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President Roosevelt commends George W. Perkins for his many accomplishments, highlighting his service on the Palisades Interstate Park Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-26
George W. Perkins writes President Roosevelt to provide an update on the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, which Roosevelt established as governor of New York. While the work is yet incomplete, the commission remains under budget and has collected about thirteen of fifteen miles of the face of the Palisades that they desire to conserve.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-25
Richard O. Weber examines Theodore Roosevelt’s term as Governor of New York, emphasizing his efforts at reform, rooting out corruption, and protecting natural resources. Weber focuses on Roosevelt’s foes in these varied efforts, Thomas Collier Platt, the Republican boss of New York, and the Democratic political machine Tammany Hall. Weber highlights Roosevelt’s call for civil service, election, and police reforms, and he notes that some of Roosevelt’s initiatives were later implemented by Governor Benjamin B. Odell.
Two photographs of Roosevelt appear in the article.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2001