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Letter from Richard P. Keif to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Richard P. Keif to Theodore Roosevelt

Richard P. Keif repeats his earlier request of Theodore Roosevelt to recommend an honest lawyer to help him, having not received a response to his previous letter. Keif placed his stock in the care of a broker who stole the stock and sold it before declaring bankruptcy. Keif does not believe America has honest laws that are followed and has been unable to file charges against the man who robbed him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-16

Creator(s)

Keif, Richard P., -1943

Letter from Thomas F. Wright to Robert S. Sharp

Letter from Thomas F. Wright to Robert S. Sharp

Thomas F. Wright writes Robert S. Sharp asking for justice from the Post Office Department. Robert Stein was indicted for mail fraud and will be taken to Milwaukee. The employees of the Post Office Department say they cannot do anything for Wright, but Wright will not drop this and asks Sharp if the Post Office Department has done their duty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-01

Creator(s)

Wright, Thomas F. (Thomas Frank), 1858-1912

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Robert Gooding

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Robert Gooding

President Roosevelt tells Idaho Governor Gooding that William Allen White, of the Emporia Gazette, made a similar suggestion to Gooding’s, for Roosevelt and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to meet with Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah to discuss his case. Roosevelt does not think meeting Borah himself is a good idea, but would like to meet with his lawyers and the attorney general, if possible by August 9.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt agrees with Attorney General Bonaparte in not interfering on behalf of Eugene A. Tucker, but that his lawyer should be punished. He believes that former Illinois Governor Richard Yates could be employed in the powder trust case. In a postscript, Roosevelt discusses how state and local governments use extralegal measures to combat non-governmental entities.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Clarence D. Clark

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Clarence D. Clark

President Roosevelt writes Senator Clark strongly recommending Alford Warriner Cooley for the position of Assistant Attorney General, and he encourages Clark to share this letter with the rest of the Judiciary Committee. Roosevelt writes that Cooley was suggested by Attorney General William H. Moody, and he is also favored by Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte. Roosevelt outlines Cooley’s education and career, which includes time as judge for various courts in New York and Washington DC; positions at the Department of Justice; and a member of New York City’s Corporation Counsel. Roosevelt concludes that he doesn’t believe it “would be possible to obtain a better man for the place.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Otto Gresham to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Otto Gresham to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney Otto Gresham sends President Roosevelt a letter from Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Gresham shares his views, as well as the views of various local lawyers and judges, on Landis’s actions and the proceedings of the Standard Oil case. Gresham also summarizes the conversations he had with Landis regarding the potential reversal of the case and the imposition of the fine. After discussing the history of law in Britain, Gresham concludes that the people support Roosevelt in his actions to control the corporations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-04

Creator(s)

Gresham, Otto, 1859-1946

Letter from Thomas Goode Jones to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Thomas Goode Jones to Theodore Roosevelt

United States District Judge Jones expresses his interest in who will be appointed judge. He relays his knowledge and opinion of eleven aspirants. He details Hundley’s efforts to legislate discrimination against African Americans through a proposed amendment to bar African American schools from receiving equal funding to white schools. He explains the Democratic Party’s and Republican Party’s mistrust of Hundley due to his change in political parties.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-10

Creator(s)

Jones, Thomas Goode, 1844-1914

Letter from Charles S. Francis to William Loeb

Letter from Charles S. Francis to William Loeb

Ambassador Francis has read Mr. Conant’s letter to President Roosevelt and asks William Loeb to send to the Department of State for a number of his dispatches to be given to Roosevelt to read. The remainder of the letter examines the Austrian Phoenix Company’s San Francisco losses and the issues claimants are having dealing with the defaulting company. Francis explains he put pressure on the Imperial Minister of Foreign Affairs “to the end that the Austrian Government should, unofficially, force” the company to pay its policy holders in California.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-18

Creator(s)

Francis, Charles S. (Charles Spencer), 1853-1911

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Douglas Robinson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Douglas Robinson

President Roosevelt suggests Douglas Robinson have Blair present his case through Senator Knox of Pennsylvania. He then says that William Jennings Byran may not have ruined his political life. He ends with asking that Robinson and his wife come out for a visit. A note on the back states that Blair was a schoolmate of Robinson at St. Paul’s School.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-09-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919