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Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

Uruguay has requested to become an American protectorate in order to guarantee its independence. This is not possible but shows that South American hatred for the United States is overstated. Secretary of State Hay gave Ambassador Choate permission to show the canal treaty draft to Senator Lodge. Hay congratulates President Roosevelt on the high degree of public support he has received.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-26

Creator(s)

Hay, John, 1838-1905

Letter from Bradley T. Johnson to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Bradley T. Johnson to Theodore Roosevelt

Bradley T. Johnson has received Governor Roosevelt’s book The Rough Riders and calls it a “graphic story of a gallant feat” and compares the experience with his own charge at “The Rail Road Cut,” during the Civil War. Johnson discusses hunting, Roosevelt’s re-election campaign, and sends his love to the Roosevelt family. Johnson also mentions that he will speak with Senator Lodge around Christmas about getting Roosevelt a medal of honor.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1899-08-07

Creator(s)

Johnson, Bradley T. (Bradley Tyler), 1829-1903

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

John Hay writes to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asking him to see what he can do to appoint Paul Joseph Dashiell as a professor at the United States Naval Academy. He also updates Roosevelt on his recent travels and describes the condition of his traveling companions. Hay says that while he does not prefer to live in Washington, D.C., the place suits Roosevelt. Hay remembers fondly his own time in Lafayette Square and the early summer days spent with the Lodge family.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-20

Creator(s)

Hay, John, 1838-1905

Letter from William E. Chandler to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William E. Chandler to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Chandler agrees with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt on acquiring the guns for the United States’ commercial ships and torpedo boats and that deciding on a general policy about the Navy’s size before building any additional large ships would be wise. Chandler wants to find some way to force Andrew Carnegie and the Bethlehem Iron Company to make plate armor on mutually agreed-upon terms. Roosevelt does not need to say anymore about the “infernal gunboat,” as hopefully it served as a good lesson. He sends a letter from Howell to be read only by Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy John D. Long. Chandler asks when a warship is going to Havana, Cuba.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-25

Creator(s)

Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917

Parliamentary reform

Parliamentary reform

Transcript of a speech given by Senator Hill in the U.S. Senate. Hill wishes to revise the rules for bringing a measure to a vote. He compares them to “a mere rope of sand, without strength or force.” In his view the existing limitations on debate are severely lacking, and should be in the hands of the majority, rather than a very vocal minority of the Senate. The senator states that the rules made sense a century prior when there were far fewer states, but there are simply too many complex issues being debated by too many people for the system to continue as it stands.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1894-12-18

Creator(s)

Hill, David B. (David Bennett), 1843-1910

Letter from Hermann Speck von Sternburg to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Hermann Speck von Sternburg to Theodore Roosevelt

Hermann Speck von Sternburg reports on the fighting between Japanese and Chinese forces in Manchuria. He finds the Chinese ill prepared both on land and sea to meet the Japanese offensive and believes the Japanese could approach Peking within two months. In the naval battle of Yalu, for instance, the Chinese had the wrong ammunition on their ships. Had they had the right ammunition, they ought to have won the battle and kept control of the sea.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1895-02-19

Creator(s)

Sternburg, Hermann Speck von, Freiherr, 1852-1908

Letter from James Bryce to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from James Bryce to Theodore Roosevelt

James Bryce asks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for information on Civil Service Reform for a new edition of his book, The American Commonwealth. Bryce asks specifically about the total number of offices included in the Pendleton Act, and the total number of places in the Federal Civil Service. In addition, Bryce hopes Roosevelt will remind “[Henry Cabot] Lodge of his promise to take steps to have an official publication of State Constitutions, in continuation of [Benjamin Perley] Poore’s Collection.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1891-12-12

Creator(s)

Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922