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David B. Ogden forwards a letter from Francis A. MacNutt to Archibald Loudon Snowden, in which MacNutt asks Snowden whether he made charges to the Department of State against MacNutt. Ogden appeals to Snowden to make a public statement about the truth in the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-29
David B. Ogden writes to President Roosevelt regarding charges made against American diplomat Francis Augustus MacNutt. Ogden, who is cousin to MacNutt’s wife, Margaret van Cortlandt Ogden MacNutt, believes MacNutt to be innocent of any charges brought against him. He implores that Roosevelt conduct a sincere investigation regarding the charges against MacNutt and he accuses Colonel Archibald Louden Snowden of making false statements on the matter. Ogden particularly hopes that Roosevelt will send someone he trusts with Ogden’s lawyer John Hampton Barnes to procure a sworn statement from Snowden.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-23
Ambassador to Austria Storer informs President Roosevelt that Francis Augustus MacNutt has denied being dismissed from the American diplomatic and consular service. Although MacNutt was dismissed from the Vatican due to his misdemeanors, he wants to be reinstated there. Storer asks Roosevelt to look into the papers concerning MacNutt’s dismissal and wonders if Secretary of State Elihu Root has known about MacNutt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905
David B. Ogden insists on the innocence of Francis Augustus MacNutt, his cousin Margaret van Cortlandt Ogden MacNutt’s husband. Ogden notes MacNutt’s neighbors spoke highly of him and that Maria Longworth Storer’s statement was only believed because she stated that President Roosevelt was the authority for it. Ogden does not understand how the president has any personal knowledge of MacNutt’s disloyalty and argues against Roosevelt’s supposed position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-12