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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Gurney Cannon

President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Gurney Cannon, Chairman of the Notification Committee, to formally accept his nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and to approve the platform adopted by the Republican National Convention. In the letter, Roosevelt provides a comprehensive defense of his foreign and domestic policies and outlines what he believes are the major differences between the Republican and Democratic parties in the upcoming election. Roosevelt discusses, among other topics, his position on international relations, antitrust legislation, tariffs, the gold standard, pensions for Civil War veterans, the military, civil service, commerce, agriculture, taxation, and self-government in the Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt is pleased that Secretary of State Hay went to Newbury, New Hampshire, because there was nothing more that could be done in Washington, D.C. Roosevelt believes that it was necessary to send the squadron to Beirut and out of the question to leave until receiving the “satisfaction that should be given.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-11

Letter from G. Bie Ravndal, et al. to Theodore Roosevelt

G. Bie Ravndal, along with other members of a committee appointed to represent Americans living in Syria, invite President Roosevelt and his traveling party to visit Beirut on his return trip from his hunting safari.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-24

Chronology January 1871 to December 1878

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Zoological record

Theodore Roosevelt’s notes on animals, primarily birds, he observed and collected during a 1872-1873 trip to Europe, Syria, and Egypt.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1873

Letter from Albert Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt

Albert Shaw writes about American ships in Turkish waters near Beirut.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-09

Letter from Albert Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt

Albert Shaw writes to President Roosevelt to suggest moving U.S. ships from port in Beirut to other ports under English control. Oscar S. Straus is also communicating with Roosevelt on the subject.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-03

Letter from Henry Wynans Jessup to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry Wynans Jessup shares a story from his father, recounting Theodore Roosevelt’s boyhood visit with Dr. Daniel Bliss’s family in Beirut.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-13

Telegram from George Frisbie Hoar to Henry Cabot Lodge

Barbara Namer and her two children are being detained at Ellis Island and will be sent back to Beirut. The children have been diagnosed with trachoma and cannot be admitted to the hospital due to overcrowding. Senator Hoar wants their deportation stopped and has public support for treating the children. He requests Senator Lodge’s attention to the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-30