New York (State)--Albany

Speech of Theodore Roosevelt in Syracuse, New York

Theodore Roosevelt addresses the issue of machine party politics in New York. He touches on the gubernatorial race and various Senators in the state legislature, including Charles Francis Murphy and William Barnes. Roosevelt is campaigning for a non-machine politics candidate, “stalwart of good government, the unflinching fighter for real reform, Frederick M. Davenport.” Roosevelt continues to cover tariffs while mentioning the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act and the Revenue Act of 1913.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914

Personal diary of Theodore Roosevelt, 1883-1884

Diary of Theodore Roosevelt with entries from January 1883 and August-September 1884. Roosevelt notes his legislative activities during January 1883 and records an 1884 hunting trip to the Bighorn Mountains. The diary concludes with notes on Roosevelt’s personal finances.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1883-1884

Personal diary of Theodore Roosevelt, 1882

Diary of Theodore Roosevelt for the year 1882. Diary only contains entries through February. Roosevelt spent the majority of time in Albany, New York, as a member of the New York State Assembly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1882

The innocents

African American men stand in a group. One, standing at center, is wearing a hat labeled “Judge Whitewashed,” and the others are wearing hats labeled “Whitewasher No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, and Whitewasher No. 8.” They are standing in front of a cabin labeled “Capitol at Albany.” The eight whitewashers gesture toward the central figure. Caption: “He hain’t seen nuffin o’ yer chickens – he’s as innercent as we is!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-06-07

No more of those hideous monuments!

Puck grabs the arm of Uncle Sam who is staring in dismay at statues labeled “Coggswell, W.H. Seward Madison Square, Admiral Dupont Washington D.C., Custer West Point, George Washington Union Square, Farragut Madison Sq., LaFayette Union Square, Jackson Washington D.C., A. Lincoln Union Square, Garfield Washington, Hamilton Central Park, [and] Bolivar Central Park.” also the “Washington Monument” as a smokestack and the “Bunker Hill Boston” monument as an obelisk. Puck is suggesting that the New York State capitol building, currently under construction, be labeled “‘Grant’ Free Institute” as a fitting tribute to former president Ulysses S. Grant. Caption: Let us have a memorial of General Grant that will be worthy of a great nation.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-08-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Russell Parsons

Governor Roosevelt was nominated to be the Republican vice presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1900-06-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Russell Parsons

President Roosevelt offers to help James Russell Parsons find an educational position in Albany, New York, or at a nearby college.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-02-27

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to William Croswell Doane

President Roosevelt will be unable to attend but sends his regards to the Parsons. Handwritten note added by Bishop Doane.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-05-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frances Theodora Parsons

Police Commissioner Roosevelt appreciates Frances Theodora Parsons’s advice regarding his high level of nervousness before the hearing. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has made similar comments on several occasions. Roosevelt has always been nervous before a “contest” but usually enjoys the actual fight. The hearing went well with a victory over General Benjamin F. Tracy and Roosevelt, under oath, was able to state to Commissioner Andrew D. Parker what he thought of Parker’s moral character.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1896-07-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frances Theodora Parsons

Theodore Roosevelt does not know what his chances are for the governorship but Frances Theodora Parsons’s presence in Albany, New York, will make a difference for the Roosevelts if he does win.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-10-13

Letter from Ruth Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

Ruth Putnam sends a copy of her book Luxemburg and Her Neighbors. Putnam also includes a “word picture” from 1898 or ’99 inspired by a visit to the New York State Executive Mansion in Albany, where she saw Quentin Roosevelt as a baby.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-10-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bradley T. Johnson

Governor Roosevelt informs General Johnson that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will most likely be unable to visit him as previously hoped, but that they will seize the opportunity to do so if it presents itself. The Roosevelts also encourage Johnson to visit them at the Executive Mansion in the upcoming winter if they do not see him prior.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-11-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bradley T. Johnson

Governor Roosevelt encourages General Johnson to visit the Roosevelts in Albany, New York, as soon as possible following his trip to Baltimore.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-12-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bradley T. Johnson

Governor Roosevelt responds to General Johnson’s April 23, 1899, letter and news that Johnson has been seriously ill. Along with sending him well wishes on behalf of himself and the Roosevelt family, Roosevelt assures Johnson that he will forward him a copy of his Chicago speech as soon as he can.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1899-04-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick William Holls

In reply to Frederick William Holls’s letter, Governor Roosevelt invites him to spend next Sunday night in Albany.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1899-11-21

Letter from Elon Rouse Brown to Theodore Roosevelt

Elon Rouse Brown pledges his support to Theodore Roosevelt’s success in the upcoming Presidential election. Brown was aggrieved at Roosevelt’s nomination of John Clay Davies for Judge in Brown’s district, and the appointment of Charles P. McClelland to the Board of General Appraisers, but these appointments do not harm Brown’s interests and he continues to enthusiastically support Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-02

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler has just accepted an invitation to lunch from Governor Odell to discuss the educational news in Albany and will inform President Roosevelt of their discussion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-18

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler discusses the politics behind the battle to reorganize New York’s educational system. He includes a postscript mentioning that Governor Odell approves of a unification plan, as does the Department of Public Instruction.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-13

Letter from James R. Sheffield to Theodore Roosevelt

James R. Sheffield writes of his conversation with Governor Odell, in which they discussed Odell’s plans to reorganize the New York Republican Committee, potential delegates for the Republican National Convention, and Senator Platt. Sheffield is positive about President Roosevelt’s nomination in Utica, New York and warns of the “chloroforming process.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-27

Letter from John A. Sleicher to Theodore Roosevelt

Editor of Leslie’s Weekly John A. Sleicher discusses the Post Office scandal, placing blame on Congressmen for faulty selection and appointment. Sleicher praises President Roosevelt’s speech in St. Albans, New York. Sleicher comments on Congressman George B. McClellan and on New York elections, suggesting Seth Low as a gubernatorial candidate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-26