North Dakota

Letter from Henry Clay Hansbrough to William Loeb

Senator Hansbrough has received around 300 replies to his circular letter directed at North Dakota Republicans. All replies have been favorable towards President Roosevelt’s renomination. The main concern appears to be renominating Roosevelt without embarrassing him due to his statement from 1904 that he would not seek renomination. Hansbrough believes that Republicans are nearly unanimous for Roosevelt and North Dakota “would give a tremendous majority for Roosevelt.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-18

Letter from Henry Clay Hansbrough to William Loeb

Senator Hansbrough encloses his platform which will be sent to 3,000 Republican leaders in North Dakota.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-20

Testimony of Clement S. Ucker about District “P” of the General Land Office

Clement S. Ucker, clerk for Special Service Division “P” of the General Land Office, testifies regarding allegations of corruption in the handling of public lands.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-21

Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw responds to a request from President Roosevelt to review a letter from Representative Ebenezer J. Hill. Shaw is skeptical of Representative Hill’s conclusions about denatured alcohol’s potential as fuel. Shaw discusses the proposed McCleary bill, which would adjust American tariffs on German goods, and the potential impact of tariff adjustments on the upcoming midterm election. He believes that Roosevelt could maintain the confidence of the American people by advocating a tariff that ensures American-made goods receive the same treatment as similar goods from any other country.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-09

Letter from Charles Jerome Traxler to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Jerome Traxler writes on behalf of the Northwestern Retail Lumbermen’s Association and the Northwestern Retail Coal Dealers Association. The two associations have membership over the states of Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota; members consist of chiefly poor men. Traxler asks President Roosevelt to assist in securing legislation to regulate and control railroad rate abuses that are detrimental to the men who pay the freight. The bill has received favorable comments from some of the largest shippers in the country.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-15

Telegram from P. H. Rourke to William H. Moody

United States Attorney Rourke explains that the railroad operators’ strike in North Dakota is disrupting interstate communication. He believes it to be only a few of the operators who are tampering with messages and equipment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-06

Memorandum from Merrill J. Mattes to John A. Aubuchon

Acting Regional Chief of Interpretation Mattes is pleased with historian Don Rickey’s report and suggests submitting it to North Dakota History magazine for publication.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1957-08-14

Great seal of the state of North Dakota

Image of the Great Seal of the State of North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

As I remember

Harry F. Roberts recalls a trip to the Tyler ranch for a community dance.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Letter from Charles W. Fairbanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Fairbanks writes to President Roosevelt that the Republican campaign seems to be doing very well on his travels to Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Washington, and Oregon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-02

Letter from Porter J. McCumber to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator McCumber requests a meeting with President Roosevelt for Alexander McKenzie, the Republican National Committeeman for North Dakota.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-16

Kohlsaat sees hope of finance bill

Clippings from the Philadelphia Public Ledger includes stories about Herman Henry Kohlsaat’s visit to President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill for the third time in two months, where he spoke to the president about financial legislation – Kohlsaat claimed that his visit had no public significance and did not pertain to rumored changes in the Cabinet; Roosevelt plans to attend a memorial for New Jersey soldiers at the Antietam battlefield; Senator Nathan B. Scott spoke about Roosevelt’s upcoming presidential campaign, and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., while visiting Seth Bullock in North Dakota, makes a bet with his father that he can beat the elder Roosevelt’s time riding from Laramie, Wyoming, to Cheyenne, that the president recorded the previous spring.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-24

Letter from James Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson agrees to follow President Roosevelt’s decision regarding the transfer of an appointment from the North Dakota delegation to the Montana delegation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-06

Letter from W. D. Boyce to William Penn Nixon

W. D. Boyce knows nothing about Edward Garstin Smith and contacted several journalists to inform them of Smith’s attempts to exploit the National Weekly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-09

Letter from Henry Clay Hansbrough to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Hansbrough and the North Dakota congressional delegation support the appointment Major Alanson W. Edwards for the position of Assistant Secretary in the new Department of Commerce and Labor.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-10

Letter from Patty Selmes to Theodore Roosevelt

Patty Selmes forwards an offer from Mrs. Hager to allow the Roosevelt boys to live on her ranch in North Dakota for the summer, where they could camp, hunt, and fish.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-05

Letter from George A. Strauss to Theodore Roosevelt

George A. Strauss has been reading President Roosevelt’s Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and noticed a section describing soil near Roosevelt’s ranch as being covered with “fossil plants, shells, fishes, etc.” Strauss collects fossils and requests contact information for someone living near the ranch who could collect some specimens for Strauss’s collection which was recently destroyed by fire.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-21

Letter from H. C. Plumley to Theodore Roosevelt

H. C. Plumley warns President Roosevelt that there are politicians in North Dakota who will oppose his nomination for president in 1904. The majority of the Republican Party in North Dakota support Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-19

Letter from James Bryce to Theodore Roosevelt

James Bryce asks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for information on Civil Service Reform for a new edition of his book, The American Commonwealth. Bryce asks specifically about the total number of offices included in the Pendleton Act, and the total number of places in the Federal Civil Service. In addition, Bryce hopes Roosevelt will remind “[Henry Cabot] Lodge of his promise to take steps to have an official publication of State Constitutions, in continuation of [Benjamin Perley] Poore’s Collection.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1891-12-12