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President Roosevelt requests Secretary of the Interior Garfield personally look into the matter of the highwayman in Yellowstone National Park and its implications on future policing of the park.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-08
President Roosevelt thanks Allen W. Thurman for the letter and for the clipping containing Representative William Jennings Bryan’s comments on the president’s recent speech. Roosevelt feels that the Navy keeps the peace globally the same way that police keep the peace in local matters.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-08
Oliver Conklin asks Theodore Roosevelt if he can secure a position in a police force in Oyster Bay. Conklin has experience as a special officer in Boro Park and thinks his expertise would be useful.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-09
Theodore A. H. Dulfer thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the kind treatment he received from the police department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-18
Governor Swettenham thanks Admiral Davis for his offer of assistance to Jamaica after the earthquake, but asks that he reembark all sailors and soldiers that he had landed in an effort to provide relief. Swettenham believes that the situation is no longer a question of humanity, but of convenience, and thinks that the present police force in Kingston will be enough to maintain the peace.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-18
Secret Service Agent Connell recounts his experience of the “Mrs. Minor Morris incident,” when Laura A. Hull Morris entered the White House and demanded to speak with President Roosevelt before being escorted from the premises.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906
Newspaper article reporting that President Roosevelt’s chauffeur was twice stopped for speeding while driving Roosevelt and son, Ted, to Great Falls, Virginia. The police gave the chauffeur a warning, but a Washington, D.C. civic association would have him prosecuted further.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-28
In the first cartoon, a newsboy carries a daily paper that reads, “1905: amount embezzled for speculation this year: $6,520,000,” and President Roosevelt says “Wake up” to a policeman. In the second cartoon, a newsboy carries a daily paper that reads, “1906: amount embezzled for speculation this year: $7,481,000,” and Roosevelt says, “Wake up” to a policeman. In the third cartoon, a newsboy carries a daily paper that reads, “1907: amount embezzled for speculation this year: $41,458,000,” and Roosevelt says, “Get busy.” In the fourth cartoon, Roosevelt watches as the policeman marches toward several men who say, “Now see what you’ve done,” “You talked too loud,” and “You’re disturbing capital.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-18
President Roosevelt rides with Uncle Sam in a car labeled “prosperity” that is leaving the “Hard Times Cop” on a bicycle in the dust. Beside the bicycle is a turtle labeled “Wall Street” that asks, “Do you think we’ll catch him?” The road is named “G.O.P. Pike.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-02
Theodore Roosevelt writes about the merits of the New York Police, not only their improvement over the years but also specific policemen and events in which they were involved.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1897-10
A game of chess is being played on the “[Depar]tment of Police” board, between a hand labeled “Political Pull” showing a cufflink labeled “Brass Check” and a hand labeled “Reform.” Some of the squares are labeled “Race Track, Suburbs, White Lights, Gambling District, Goatville, Financial District, Tenderloin, Red Light District, Lonely Beat, [and] Hell’s Kitchen.” The chess pieces are police officers, some in plainclothes, labeled “Crooked Captain, Inspector, Sleuth, ‘Fixed’ Captain, Honest Captain, Grafting Captain, Honest Inspector, Plainclothes Man, [and] Sergeant.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-11-21
Police officers stand guard as guests enter the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City for the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Alexander.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-20
Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt arrive at the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt shakes the hand of a police officer.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-20
The German Embassy writes a memorandum regarding a situation in Morocco. They mention European control of Morocco’s armed forces, open door policy, and distributing mandates among minor powers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-23
Private Jacob P. Frech describes his involvement in removing Laura A. Hull Morris from the White House. Frech claims that Morris was uncooperative, even kicking him in the groin. A witness claims that the guards used a reasonable amount of force considering the manner in which Morris protested her removal, calling her a “large, strong woman.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-19
Chief Sylvester encloses a list and description of arrests from February 1903 to December 1905 that involved women with questionable mental states.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-19
Thomas Collier Platt and Cornelius Newton Bliss, as police officers, receive “Hush Money” at the door of an “Insurance Co.” from Richard A. McCurdy. Standing in the window of the building are James H. Hyde, Francis Hendricks, and John A. McCall, among others. An insert labeled “Tenderloin Dive” shows police officers accepting a bribe.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-12-13
In a courtroom, a prisoner and a police officer stand before a judge. The prisoner is explaining to the judge why he assaulted another person. Caption: Judge — You admit you sand-bagged the man. Have you any excuse? / Prisoner — Yes, yer Honor. De sand-bag wuz me own property and J.P. Morgan says a man has de right ter do wot he pleases wit’ his own property.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-02-17
A police officer holding a hat labeled “Law and Order” stands in a courtroom with a labor union “Walking Delegate” who has papers showing in his pocket labeled “Bribes” and “Broken Contract.” They are standing before Uncle Sam who is wearing the judicial robes of the judge. Caption: The Justice — You’ve distrubed the peace long enough and I’ve a mind to sentence you to hard labor – a most severe sentence in your case.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-06-17
A man labeled “Candidate for Senate,” holding wads of cash, stands in front of a sign that states “Sale of seats to the United States Senate has been prohibited.” Nearby the “Senatorial Box Office” has been boarded up and locked with a sign indicating “Closed.” Uncle Sam, as a police officer with a night stick labeled “Public Opinion,” is directing the man to the new entrance to the Senate, which is marked by the presence of a “Ballot Box” and a man labeled “Voter” standing next to the box. Caption: Uncle Sam — This way, Sir.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-08-06