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Theodore Roosevelt advises J. O. Staples that a letter claiming to be from Roosevelt giving a recommendation for Madame Vera Rose is “an impudent forgery” as Roosevelt has never heard of Rose.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-21
Letters attacking President Roosevelt have been sent out from Senator Perkins’s office. Roosevelt has heard that they were sent without his knowledge or consent, but one was sent with Perkins’s compliments, and the other is accompanied by a letter bearing his signature.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-13
President Roosevelt informs Lee Mantle that the letter Roosevelt purportedly wrote to Michael Donnelly, a letter published in Miners Magazine, is an “absurd and impudent forgery.” Roosevelt has requested that Donnelly submit the letter, if it even exists, to the district attorney in Chicago so that the forger can be pursued and punished.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-26
Mr. Fischer, the art collector, and Mr. McGuire, of the Corcoran Art Gallery, have examined the George Washington letters and believe them to be forgeries.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-20
Walter Cleveland Cowles tells his brother William S. Cowles that if Walter’s brother-in-law Coldwell S. Johnston presented any kind of letter of introduction from him at the White House it was a forgery, as Walter makes a point not to write such letters any more. He theorizes it may also be one he had written for Johnston several years earlier, but either way confirms he did not write such a letter for the purposes of introduction to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-26
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte returns to William Loeb a letter from Congressman Amos L. Allen and explains its peculiar circumstances. Navy Paymaster Samuel McGowan has charged Bonaparte’s secretary, Henry C. Gauss, with forging a letter making charges against McGowan. Though Gauss is no friend to McGowan, Bonaparte does not think that Gauss sees McGowan as an enemy; nor does he think Gauss so foolish as to attempt such a “silly, childish trick.” Thus, Bonaparte doubts the accuracy of the handwriting analysis McGowan had done on the letter and asks Loeb to offer an opinion once he reviews the papers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-24
Amos L. Allen wants to make William Loeb and perhaps President Roosevelt aware of an issue of possible forgery and fraud in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts in the Navy Department. Paymaster Samuel McGowan found a letter purporting to be from a street and house number in Brooklyn that does not exist. Upon having a handwriting analysis done, McGowan believes that Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte’s private secretary Henry C. Gauss is behind the forgery. McGowan took the matter up with Bonaparte, who ignored it. Allen requests that Loeb and Roosevelt look into the matter if they see fit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-20
The letter in the June 13 issue of Photography magazine, allegedly written by Kermit Roosevelt, is a forgery and the magazine apologizes for giving it publicity. The next issue will contain a statement that the letter is a forgery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-05