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F. Norton Goddard asks William Loeb to keep his letters to President Roosevelt private. Goddard does not want other officials who might be interested in discussing nominees for postmaster positions to read the reference letters he has mailed to the president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-17
Senator Platt tells President Roosevelt that he has been catching up with correspondence after traveling. Platt has received Roosevelt’s letter about postmaster appointments and he wants to speak with the president in person in December.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-16
Republican Party official F. Norton Goddard continues his campaign for Marcus M. Marks to be appointed postmaster. Goddard has enclosed two more letters of reference, from labor representatives Samuel B. Donnelly and Edward A. Moffatt, as well as a clipping of a newspaper column. Goddard has heard that Governor Odell wants William R. Willcox, a former commissioner of Mayor Seth Low, to be postmaster. Goddard thinks Willcox is a poor choice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-16
F. Norton Goddard forwards a letter of reference for Marcus M. Marks, his suggested candidate for postmaster. Goddard has identified a source of negative comments about Marks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-15
John E. McKenna, of the Boston Clothing Cutters and Trimmers’ Union, writes a letter of reference for Marcus M. Marks for the position of Postmaster of New York. Marks forwarded this letter to Norton Goddard. Marks writes to Goddard, at the top of the first page, that McKenna’s support was “unsolicited.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-14
F. Norton Goddard summarizes why he has proposed Marcus M. Marks for postmaster.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-14
Nicholas Murray Butler congratulates President Roosevelt on winning “one of the most astounding triumphs in modern politics.” Butler believes that Roosevelt owes his victory both to his own character and to the dirty campaign his opponents ran. Roosevelt’s statement regarding his decision to run for a third term was a wise decision, and removes an area which Roosevelt could have been criticized for. Butler reminds Roosevelt of a suggestion that he and William Emlen Roosevelt made last summer to establish the gold standard even more firmly, and wishes for him to take action on this, believing that the Democratic party would follow suit on the issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-09
Mae C. Wood angrily answers a letter from Postmaster General Wynne explaining her absence from the Post Office department for several days in 1903, referring Wynne “to yourself, J. Martin Miller, Mess. Platt, Loeb, et al,” and alludes to “the nasty details of the outrage and scandal.” Wood states that she has “no intention to longer endure the filthy lies and persecutions as engineered and carried out by your coterie, without retaliation.”
(Wood had alleged to be married to Senator Thomas Collier Platt, and claimed to have hundreds of love letters from Platt to her. She had traveled to New York in order to protest Platt’s 1903 marriage to Lillian T. Janeway.)
This article includes photographs from William Jennings Bryan’s visit to New York City, New York, including a photo of him with Acting Mayor Patrick F. McGowan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-09
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Theodore Roosevelt works at his desk in the New York City office of The Outlook, a small but influential weekly journal of opinion for which he became a special contributing editor early in 1909.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1914
“This picture of the pride of the United States Navy was made on the occasion of the Peace Jubilee in New York City, and was taken from a tug passing the warship on its way up the North River. The entire crew are on deck, and a beautiful view of this wonderful craft is afforded”–American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue.
Views on the starboard side of the battleship, U.S.S. Oregon, as she passes a camera which is probably on another ship; her crew is at quarters on her deck; other vessels are visible in foreground. This may be scenes of New York City’s welcome to William T. Sampson’s fleet after his victory at Santiago Bay, in August 1898.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
Film with two sequences of Theodore Roosevelt. In the first sequence, Roosevelt is shown walking onto the porch of Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y., facing the camera, and then speaking on military preparedness during the First World War. In the second sequence, Roosevelt is shown sitting at his desk in the Metropolitan Magazine office in New York City and speaking with a man who may be Carl Hovey, editor of the magazine.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1916
Theodore Roosevelt returns from his African safari through the countries of Sudan, France, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Great Britain, and finally his reception in New York City. Edited by Mae Manning.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1925
Theodore Roosevelt writes about the merits of the New York Police, not only their improvement over the years but also specific policemen and events in which they were involved.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1897-10
Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt presents a bill that would allow the governor of New York absolute power in making appointments to various heads of departments within the government. In doing so, the governor would not need the confirmation or the rejection of the aldermen.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1884-02-05
An image of a medal, part of the insignia for the Society of American Wars created by Tiffany and Co. in New York City.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles to relay a story about son Kermit and how the children are enjoying dancing class. He describes New York City as “convulsed” over the Bradley-Martin ball and describes meeting with the heads of labor unions. He criticizes Flora Annie Steel’s book On the Face of the Waters.
1897-01-31
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about a speech he gave at a dinner for Naval Academy graduates. He feels it was good for his children to spend two winters in New York City and describes how Edith utilizes the city for the children’s benefit. He gives his opinion on President-elect William McKinley and does not approve of his choosing John Sherman Secretary of State.
1897-01-24
President Roosevelt writes to New York City Police Commissioner Greene regarding the promotion of Officer Maximilian F. Schmittberger. Roosevelt describes his own experiences with Schmittberger when he was Police Commissioner, but writes that he does not know of his current situation.
1903-01-21
A list of officers and members of the Motor-Car Touring Society of the city of New York.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908