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President Roosevelt’s uncle, James King Gracie, sends a photograph of President Lincoln that had belonged to Roosevelt’s father. Gracie was glad to recently see Roosevelt, but regretted missing Edith Roosevelt and Ted Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-06
The article focuses on the decision of Supreme Court Judge Humphrey in relation to the pork packing industry. The New York World sides with President Roosevelt and feels laws are meant to be enforced. For those unhappy with Roosevelt’s dissent, the paper provides previous examples of United States presidents speaking out against prominent Supreme Court decisions such as the Dred Scott case or Marberry vs. Madison.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906
President Roosevelt’s recent letter and enclosures have completed the volume. James Grant Wilson will pay his respects if he is ever in Washington, D. C., over the winter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-29
Murat Halstead encloses some clippings from the London Times. He has been saddened to see the negative reaction to President Roosevelt’s dinner with Booker T. Washington. Halstead recalls a dinner he had with Frederick Douglass who was a very “interesting gentleman.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-18
Jacob A. Riis believes that President Roosevelt will be successful.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-10
Description of the Clyde, New York, memorial service held for William McKinley, including the text of the speeches delivered by Judge Charles Terry Saxton and Reverend John E. Rhodes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-26
James M. Scovel compliments President Roosevelt on his actions since succeeding to the presidency. Scovel notes that former President William McKinley had considered appointing him to a consulship abroad, but Scovel would like to work in Washington for Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-24
George S. Benson asks Vice President Roosevelt to deliver an address at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn to secure funding for the project Lincoln Letters & Portrait.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-03-07
Major General Sickles urges United States military veterans to set aside partisan differences to oppose the election of the Democratic Party’s candidate for the 1896 presidential election, William Jennings Bryan. Sickles primarily denounces Bryan on the issue of replacing the gold standard with a looser silver standard, which will, according to Sickles, allow debtors to pay off creditors and government bonds with less valuable currency, defrauding many veterans and army widows of the value of their pensions. Sickles considers this an unconstitutional attack on the public credit, a move towards Populist mob-rule. Sickles also accuses Bryan of encouraging the type of sectionalism that sparked the American Civil War. Although Sickles identifies as a Democrat himself, he denounces the platform and candidate, Bryan, approved at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and voices support for the Republican Candidate, William McKinley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1896-07
Transcript of speeches at the Democratic National Convention by August Belmont, chairman of the Democratic National Committee; Governor Horatio Seymour, president of the convention; and William Bigler, temporary chairman of the convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1864-08-29
Belmont, August, 1813-1890; Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886; Bigler, William, 1814-1880
Thomas B. Reed congratulates Theodore and Edith Roosevelt on the birth of their daughter Ethel. He gives sarcastic commentary about the choice between James G. Blaine and Benjamin Harrison for president in the next election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1891-08-22