Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Nelson Page

Theodore Roosevelt has received Thomas Nelson Page’s letter about raising a Thomas Jefferson Memorial Fund as an endowment for the University of Virginia. Roosevelt believes fundraising efforts should reach people all across the country who care about higher education. Roosevelt believes the American people can carry out Jefferson’s work in the most gratifying way.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-05

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Clarence Ransom Edwards

President Roosevelt expresses his pleasure to Clarence Ransom Edwards about the opening of the Philippines Exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Kean Roosevelt

President Roosevelt is sorry to hear that John Kean Roosevelt has not been able to go back to school and that he has thought of going abroad this summer. Roosevelt’s three youngest children have returned to Oyster Bay ahead of their parents who will be there in July. Roosevelt suggests that his family should not read the papers over the next five months before the election because, as he explains, “there is no form of crime … of which I shall not be accused.” Roosevelt would like Kermit and Philip Roosevelt to visit the World’s Fair.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-04

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to David R. Francis

President Roosevelt congratulates David Rowland Francis and the organizers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition on their great achievement.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

The Arabian stallions were not sent to President Roosevelt. It was a newspaper story and the horses were actually sent to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. There might not be any horses left for Ted Roosevelt as all of Roosevelt’s horses are having health issues and he currently is unable to ride. It appears that the Panama treaty will be ratified but the situation in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) is chaotic and Roosevelt had to intervene. He hopes to defer doing more for as long as possible. Roosevelt has been paying close attention to the Russo-Japanese War. Russia had been behaving “very badly” in Asia and, secretly, Roosevelt is pleased with the early Japanese victories.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Augustus Saint-Gaudens

President Roosevelt is interested in the work of Edward Kemeys, the sculptor. Roosevelt has heard that Kemeys is not to be allowed to exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and asks Augustus Saint-Gaudens for further information.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-28

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

President Roosevelt would like a “liberal and generous attitude” towards China at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. “Every possible latitude” should be given towards Chinese admission.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-06

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Ralph Burton

After viewing an advertisement, President Roosevelt withdraws his name and support for the Jerusalem Exhibit Company. Roosevelt had no intentions of supporting a “profit-making concern” and only approved “the movement to secure prominence to the religious side of the world’s development in connection” with the upcoming Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Sullivan Clarkson

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from the head of the Hungarian Club, Marcus Braun, who has done excellent work for the Republican Party. Roosevelt would like James Sullivan Clarkson to meet with Braun and hopefully find a position for him.

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Creation Date

1902-07-18

Telegram from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock hopes that given the election results in Missouri, President Roosevelt will now decide to accept the invitation of Missouri Governor David R. Francis to visit the World’s Fair in St. Louis.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-09

Letter from Gregory O. Smith to William Loeb

Gregory O. Smith recounts his interaction with one of Representative James A. Tawney’s sons at the St. Louis Exhibition in 1904. Smith learned that Tawney was given “the wheel chair privilege” because he gave a larger donation to the fair than expected.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-09

Report by the Civil Service Commission

An investigation by the Department of the Interior has yielded a list of some 200 individuals hired to the Technologic Branch of the United States Geological Survey without the certification of the Civil Service Commission. The Commission will comply with the Department of the Interior’s request that these irregularly appointed employees’ certifications be fast-tracked, but expresses several reasons for why such a decision may not be wise.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-14

Letter from Eki Hioki to William Loeb

Eki Hioki explains to William Loeb that Hioki received a doll from Sato Misaki, a Japanese doll exporter, who wished to give it to Ethel Roosevelt. Hioki asks Loeb if Ethel would be willing to accept the gift and that Misaki sends it merely out of admiration for President Roosevelt. Hioki also states that in Japan “no foreign name is held in higher esteem” than that of Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-08

Letter from S. B. M. Young to Theodore Roosevelt

S. B. M. Young updates President Roosevelt on his recent travels, which has included spending significant time at the extremely impressive Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri. Young believes, from what he has gathered during his travels, that Roosevelt will easily win the presidential contest against Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker. Young will be traveling to Hot Springs, Arkansas, as well as Texas later this year, but hopes to be able to visit Roosevelt around Christmas. He recalls when Roosevelt was forced into the Vice Presidency, and that he always believed that Roosevelt would be “the exception to the fate of all former VP’s.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-20

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Theodore Roosevelt

Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou frowards to President Roosevelt a letter from Charles M. Pepper, noting Pepper’s efforts on behalf of the campaign. Cortelyou suggests that Roosevelt consider Pepper’s suggestion that Roosevelt visit the Louisiana Exposition after the election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-20

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft has followed President Roosevelt’s direction, and writes regarding a report by Colonel Clarence Ransom Edwards of the Bureau of Insular Affairs about the Philippines exhibit at the St. Louis exposition. Taft says that the report is interesting, and concerns the gathering of materials and people to be put on display at the exposition, as well as the expenses concerned.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-07

Letter from Hugo Münsterberg to William Loeb

Hugo Münsterberg writes William Loeb to confirm President Roosevelt’s plan to receive an enclave of international scholars arriving for the St. Louis Exposition.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-30

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Alvey A. Adee writes to Willam Loeb seeking instruction concerning a message from the American diplomat in Bulgaria about a letter written by Prince Ferdinand I of Bulgaria to President Roosevelt. Adee encloses a copy of the diplomat’s message.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-22

Letter from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt

William Allen White reports gossip that indicates President Francis owns certain stock and is interested in “other money making schemes about the Fair,” most likely referring to the 1904 World’s Fair. White does not have proof of these stories, and although he heard this gossip from reliable people, he emphasizes that he cannot believe the stories are true.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-18

Letter from Jules Boenfere to William Loeb

Jules Boenfere informs William Loeb that he received Loeb’s previous letter and apologizes that Leon Leroy wrote to President Roosevelt’s daughter. Boenfere emphasizes that he had no knowledge that Leroy did such a thing and agrees with Loeb that Leroy’s request to accompany Roosevelt’s daughter to St. Louis should be ignored.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-11