Llewellyn, William H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1851-1927

Letter from George H. Fearons to Theodore Roosevelt

George H. Fearons sends Theodore Roosevelt an article from the El Paso Morning Times containing the views of their mutual friend, William H. H. Llewellyn on the topic of reciprocity. Llewellyn has been elected to the first General Assembly for the new state of New Mexico and is a candidate for Speaker or President of the Senate, though Fearons cannot remember which.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-12

Creator(s)

Fearons, George H. (George Hadsall), -1930

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt supports the decisions Attorney General Bonaparte outlined in his last letter. Roosevelt believes he will have to admit Oklahoma to the Union, as the pros outweigh the cons. Roosevelt also wants to discuss the placement of William H. H. Llewellyn with Bonaparte.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Bonaparte that it is simply a matter of expediency whether or not someone should resign from a federal office when running for an elected position, and trusts Bonaparte’s judgement. The president also believes that New Mexico District Attorney William H. H. Llewellyn and his people are incorrect about Department of Justice agents Ormsby McHarg and Peyton Gordon willfully telling lies, and Roosevelt has received a number of letters confirming this belief. Roosevelt will discuss the Idaho land fraud case with Bonaparte when he sees him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Curry

President Roosevelt informs New Mexico Governor Curry that he has told William H. H. Llewellyn that he should lay his whole case before Curry. Roosevelt gives Curry permission to meet with him in St. Louis and discuss the matter. Roosevelt also wants to meet with Curry in Washington, D.C., a few weeks later and go over everything with Judge Alford Warriner Cooley.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt agrees with Attorney General Bonaparte on the appointment of Assistant Attorney General Marsden C. Burch in the Idaho land fraud case. On the New Mexico issue, Roosevelt details Attorney General William H. H. Llewellyn’s rise as an attorney. In light of Judge James H. Beatty’s letter, Roosevelt feels there is no need to be involved. Although Roosevelt does not trust rumors, it does seem based on recent behavior that Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis may be suffering a breakdown. In a post script, Roosevelt comments on William Randolph Hearst’s recent supposed sympathy toward Bonaparte after his siding with Wall Street. In Roosevelt’s view, the recurrent rumor about Bonaparte resigning to appease financiers has actually shown the public that Bonaparte alarms those who are corrupt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alford Warriner Cooley

President Roosevelt shares with Assistant Attorney General Cooley that he thinks Special Assistant Attorney General Ormsby McHarg is not experienced enough to deal with the situation in New Mexico. Roosevelt will talk with and have him visit Cooley. Roosevelt also encourages Cooley to travel to New Mexico in the next few months.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt enjoyed visiting with Attorney General Bonaparte and agrees with his views of United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick and Senator William Edgar Borah. In a postscript, Roosevelt discusses how Ruick has been “playing a sharp, clever, tricky game” and hopes Francis J. Heney can take over. Roosevelt shares his thoughts on the situation in New Mexico.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ormsby McHarg

President Roosevelt has met with New Mexico Territory Governor George Curry and shares his findings with Assistant Attorney General McHarg. Roosevelt says Curry can be trusted absolutely, and that he will aid McHarg in any possible way in his investigation of political and judicial corruption in New Mexico. Roosevelt warns McHarg that Curry’s predecessor, Herbert J. Hagerman, and his associates will do everything possible to turn him against Curry. In a postscript, Roosevelt sends a report from Bernard Shandon Rodey regarding Hagerman’s father, James John Hagerman, and his alleged corrupt practices. Roosevelt asks McHarg to visit him after his preliminary investigation of the situation but before he “probes…to the bottom.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte updates President Roosevelt on several political matters. He believes the evidence that could be brought against Senator William Edgar Borah is not enough to convict him, but it is likely that Borah knew about the conspiracy. Bonaparte also wants to talk with Roosevelt about what is going on in the New Mexico Territory and the charges made against William H. H. Llewellyn. Finally, Bonaparte mentions a letter he received from W. Hall Harris about whether he should resign the postmastership in order to accept the nomination for a judgeship in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-11

