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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Dr. Frederick J. Stephenson that Roosevelt has no photographs of himself, but Stephenson can obtain one from Harris & Ewing of Washington, D.C., and send it with return postage for Roosevelt to sign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-26
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Orosco C. Woolson that Roosevelt has looked over the correspondence related to the disposition of the USS Maine and, although he is interested in the matter, he cannot do anything about it. Roosevelt cannot take on any more work at the present time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-26
Ella T. H. Haines writes Theodore Roosevelt about a patriotic-inspired painting of hers on display in an exhibition on Market Street in San Francisco. She hopes he will write something describing it. She says she had a “spiritual inspiration” to create this painting and she also “knew two years before” that William McKinley would be assassinated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-18
Charles Daub explains why he think the government’s plan for raising the Maine is flawed and will not work. He has his own plan for raising the ship and an invention that would make it easy. He asks if Theodore Roosevelt can help place his plan before the correct people.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-13
Charles Daub believes his plans for raising the Maine are “far superior” to those adopted by the government. He asks Theodore Roosevelt to convince the government they are doing things wrong and describes how his approach to the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-22
Daniel Edgar Sickles encloses a letter from a sailor named Teakle who was injured in an explosion on the USS Maine. He believes that President Roosevelt will be interested in what Teakle has to say about Major General Wood and his work in the Philippines. Sickles is pleased by Roosevelt’s letter concerning the fleet in Turkish waters. He thanks Roosevelt for his action in regard to Kinsella.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-11
This exhaustively illustrated account of the Spanish-American war seeks to present the official history of the war according to the United States War Records Office. It encompasses the events leading up to the war, the war itself, as well as its resolution and aftermath. While it mentions the various engagements taking place during the war, most of the focus is on Cuba and the action of the United States Navy and Army in fighting Spanish forces there in support of Cuban rebels. It additionally includes general information on the theaters of war, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
1900
Collection of newspaper clippings of articles, photographs, and maps showing some of the actors, naval vessels, and events making up parts of the Spanish-American war. Includes some handwritten notes and hand-colored photographs.
1898
Eight stagecoaches stand in a procession, each jammed with passengers. Riding in the first coach, labeled “Republican Harmony Coach,” are Chester Alan Arthur, Roscoe Conkling, James Gillespie Blaine, John Alexander Logan, Ulysses S. Grant, J. D. Cameron, George William Curtis, John Sherman, John F. Miller(?) and an unidentified man. Riding in the second coach, labeled “Dem. Love Feast Coach” and “One Republican thrown in to please Mr. Dana,” are Charles A. Dana, Benjamin F. Butler, Edward Cooper, Rutherford B. Hayes, Franklin Edson, Samuel J. Tilden, John Kelly, and Hubert O. Thompson. Riding in the third coach, labeled “Heavy Hack,” are Cardinal John McCloskey, Robert Green Ingersoll, “Jacobs, Potter, Storrs,” Howard Crosby, Henry Ward Beecher, and Theodore Tilton. Riding in the fourth coach, labeled “Monopoly,” are William H. Vanderbilt, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, Jay Gould, and a box labeled Henry Clay. Riding in the fifth coach, labeled “Thespis,” are Lester Wallack, Rose Coghlan, Marie Geistinger, “T.P., J.E. Pearson, Levy,” Dion Boucicault, Edward Harrigan, and Tony Hart. The sixth coach is labeled “Homeopathy”; the seventh coach is labeled “Allopathy”; and the eighth coach is labeled “The Bruiser.” The horses pulling this last coach wear boxing gloves. Caption: [If this takes, we will have another one next year.]
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-06-13
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs his daughter Alice that Edith’s sciatica is improving and he is reading to and romping with the children. During his visit to the Lodges, Nannie Cabot Lodge had an attack of the grippe. The Maine disaster has kept him very busy.
1898-02-20