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Letter from Columbus Bradford to Theodore Roosevelt

Columbus Bradford makes the case for Theodore Roosevelt to write a piece in The Outlook about his movement to establish “social and university settlements in the country.” Bradford then encourages Roosevelt to run for president in 1912 and recounts how he has supported Roosevelt since 1904. Bradford believes Roosevelt is the only man suitable for the Republican Party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-20

Capt Hall to protest

The War Department denied artist George E. Hall’s petition to build a studio at Bear Skin Neck on land supposedly owned by the United States Government.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Willis

Theodore Roosevelt recalls meeting “Whistling John” Willis when Willis had lost everything in a fire. He congratulates Willis on making his “way up” in life and compares Willis’s youth in the West to the Vikings. Roosevelt intends to visit the Panama Exposition and would be pleased to stop in Glasgow, Montana, to see Willis. He agrees that cattle country is turning into farming country and is glad that Willis is interested in protecting the mountain sheep and blacktail (mule) deer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-22

Letter from Mrs. N. Germain to Theodore Roosevelt

Mrs. N. Germain shares her travels around the Northwest with Theodore Roosevelt after leaving Massachusetts in 1907. She is now prepared to return East and give lectures. She asks Roosevelt for a reliable party to contact. Germain used to work in shops and wants to purchase land and work for the betterment of mill and shop girls. She asks Roosevelt for information about Arizona and New Mexico.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-07

Letter from E. D. McKenley and Mrs. E. D. McKenley to Theodore Roosevelt

Mr. and Mrs. E. D. McKenley are excited about the completion of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam and are pleased to know that someone can only own one parcel of land. They hope the system of landlords, such as in Ireland, is abolished and that collective ownership be permitted in areas of combined harvesting. Additionally, cooperative marketing and harvesting are necessary in the irrigation districts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-25