Creator(s)

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt

Alford Warriner Cooley reports to President Roosevelt of his visit to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Although the conspiracy was formed in New Mexico, Cooley observes that the main case can be brought in the District of Columbia because the overt act was committed there. Cooley details his conversation with George Curry, who expects to see the president in Saint Louis, Missouri, on October 1. After Albert B. Fall and William H. H. Llewellyn leave, Cooley does not expect to have any difficulties in New Mexico.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-10

Creator(s)

Cooley, Alford Warriner, 1873-1913

Letter from George Curry to Theodore Roosevelt

Territorial Governor of New Mexico Curry appreciates President Roosevelt’s confidence in him, promising to justify it. Supporters of Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks held a demonstration during his recent visit to the territory, which proved “an absolute failure.” If able, Curry will meet Roosevelt in St. Louis, Missouri, to discuss New Mexico affairs. Despite the general support of his administration, Curry admits he does “do[es] not like” being governor, but will continue for the present because Roosevelt wishes for him to do so.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-30

Creator(s)

Curry, George, 1861-1947

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte updates President Roosevelt on matters regarding United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick, the prosecution of the International Harvester Company, and affairs in Oklahoma. He is greatly concerned about reports of Secretary of State Elihu Root’s health. Territorial Governor of New Mexico George Curry intends to appoint David J. Leahy as assistant attorney general of the territory. Bonaparte feels obligated to inform Roosevelt of this appointment as Leahy is possibly “one of the persons about whom there has been complaint by the Interior Department.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-29

Creator(s)

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte sent President Roosevelt a draft of the telegram to United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick. Bonaparte shares his thoughts about the intentions of the press in attacking him and gives an update on the International Harvester Company trust prosecution. Additionally, Bonaparte comments on Special Assistant Attorney General Ormsby McHarg and the conference of attorneys general.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-26

Creator(s)

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Letter from William H. H. Llewellyn to Theodore Roosevelt

William Llewellyn encourages Theodore Roosevelt to hunt for jaguars in Chihuahua. Llewellyn includes an itinerary that would allow this venture to happen in complete privacy from the public.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-03

Creator(s)

Llewellyn, William H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1851-1927

President’s battle scar received at Santiago and not at La Guasimas

This article corrects a mistake made in a previous article of this title, regarding Captain William E. English’s report of how and where President Roosevelt became wounded during the Spanish American War.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-13

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles A. Simigo

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Charles A. Simigo for the book he sent to Roosevelt through Major Llewellyn.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert B. Fall

Theodore Roosevelt has wired William H. H. Llewellyn as Congressman Fall has requested.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to William Flinn

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses a letter from J. R. McCormick referencing Mr. Towne, the editor and proprietor of a Scranton, Pennsylvania, newspaper, who is now using the Tribune Republic in support of Roosevelt. The secretary asks William Flinn if he will return the letter after reading it, along with some suggestions as to what response should be made to McCormick. He also asks for Flinn’s advice in the case of William H. H. Llewellyn, “a disappointed office seeker” who tried and failed to become the Roosevelt delegate from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Llewellyn is now supporting a delegate from the United Mine Workers, even though Flinn appointed Mr. Tompkins and Tompkins is already the candidate for the Progressive Republicans of Wilkes-Barre. Finally, the secretary asks Flinn to read a letter sent to Roosevelt from Harry H. Daugherty before returning it with his suggestions on “what ought to be done” in the matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-23

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ralph Emerson Twitchell

Theodore Roosevelt has received Ralph Emerson Twitchell’s book from William H. H. Llewellyn, and he looks forward to reading it. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt informs Attorney General Bonaparte that William H. H. Llewellyn feels that he is currently underpaid. Roosevelt asks what Bonaparte would think about a pay increase.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919