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Letter from Henry Cunningham to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cunningham to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry Cunningham sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of a the song he wrote in an effort to combat the growing problem of sailors being insulted by hotel keepers while in uniform. Cunningham believes the resulting resentment and indignation felt by sailors is leading to more and more desertions. Any suggestions Roosevelt has regarding the song will be much appreciated by Cunningham.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-16

Creator(s)

Cunningham, Henry

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to French Ensor Chadwick

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to French Ensor Chadwick

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt appreciates French Ensor Chadwick’s letter. He will try to visit the New York Naval Shipyard shortly but does not think there is much to do. The change in command at the shipyard was certain “to produce hard feeling and bitterness.” Roosevelt disavows Chadwick’s statement of “if the present arrangement stands.” Unless Francis T. Bowles does badly, there will not be another change, and Roosevelt will not return to the previous arrangement. Roosevelt does not want to grant a court of inquiry as he doubts any good will come of it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt is glad that the article he wrote fits what Joseph Bucklin Bishop wanted, and promises to look up the article that Bishop wrote. He wishes Bishop could be part of his current job dealing with politicians, and jokes that he is having nearly as much trouble with politicians as he did with some of the other members of the Board of Police Commissioners.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-06-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Woodrow Wilson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Woodrow Wilson

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt reports to Woodrow Wilson the disappointing outcome of E. I. Renick’s case. Secretary of the Navy Long refused Roosevelt’s proposed positions for Renick. Roosevelt suggests that Wilson write to Long expressing regret that the custom of giving a turned-out chief clerk a new position has not been followed and that civil service reformers and gold democrats would appreciate Long acting on Renick’s behalf.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Davis Long

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Davis Long

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt calls Secretary of the Navy Long’s attention to E. I. Renick’s case. Renick was a former chief clerk of the Department of State who rose through his career under the civil service regulations. In the past, chief clerks who were turned out at no fault of their character were given another position. Roosevelt suggests that Renick be transferred to a clerkship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Truman Handy Newberry to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Truman Handy Newberry to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry informs President Roosevelt that he forwarded the papers to the Navy General Board. He details a list of the available battleships and cruisers and their stations. Newberry also includes a list of ships under construction. In all, sixteen battleships of the Atlantic Fleet, the USS Indiana, and possibly the USS Iowa can be sent to the Pacific.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-08

Creator(s)

Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945

Letter from William Musgrave Calder to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William Musgrave Calder to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Calder from New York expresses to President Roosevelt his anxiety over the layoffs of men employed by the Brooklyn Navy Yard which lies in his Congressional District. He fears that the timing of the layoffs will harm Calder’s re-election chances and reminds Roosevelt that his opponent, Robert Baker, is anti-war and voted against the Naval Appropriation bill when previously in Congress. Calder also updates Roosevelt on the election prospects in Kings County, New York, for Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate for governor running against William Randolph Hearst.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-17

Creator(s)

Calder, William Musgrave, 1869-1945

Letter from H. T. B. Harris to William Loeb

Letter from H. T. B. Harris to William Loeb

Rear Admiral H. T. B. Harris states that the “baseless scandals” surrounding him originate from spiteful clerks in the office of Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte. He warns William Loeb that these attacks threaten to compromise the Navy Department and the administration of President Roosevelt. Harris says that “some trifling friction” at the Brooklyn and Norfolk Navy Yards has been exaggerated, yet newspapers have gone so far as to state that Bonaparte is beginning an investigation. While Harris does not desire to head the Bureau of Accounts and Supplies indefinitely, he hopes not to be relieved of the post in the near future, as it would suggest disgrace to his honorable 43-year naval career.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-24

Creator(s)

Harris, H. T. B., 1845-1920