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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Stewart Edward White

President Roosevelt thanks Stewart Edward White for sending him two books. Roosevelt is particularly excited to read White’s novel Arizona Nights, and compares White’s writing favorably to the author William J. Long, who was embroiled in the “Nature Fakers” controversy. Roosevelt has also requested that White be given permission to watch target practice by the USS Maryland.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Stewart Edward White to Theodore Roosevelt

Novelist Stewart Edward White asks President Roosevelt for permission to travel with the battleship Maryland for the upcoming target practice run as he wants to observe shipboard routines closely. His naval officer relative, Charles Belknap, reports no objections among the ship’s senior officers regarding White’s request. White sends his two latest books for Roosevelt and the boys. Feeling Roosevelt will be interested, White also wants to submit a review of his impressions concerning military discipline in Yosemite Park. His wife, Elizabeth Colvert Grant White, asks that Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt remember her.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-10

Creator(s)

White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946

Memorandum from Augustus C. Wrenn to Victor Howard Metcalf

Augustus C. Wrenn reports to Secretary of the Navy Metcalf on coal contract bids for fleets at sea in South America and the Caribbean. Wrenn provides a detailed cost analysis for several ports and companies, along with recommendations and analysis for which contracts the Department of the Navy has accepted. Wrenn requests Metcalf’s attention on an issue regarding logistics and taxation discussed by Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-17

Creator(s)

Wrenn, Augustus C. (Augustus Cantor), 1869-1937

Letter from Willard H. Brownson to Theodore Roosevelt

Rear Admiral Brownson, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, gives President Roosevelt his opinions and recommendations on Admiral Robley D. Evans’ proposed route plans for the Atlantic Fleet. Brownson feels a single newspaper correspondent for the trip is ideal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-17

Creator(s)

Brownson, Willard H. (Willard Herbert), 1845-1935

Letter from Robley D. Evans to Willard H. Brownson

Admiral Robley D. Evans gives Chief of the Bureau of Navigation Rear Admiral Brownson his thoughts on routeing the Atlantic Fleet. He is primarily concerned about how other nations will view the Fleet’s maneuvers, and the season the fleet will be passing through the Straits of Magellan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-17

Creator(s)

Evans, Robley D. (Robley Dunglison), 1846-1912

Proposal for transporting coal for the Atlantic fleet

This form outlines a contract for furnishing coal to the Atlantic fleet. The contract includes specific ports in the Caribbean and South America as well as California, and will be effective from December 1907 to February 1908.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-17

Creator(s)

Unknown

Proposal for supplying Welsh coal for Atlantic Fleet

Proposal form to be filled out by applicants who wish to supply Welsh coal for the Atlantic Fleet, specifying the process, areas of supply, prices, and logistics of oversight by the Navy Department.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-09

Creator(s)

Unknown

Jack Tars march song

“Jack Tars March Song” is a patriotic celebration of the Navy. The front cover has a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, two other men, and a ship. A page or pages of the song are missing.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Tumber, Maria Walker