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Letter to Edwin Erle Sparks

Letter to Edwin Erle Sparks

The writer of the letter informs Pennsylvania State College President Edwin Erle Sparks that he will submit the invitation from Sparks to Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary; however, Roosevelt is likely too busy to accept the invitation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Halbert Paine Gardner

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Halbert Paine Gardner

Theodore Roosevelt, unfortunately, cannot give any more information to the men in Maine because he does not know, nor does he suspect the Progressive National Committee knows, what the strategy is for the 1916 election. Roosevelt would need to consider whether or not to join the Republican Party again on a state-by-state basis. As of right now he would not rejoin in New York, but would rejoin in Pennsylvania to support specific candidates.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-07-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Flinn

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Flinn

Theodore Roosevelt tells William Flinn of a satisfactory conversation he had recently with Governor Hiram Johnson of California. Because of their similar platforms and goals, Roosevelt thinks it would be a “first rate move” to bring Johnson and Pennsylvania Governor Martin Grove Brumbaugh together to speak in Pennsylvania sometime next fall. Roosevelt does not want anyone to know that the suggestion came from him, though he has also sent a duplicate of this letter to newspaper editor Edwin A. Van Valkenburg of the Philadelphia paper, the North American.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-08-03