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President Roosevelt sends Secretary of the Navy Metcalf the names of those he wants to appoint to the Naval Academy’s Board of Visitors.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-17
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs H. C. Taylor that he will write to Cyrus Edwin Lothrop. He thinks the USS Yantic can be promised to the Naval Militia of the Lakes if the treaty does not prohibit it. Roosevelt will take the matter to the United States Department of State. He is glad that Taylor shares his views of the naval militia, which should be built up. Roosevelt talked to Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long about having Taylor and William Thomas Sampson test the USS Indiana and Iowa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-04
Henry W. Taft spoke to Cyrus Edwin Lothrop about Mr. Newberry. Lothrop believes that Newberry is “honest and able” but also “vain and very ambitious.” Newberry is also “easily affected by liquor.” Lothrop’s opinion may have been influenced by a business disagreement with Newberry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-21