Maine

President Roosevelt thinks Maine has done admirably, and he congratulates John F. Hill.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-13

President Roosevelt will bring Senator Hale’s letter to the attention of Secretary of the Navy Morton. Roosevelt would like to do what Hale suggests but must first consult with the Navy Department.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-03

President Roosevelt believes that, as long as all of the Republican nominees at every level are “of the highest type,” they will be victorious. Roosevelt anticipates renewed Democratic activity and pretensions, but Alton B. Parker will not be enough for a Democratic revival.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-08

Theodore Roosevelt directed the pickled sheepskin order to be suspended. Roosevelt did not realize that the local conditions in Vermont were not favorable for the election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-10

President Roosevelt is sorry to hear that Senator Lodge has been sick. He is afraid that election results in Maine will be less strong than they were in Vermont. Roosevelt received a nice letter from Robert C. Winthrop. There was an order regarding pickled sheepskins that Roosevelt has stopped. He is not sure who is responsible for it, but will find out.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-10

President Roosevelt thanks General Sickles for his speech and work on the campaign. Roosevelt is concerned that Maine will not do as well as Vermont in the election, knowing its history of voting differently than the rest of the country. He is also concerned that the debate over prohibition will impact the vote in Maine. On a hopeful note, Roosevelt is optimistic about his chances in Missouri because of their success in Arkansas.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-10

President Roosevelt responds that he will act as Secretary of War Taft outlined regarding the report on the Philippines exhibit. Roosevelt is pleased about Vermont and hopes the Maine election will be favorable to his party. He complains about newspaper reports that money was sent to Vermont to win the election, which was not true, noting that those same newspapers overlook the corruption of Thomas Taggart in the Indiana election, including paying voters and keeping voters away. Roosevelt is sorry that Taft’s brother, Henry W. Taft, did not accept the nomination for governor of New York state.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-10

President Roosevelt wishes the letter Ansley Wilcox sent to the New York World had been published. Roosevelt reflects on the upcoming elections, noting that he expects a favorable result but cannot be sure. Maine has had some troubles regarding the prohibition issue.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-10

President Roosevelt thinks Attorney General Moody’s position is a sound one. After Moody has spoken in Vermont and Maine, Roosevelt would like to see him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-29

President Roosevelt has made the changes that Nicholas Murray Butler suggested, but cannot compromise on the tariff section. He feels that Massachusetts is being unreasonable about the tariff, but he would like to revise it after discussing it at length with party leaders.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-22

President Roosevelt is pleased that the situation in Maine is better. There is no certainty in New York but Alton B. Parker’s speech helped Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-15

President Roosevelt thanks William H. Moody for his letter and agrees with his position. Although it is J. Pierpont Morgan and James Jerome Hill who perpetrate the wrong, it is the small folk who pay most heavily. Roosevelt believes everything is going well for the election. James D. Ritchie, who had been acquitted of murder, has been deported.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-15

Theodore Roosevelt believes the Republican party cannot afford to let Maine go by default.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-04

President Roosevelt was glad to receive Senator Hale’s “gloomy” letter. George B. Cortelyou will be asked to make arrangements for Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, Secretary of War Taft, and Attorney General Moody to speak in Maine.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-04

President Roosevelt regrets that he will be unable to attend the reunion of the survivors of the Sixteenth Maine Infantry Volunteers. He sends his “hearty greetings and good wishes.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-17

President Roosevelt jokes about an enclosure regarding promotions for the United States Senators from Maine.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-21

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt is glad that Frederick Courteney Selous enjoyed his hunting trip, but is melancholy to realize that the United States has lost so much of its hunting grounds. Roosevelt recalls a few of his own hunting experiences: “I was just in time to see the last of the real wilderness life and real wilderness hunting.” Roosevelt also recommends several books to Selous and provides information about his experience ranching in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-30

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sent two pamphlets to General Thomas W. Hyde. He regrets he could not go to Maine and hopes to see Hyde soon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-20

Colonel S. B. M. Young has responded that he will gladly be a member of the Boone and Crockett Club. Theodore Roosevelt asks George Bird Grinnell if it is possible to go shooting in Maine or Canada this fall. Count Gustav Adolf von Gotzen would like to join them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-10

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-10

Creator(s)

O'Laughlin, John Callan, 1873-1949

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919