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Frank Basil Tracy shares a page from the Boston Evening Transcript with Colonel Roosevelt that he thinks Roosevelt will be interested in. Tracy tells Roosevelt of the Republican campaign in Massachusetts and feels they are making a mistake by pushing workingmen to vote out of fear for their jobs because of tariffs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-24
Bela Tokaji writes to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Times to refute claims that immigrants will be the downfall of America made by Alfred Paul Karl Eduard Schultz. Tokaji states the peaceful and industrious men and women who come to America have demonstrated their loyalty. The children of immigrants will continue to take care build America for centuries to come.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-10
Bela Tokaji writes to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Times to refute claims made by Alfred Paul Karl Eduard Schultz that immigrants will be the downfall of America. Tokaji states the peaceful and industrious men and women who come to America have demonstrated their loyalty. Mary Emelia Clark Barnes is quoted from her speech at the international congress for the welfare of children saying immigrant children are the future of the nation. Since four in five children born in New York City are born to immigrant parents, Tokaji agrees with Barnes and cites immigrants’ enormous contribution to the industrial growth in America as proof.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-09
John M. Phillips appreciates the pamphlet on “Concealing Coloration in Birds and Mammals” sent by Theodore Roosevelt and thinks it is a valuable contribution to the scientific field. He denigrates Abbott Handerson Thayer’s views on camouflage and is glad that Roosevelt will be writing a letter to the editor of The Open. He also appreciated Roosevelt’s words against William J. Long’s fake natural history.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-16
In this letter to the editor of The Globe and Commercial Advertiser, the writer compares the personal characteristics of President Roosevelt, including “quickness of perception and reflection” as well as “firmness and combativeness,” with those of Judge Alton B. Parker. The writer believes Roosevelt demonstrates, while Parker lacks, the qualities necessary for the presidency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06
Article describing two incidents involving former inhabitants of Sedalia, Missouri. One is Mrs. Minor Morris, and the author of the article laments the notoriety Morris has achieved.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-18
Francis Joseph Andrew Darr writes to the editor of the New York Journal regarding Laura A. Hull Morris’s removal from the White House. Darr is critical of President Roosevelt, William Loeb, and Benjamin F. Barnes, stating that Morris “has the sympathy of all decent men and women.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-19
A brief article responds to the removal of Laura A. Hull Morris from the White House, stating that she was treated appropriately for her behavior and her social status should not matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-06
Regarding the removal of Laura A. Hull Morris from the White House, the author argues that all individuals should be treated with respect, despite supposed mental states. In President Roosevelt’s White House, “traditions of dignity have been discarded.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-07
An article responds to the removal of Laura A. Hull Morris from the White House, claiming that she, not the White House, was responsible for the “outrage against American womanhood” which ensued.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-10
Frank Harper will ensure that Theodore Roosevelt has an opportunity to read Reverend Young’s letter. Harper knows that Roosevelt appreciates Young’s support.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-10-16
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary informs Caspar Whitney he did not read the article referred to. However, if Whitney writes such a letter, Roosevelt thinks he can put it in.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-28
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Henry Pollak for the letter and a copy of the letter he sent to the New York Times, which was not published because Pollak told the truth. While Roosevelt believes in the freedom of the press, he feels editors should be honest.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-31
Theodore Roosevelt informs A. T. Mahan that Lyman Abbott and his other colleagues are also doubtful of the peace treaties. He asks Mahan to write a letter about it for The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-21
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs F. R. Townsend that his letters to The Outlook have been received. Unfortunately, Roosevelt does not have time to become involved in such matters, so there is no need for Townsend to show him the deed in his possession.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-28
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Witmer Stone, editor of The Auk, regarding a recent article that inaccurately criticized Roosevelt’s prior work on “concealing coloration” and “counter-shading” in response to Abbot Handerson Thayer, including in African Game Trails. Roosevelt also defends photographs he had taken of birds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-22
Theodore Roosevelt informs Lucien L. Bonheur that he wrote letters to the editors of the Long Island Globe and to The Owl.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-18
President Roosevelt appreciates a letter to the editor Leonard Eckstein Opdycke wrote to The Spectator defending Roosevelt’s decision not to run for a third term. The president is happy to hear the Opdycke children have both recovered from their recent illnesses and enjoys the battleship drawing made by Archibald B. Roosevelt and Opdycke’s son Leonard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-25
President Roosevelt comments on and advises Kermit Roosevelt on his athletic abilities and pursuits. He is “up to my ears in work,” which includes dictating speeches. Archibald “Archie” Roosevelt commented that it seems Roosevelt is currently under attack more than at previous times. Roosevelt felt it best to “attack aggressively and fearlessly” in his letter to the Moyer-Haywood Defense Association. He finds comfort in having Secretary of War William H. Taft and Secretary of State Elihu Root with him and hopes Taft will be nominated for president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-23
President Roosevelt thanks his former comrade in the Rough Riders Nelson Eli Bartoo for his letter in the Evening Gazette.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-04