodore Roosevelt asks to meet with Charles C. Moore to discuss using an editorial from Moore.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Wilhelm Cohnstaedt for the request to write an article but explains that he is not able to do so.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt will read the article by Samuel Gompers “with pleasure” and hopes Gompers will read his own in The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt praises the dignity of journalism but tells Blaine that he does not have the “peculiar powers and capacities necessary” to do that work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-19
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Leonard S. Levin that Roosevelt thanks him for the letter but is unable to write for a publication other than The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-23
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Albert Brett for his letter, but it is impossible for him to write the article Brett suggested because he only writes for The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-23
Unless Theodore Roosevelt hears otherwise, he will take the first opportunity of making the letter public. Roosevelt is sorry that the American government has reduced his part and the part of men like him to words and not deeds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-11-17
A brief letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ernest Hamlin Abbott inquiring if the article, enclosed with this letter, will do after learning his previous article was well received.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-08-26