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Lieutenant Governor Woodruff sends his best wishes for the success of the Roosevelt administration. President Roosevelt has Woodruff’s “unbounded confidence.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-14
Albert S. Bickmore is comforted that the mantle of William McKinley has fallen to President Roosevelt. He worked with Roosevelt’s father during the founding of the American Museum of Natural History and wishes he had survived to see his son become president. Bickmore is working on a lecture on the Pan-American Exposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-15
W. Laird Clowes expresses his sympathy at the death of William McKinley and is confident in President Roosevelt’s leadership. He hopes that the Roosevelt administration will improve relations between the English speaking countries. The world’s “liberty, civilization, and good government” depend on cooperation between Great Britain and the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-15
“A Young Husband” expresses sympathy at the death of William McKinley and congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency. He knows that Roosevelt will support the prosperity of the Anglo-Saxon race and the common bonds between the United States and Great Britain.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-15
Donald McDonald Dickinson expresses his support for President Roosevelt as he succeeds to the presidency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-15
Gerrit J. Diekema is pleased that William McKinley has a worthy successor in President Roosevelt, calling him “patriotic, wise, courageous, and manly” and praying for his success.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-15
Cleveland H. Dodge sends his prayers as President Roosevelt succeeds to the presidency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-15
Charles Mifflin Hammond was horrified by the unexpected death of William McKinley but hopes for President Roosevelt’s success. Hammond suggests that violence against the president be punishable by death and that anarchists and socialists be forced to return to their place of origin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-15
Secretary of State Hay congratulates President Roosevelt on succeeding to the presidency. He expects Roosevelt to have a “glorious” career filled with good work.
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1901-09-15
Joseph Wilcox Jenkins Lee congratulates President Roosevelt on succeeding to the presidency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-15
Henry H. Smith has researched and published on “presidential inability” and believes his expertise could be useful after the attempted assassination of President McKinley. He sends an article he wrote on the subject that was published in the North American Review.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-08
Horace B. Fry relates his experience with helping Chester Alan Arthur after he heard James A. Garfield had been shot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-09
Henry T. Allen is busy with his work in the Philippine Constabulary and is working closely with the Philippine administration. According to the news that has arrived in the Philippines, it appears that President McKinley will not recover, but Allen believes the country is fortunate that Vice President Roosevelt is available to accept the burdens of the presidency. Allen has been in the Philippines for around three years and has been thinking about his future. He hopes to succeed Colonel Mills as superintendent of the United States Military Academy and believes he would have General Corbin’s support.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-10
Thomas Grindell delayed his trip to California, where he was going to begin the 1904 Roosevelt presidential campaign, after the attempted assassination of President McKinley. He encloses a clipping that involves Isaac Taft Stoddard, Secretary of Arizona Territory, and reports that U.S. Marshal Myron H. McCord said some “unkind things” when it appeared that Roosevelt would succeed to the presidency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-11
Hector Munro Ferguson was not sure whether a past matter was something to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt about or something that deserved condolences – perhaps referring to Roosevelt’s becoming Vice President – but continues to wish him luck in either case. Ferguson remembers Roosevelt’s family and his time visiting Harvard, and hopes to go there again. He does not follow the argument of Richard Harding Davis’s article in Scribner’s magazine. Ferguson also comments on the Boer War and the conduct of the British in South Africa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-06