Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William E. Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt does not believe blind tigers should be protected under the Interstate Commerce Law.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-07-06
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Political parties--Platforms
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Dudley Foulke
Theodore Roosevelt informs William Dudley Foulke that he is fully committed to the Progressive cause, even though the Democrats will probably win if they nominate a progressive. Roosevelt also writes of the political corruption at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-07-01
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Norbert Lafayette Savay
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Norbert Lafayette Savay for his letter. He states that the movement is one where the leaders help the people deal with local conditions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-27
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. Rider Haggard
Theodore Roosevelt writes to H. Rider Haggard to discuss the Progressive Party’s political platform.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-28
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward A. Paddock
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Reverend Paddock to inform him that he will accept the Progressive Party nomination and platform.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-25
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. H. Wood
Theodore Roosevelt assures J. H. Wood that he intends to fight vigorously for progressive principles, and he urges “every honest citizen, no matter what his former party affiliation may have been,” to join in the fight.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-25
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Norman Hapgood
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Norman Hapgood to inform him that when the platform comes along, he will look at Hapgood’s enclosures.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-27
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to C. C. Goodrich, et al.
Theodore Roosevelt writes to the Commercial Travelers of the United States, based in Chicago, about the need for a new political party.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-25
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Josiah W. Hammond
Theodore Roosevelt tells Josiah W. Hammond that he will accept the Progressive Party nomination for president, and he wants every honest citizen, regardless of former party affiliation, to join in the fight.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-25
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to David E. Hasey
Theodore Roosevelt will accept the Progressive Party platform and nomination for president.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-25
Letter from Assistant Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Pollak
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Henry Pollak that Roosevelt is away, but he will forward Pollak’s letter to Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-18
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Andrew Munsey
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a copy of his tentative platform, along with the Pennsylvania platform and a suggestion about its social justice part. He tells Frank Andrew Munsey that he must put in the “presidential one term” himself.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-11
Letter from Frank Harper to D. M. Wright
Frank Harper declines D. M. Wright’s request to have a copy of Theodore Roosevelt’s platform as it is not yet completed. Harper suggests that Wright contact G. R. Manchester via the Roosevelt Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, as Manchester has the “most useful” information Wright is seeking.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-10
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Edgar Borah
Theodore Roosevelt believes that the platform should state that conservation means the development of natural resources. For example, he thinks that the government should build an Alaskan railroad.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-08
Letter from Frank Harper to Alexander H. Revell
Frank Harper has handed Alexander H. Revell’s letter and suggestions to Theodore Roosevelt and Mr. Catherwood and they will consider putting it on the platform.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-07
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to A. F. Nagle
Theodore Roosevelt feels that A. F. Nagle will not be disappointed in his platform.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-05
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Eli P. Miller
Theodore Roosevelt is too busy to answer the money question as there is no time for further study and will not compromise on his platform in Chicago.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-04
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Mitchell
Theodore Roosevelt thanks John Mitchell for his letter and will try to get his proposals into the platform.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-04
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George L. Record
Theodore Roosevelt has sent Senator Dixon a tentative platform and would like George L. Record to give Dixon his opinion on it. He would be pleased to receive any planks that Record would like to suggest.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-04
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Alger
Theodore Roosevelt writes to George W. Alger to discuss a proposition of Roosevelt’s to amend state constitutions, saying he expects it to be accepted since his proposal is similar to the Eleventh Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-04