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Secretary of War Taft discusses a bill that failed in Panama regarding what system of currency the country should use as its legal tender. Taft also discusses the opinions of Secretary of the Treasury Shaw and Representative Hill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-13
John C. Shaffer discusses his communication to Charles Gates Dawes about having lunch with President Roosevelt and reveals that he will be traveling to Philadelphia if anyone needs to be in touch with him about the appointment of Frank S. Hannah.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-09
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
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Alexander H. Kaminsky discusses the three main indictments against New York’s lack in Children’s Court work. These include judges, probation officers, and cost.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-02
Letter to the editor of Public Ledger. Thomas H. Ball represents the Woolen Industry of Philadelphia by writing of the impact the proposed Underwood tariff bill would have on the woolen and worsted industries throughout the United States. He believes that the tariff would “annihilate” the industry and supports his analysis with examples.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-12
Thomas B. Smith sends the efficiency records of employees at the Philadelphia Post Office to the Post Office Superintendents of the United States. He discusses the merits and pitfalls of some employees, and states his action plan on how to deal with each situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-12
The business cards of Henry Reeves Edmunds and Cheesman Abiah Herrick each contain their endorsements for the invitation of Theodore Roosevelt to the annual dinner of the Home and School League of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-13
John C. Hinckley, Secretary of the Republican Nomination League, reaches out to a recipient whose name “has been given as one interested in good government in Philadelphia.” Hinckley explains a plan to nominate men in every division of Philadelphia without reference to party bosses in order to elect the best men who are committed to good government. He asks the recipient to fill out the enclosed blank, and suggest other candidates for membership. The back of the letter lists a number of prominent men who have endorsed this plan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-28
Benjamin K. Focht addresses the Hummel family reunion. Focht discusses German immigration to Pennsylvania, starting with a history of Germany and leading to the contributions that German-Americans have made to public life in the United States. This is a published version of a speech that Focht gave August 28, 1907.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908
The Philadelphia Evening Item reports on the good economic conditions in various industries, companies, and places in the United States and its trading partners, which it says “give[s] the lie to the calamity howlers.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-22
Secretary of State Hay was sorry to miss the opportunity to speak with President Roosevelt. He praises Roosevelt’s Philadelphia speech, saying that it could go in any anthology, and should be shared across the country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02
Richard Watson Gilder reflects on the results of the recent elections across the country, where political bosses were defeated in various cities and states. While this is a blow against political corruption, Gilder cautions against allowing demagogues to take over and lead voters to vote purely “to hit the bosses” rather than for the public good. A note in the margins questions whether William Randolph Hearst might be one of the demagogues in question.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-06