Letters to the editor

Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Arthur Hamilton Lee writes President Roosevelt on two matters. First, he is glad that Roosevelt has agreed to see the painter Fülöp László when he is in Washington. He thinks László is a talented painter and hopes Roosevelt will sit for a sketch, although he is aware it would be an imposition. Second, he apologizes sincerely for attempting to befriend A. Maurice Low, whose letter was published in the London Morning Post. Lee did not know that Low’s letter would be so bad. He vehemently wishes Low could be fully punished and assures Roosevelt that the Post will not publish such a letter again.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-11

Letter from Richard Young to Theodore Roosevelt

Richard Young commends President Roosevelt’s letter to the Chicago labor unions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Letter from John W. Edmonds to Theodore Roosevelt

John W. Edmonds sends President Roosevelt a clipping of a letter to the editor expressing his opinion on Roosevelt’s letter regarding Charles H. Moyer and Big Bill Haywood. He assures Roosevelt of the “support of the real American people.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-25

Telegram from John C. York to Theodore Roosevelt

John C. York commends President Roosevelt’s letter to William Henry Jackson (Honore Jaxon) that was published in the newspapers.

Comments and Context

This is the letter referred to.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Telegram from Eugene F. Ware to Theodore Roosevelt

Eugene F. Ware commends President Roosevelt’s letter to William Henry Jackson (Honore Jaxon) that was published in the newspapers.

Comments and Context

This is the letter referred to.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Letter from J. Rosenthal to Theodore Roosevelt

J. Rosenthal, who signs himself as a “Democrat,” commends President Roosevelt for his Moyer-Haywood letter. He assures Roosevelt that the people support him and will finance his campaign if necessary.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Letter from William A. Aiken to Theodore Roosevelt

William A. Aiken sends his support to President Roosevelt for his letter to the editor in the New York Tribune. In the letter, Roosevelt defended himself against William Henry Jackson (Honore Jaxon) and claimed impartiality in the 1907 Charles Moyer and Bill Haywood murder trial.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Letter from Abiel Abbot to Theodore Roosevelt

Abiel Abbot thanks President Roosevelt for his letter to the editor. In the letter, Roosevelt defended himself against William Henry Jackson (Honore Jaxon) and claimed impartiality in the 1907 Charles H. Moyer and Big Bill Haywood murder trial.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-24

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt

Booker T. Washington encloses a copy of a letter that he is sending to an editor in Philadelphia.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-04

Letter from Jefferson Williams to Theodore Roosevelt

Reverend Williams proudly tells President Roosevelt that he “jacked up” Democrat Charles A. Edwards, Secretary of the Democratic Congressional Committee, most likely referring to a letter he (Williams) sent Edwards in which he defended Roosevelt. Williams explains to Roosevelt that he finds Edwards’s rhetoric about Roosevelt to be “vile political vomit” off of which anarchists feed, and cites his experiences as both a pastor and a soldier to defend himself against Edwards’s claims that he is a “fool” and from the “woods.” Williams also tells Roosevelt that he took the Cincinnati Post to task for publishing Edwards’s “vile utterances.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-06

Letter from Maurice Francis Egan to Theodore Roosevelt

Maurice Francis Egan encloses a piece from the editor of The Sun in Syracuse, New York, which he deems a “very important Catholic paper.” He will hold off on publishing President Roosevelt’s letters until Roosevelt gives him permission.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-07

Telegram from George B. Cortelyou to William Loeb

Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou informs William Loeb that he just received a telegram from Charles M. Hays, editor of the Chicago Daily News, saying he knows who first published the Michael Donnelly letter with President Roosevelt’s name. Cortelyou told Hays to inform Roosevelt directly.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-29

Letter from Silas McBee to Theodore Roosevelt

Silas McBee writes to President Roosevelt to send him an advance copy of the Churchman containing an article by Secretary Taft which McBee describes as “commanding in its detachment from partisanship or special pleading and in its constructive presentation of facts and principles.” McBee expresses his and his wife’s appreciation at being Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt’s guests on Sunday.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-28

Letter from Michael Donnelly to William Loeb

Michael Donnelly informs William Loeb that he never received a letter from President Roosevelt, nor did he ask Roosevelt to intervene in a “dispute between the Packers and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America.” He has made a statement of this fact to the press.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-28

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles J. Bonaparte forwards President Roosevelt an exchange he had with the Springfield Daily Republican on the topic of Panama. He expresses his confidence that Roosevelt will win the election in Maryland.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-28

Letter from Solomon Hicks Bethea to William Loeb

U.S. Attorney Bethea writes to William Loeb about the letter printed as being from President Roosevelt in Miners Monthly. Bethea says that Michael Donnelly does not know how the letter was printed as a genuine piece and he wants to help find out who originally published it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-28

Letter from J. Max Barber to Theodore Roosevelt

J. Max Barber writes to President Roosevelt in response to a letter that was published in the Miners Magazine purporting to be from Roosevelt and opposing labor unions. Barber writes that he saw the same letter published in the New York Evening Post previously, and while it was not presented as being from Roosevelt, it was “well calculated to lead the ignorant people to think that you were the author of the letter.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-28

Letter from John Henry Hammond to William Loeb

John Henry Hammond requests William Loeb’s approval to publish his letter in newspapers outside of New York City.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-19

Letter from Charles W. Fairbanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Fairbanks informs President Roosevelt that his recent visit to West Virginia went well and the situation there is “entirely favorable.” He also writes that he had requested information from the War Department in preparation for a letter to the editor about the Philippines that he was writing but that since it did not arrive in time, he has struck the passage from his letter, which will run the next Thursday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-18

Letter from Ervin Wardman to William Loeb

New York Press editor Wardman informs William Loeb that John Henry Hammond’s letter in the Tribune was published the previous Saturday, so he does not want to get involved with the issue at this point. He does not think the American people need arguments to be convinced that “Mr. Roosevelt, either as Governor or President, has not been violating any constitutions.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-19