Newspapers

Theodore Roosevelt did not want to fight in 1910 for district primaries but did at the request of Governor Hughes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-06

Theodore Roosevelt did not want the newspapers to think that he had given up by not protesting the appointment of Senator Elihu Root. Roosevelt is ready to support good men such as Governor Francis E. McGovern or Senator Asle J. Gronna against Root.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-04

Theodore Roosevelt believes that a full discussion of the Washington case could be given in the papers that are independent, possibly in Chicago.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-04

Theodore Roosevelt would like to see Bela Tokaji at The Outlook offices on Friday.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-04

Theodore Roosevelt believes the problem with the London newspapers is that they get their information from the New York papers and the New York papers have been misrepresenting him and predicting victory for William H. Taft.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-05

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Charles Dwight Willard for copies of the newspaper articles that report Roosevelt has taken to drink. Roosevelt wishes to gather evidence for a possible libel suit.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-13

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary expresses gratitude at the good work H. W. Munster is doing in Iowa on behalf of Roosevelt. He commiserates with Munster about “the wrong kind of circulation” in North English, Iowa, and states that the Chicago Tribune can be trusted as a reliable source. The secretary is also contacting Washington, D.C., so that Munster will have appropriate campaign literature in the future.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-25

Theodore Roosevelt is glad James T. Williams liked the editorial and agrees with him regarding direct primaries. He also believes it is right to make The Citizen an independent paper.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-25

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Silas McBee for the newspaper and is interested in hearing about Canada’s new prime minister, Robert Laird Borden. He looks forward to hearing more.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-16

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Benjamin Davidson that Theodore Roosevelt does not have a copy of the speech he gave at the General Grant National Memorial, but Davidson might be able to find a copy in either the New York Times or the Brooklyn Eagle newspapers from the day of the speech.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-17

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Walter F. McGinnis for sending information about his carnival. He says Roosevelt is unsure if The Outlook will write about the carnival since he is only a contributing editor to The Outlook and does not make these decisions himself, but he will pass the information along to the editors.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-17

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks John G. Geiwitz for his letter and enclosure, but explains that Roosevelt is a contributing editor of The Outlook and not involved in accepting articles for publication. He advises Geiwitz contact the managing editor of The Outlook instead.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-13

Theodore Roosevelt informs Garrett J. Benson that the rumors laid out in the newspaper clip Benson sent are fabrications, including the fact that Roosevelt said anything about Mr. Barnes printing bills.

Theodore Roosevelt is very interested in the letter and newspaper Walter J. Ladd sent. Roosevelt confesses he did not know about the provision in the Rhode Island Constitution.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-03

Theodore Roosevelt is pleased to receive the letter and copy of the paper from G. E. Dunham. He comments, for Dunham’s information only, that rarely has any politician behaved more outrageously than in this case.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-05

Thomas C. Day tells Theodore Roosevelt he would never respond to an attack from Delavan Smith, publisher of the Indianapolis Daily News. Day has the “heartiest contempt” for publishing men like Smith and Joseph Pulitzer. Day plans to publish his own article about Panama in The Outlook soon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-22

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary informs LeRoy Bisbee that he is unsure which edition of Roosevelt’s works Sir Harry Johnson referred to, noting that both P. F. Collier and the Review of Reviews have published editions. He recommends consulting The Brooklyn Daily Eagle or The New York Times for reports of Roosevelt’s Decoration Day speech and states he cannot identify the Pilgrim and Puritan speech without further details.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-13

Theodore Roosevelt expresses regret to John W. Osborn that he can not accept the hunting invitation due to public attention. He says he’d rather hunt a black bear with Osborn than lions in Africa and adds that Kermit would be perfect for the trip but is busy with school.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-08

The secretary of Theodore Roosevelt informs Walter L. Church that Roosevelt will forward his article to the editors of The Outlook.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-05

Theodore Roosevelt tells Oscar K. Davis that he is one of the men that Roosevelt believes and is grateful for, so Davis should not feel as though he owes Roosevelt anything.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-05