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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Otto B. Pippart a copy of the Progressive Party platform and a copy of Roosevelt’s speech from the Progressive Party convention. These documents ought to answer the questions Pippart sent Roosevelt for inclusion in the official bulletin of the National German-American Alliance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-05
John S. Phillips shares advance sheets of the first chapter of Senator Robert La Follette’s autobiography with Theodore Roosevelt. He praises the work’s quality and simplicity and asks for Roosevelt’s opinion, noting the content is confidential until its publication on September 23, 1911.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-07
Frank Oviatt discusses with Theodore Roosevelt an article in a booklet sent by him previously titled “A Tour Picture of Uncle Sam’s Children at the Dawning of the Twentieth Century.” Oviatt insists the article’s main character embodies the current political climate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-15
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Smith Bryan for giving him the opportunity to read sketches from Fitz-Mac (probably Political Portraits, published that year). He enjoyed reading them, as some of the points made in the articles were ones that he himself has tried to make. Roosevelt believes that devotion to what Fitz-Mac terms “‘bric-a-brac’ (not only in furniture, but in literature and habits of thought as well)” is ignoble and is to blame for misgovernment. Roosevelt hopes to meet Fitz-Mac at some point, however, as there are several points he did not agree with, including the influence of money in elections.
1888-11-24
Whitelaw Reid responds to a letter from Theodore Roosevelt. He is writing from Southern California where he is vacationing. Reid speculates about the identity of the anonymous author of a political pamphlet who simply goes by “A Spectator.” He was flattered that his name had been suggested, and while he had thought it might have been Henry Adams or Henry Cabot Lodge, he has concluded it must have been John Bigelow. Reid also comments on the strong support for President Roosevelt in California and throughout the west. He discusses books he has been reading, including volume 4 of Roosevelt’s The Winning of the West.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-05