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Benjamin Ide Wheeler wishes to have John G. Walker return his letter. He discusses a political situation in the West. He recommends men for key positions in Theodore Roosevelt’s Presidential campaign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-02
Justice Holmes is neutral but his “boss” supports President Roosevelt’s decision. He also jokes about a suggestion from Senator Lodge and William Sturgis Bigelow. Original and typewritten copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-19
Senator Platt has just learned from Reverend Smyth, a man opposed to the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, that Assistant Secretary of State Loomis will be discussing that issue in public. Platt strongly cautions President Roosevelt against allowing Loomis to publicly speak on Roosevelt’s policy in Panama as his previous speech was “inappropriate and harmful.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-12
President Roosevelt gave this signed photograph to his close friend and confidant Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in May 1902. A skilled horseman, Roosevelt had become the youngest U.S. president in history following the assassination of President McKinley eight months earlier.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-05
President Roosevelt acknowledges Japan’s “overwhelming triumph” and hopes that Russia will concede to defeat in order to avoid further conflict.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-06-19
On March 4, 1905, President Roosevelt is inaugurated in Washington, D.C., with much celebration and fanfare. Roosevelt rides in an open landau on Fifteenth St. NW, escorted by mounted Rough Riders. Secret Service men and detectives walk on either side of the carriage. Roosevelt tips his hat to the crowd. Sitting beside him is Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin, Chairman of the joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Opposite, but not clearly visible, are Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts and Representative John Dalzell of Pennsylvania, members of the committee. Second sequence consists of long shots of Roosevelt taking the oath of office on a platform erected on the east front of the Capitol. Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller administers the Presidential oath of office, and Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court James Hall McKenney holds the Bible. The platform is decorated with plants and garlands and a large banner with the American eagle on it hangs from the center of the railing. West Point cadets and Annapolis midshipmen are assembled below the platform.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1905-03-04
Commissioner Roosevelt describes the Boone and Crockett Club dinner and Kermit Roosevelt’s antics. He has not been getting much exercise but takes the eldest children for walks on Sundays and goes horseback riding with Senator Lodge. Politics are at a “fever beat” and Roosevelt is enjoying it but wishes he could go on a wilderness expedition with Robert Harry Munro Ferguson.
1894-01-31
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt and his family enjoyed Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s letter from Saskatchewan, Canada. Roosevelt comments on recent sporting and political events. He is still working on his book, The Winning of the West, and gives a lengthy update on Roosevelt family members.
1894-08-02
Commissioner Roosevelt was relieved to receive Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s letter as he had been worried that Ferguson had met with “a little too much adventure.” The family is anxious to hear about Ferguson’s travels. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt adds her own postscript echoing Roosevelt’s sentiments.
1895-01-10
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
Commissioner Roosevelt has taken Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s letter to the United States Geological Survey. However, they do not have any plans to enter into Arctic exploration. Roosevelt shared Ferguson’s letter with many people and is eager to hear more.
1895-01-30
Commissioner Roosevelt believes he won a victory over John Wanamaker before the committee. Ted Roosevelt is excited for Hector Munro Ferguson’s visit to the Lodges.
1892-05-05
Commissioner Roosevelt has several dinner engagements for the weekend and asks if Robert Harry Munro Ferguson will join him for lunch on Saturday and Sunday. Roosevelt details plans for horseback riding and a walk up Rock Creek if Ferguson is willing.
1890-1900
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt hadn’t seen the poem before, but it is a “bully” one. He is concerned about fireworks in Washington, D.C. Roosevelt details the guests that will attend Quentin Roosevelt’s upcoming christening and promises to send a photograph of Ethel Roosevelt. He wishes Robert Harry Munro Ferguson could take part in their “Sunday scrambles.”
1897-12-22
Using his access to Theodore Roosevelt’s correspondence, Joseph Bucklin Bishop examines Roosevelt’s time as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and his contributions during the lead up to the Spanish-American War.
1919-11
Gifford Pinchot offers his opinions on the 1918 midterm elections, which are happening at the same time as negotiations to end World War I. President Wilson described the elections as a referendum on his leadership, and hopes that the American public will return a Democratic majority in both houses. Pinchot believes that Americans are calling for Germany’s unconditional surrender, not the “peace without victory” being pursued by Wilson, so he hopes that a Republican Congress will be elected and that the country will “stop talking peace and get on with war.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-10-25
“The United Order of Jingoes,” comprised of newspaper editors and legislators identified as “Dana, Pulitzer, Reed, Frye, Reid, Lodge, Allison, Boutelle, [and] Hoar,” sits outside the White House on a winter’s night, in the snow. President Cleveland, visible through a window, reads from a paper labeled “Cleveland’s Hawaiian Policy.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-02-20
Theodore Roosevelt remembers Captain Ellicott and his investigation on gunfire on Spanish ships at Manila. Roosevelt will write Senator Lodge at once.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-03
Theodore Roosevelt approves of the suggestion that Senator Lodge and General Wood receive honorary degrees from Princeton University.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-03
Theodore Roosevelt takes no responsibility for the election of President Wilson. The men who were in control and manipulated the 1912 Republican convention are to blame. Roosevelt is not concerned with being nominated but wants the principles laid out in his Chicago speech to become the “living policy” of the country. He would like the Republican candidate to have a reasonable chance of winning and be the “antithesis” of Wilson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-10
Theodore Roosevelt is interested in Henry Cabot Lodge’s thought that the way to pick a winner is to pick someone who has no record on the vital questions of the day. Roosevelt encloses a letter for George von Lengerke Meyer from Julian Street that he wants returned.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-10