Press coverage

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt asks Ted Roosevelt to keep him updated on his job, and says the papers will soon give up discussing him. The enclosed letter to Ted, with its offer of a job selling cravats to students in Madison, Wisconsin, is delightful and amusing. Although Roosevelt’s leg has been mostly keeping him inside, he has been too busy to go out much anyway.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-02

Letter from Charles William Eliot to Theodore Roosevelt

Harvard University President Eliot defends himself against newspaper claims that the portion on athletics in his Annual Report was in response to what President Roosevelt had said at the Harvard Union on February 23, 1907. Eliot references the Brownsville Affair and “the difference between College pranks and ‘shooting up’ a town.” He explains that he felt the old college administrative practice of “punishing the innocent with the guilty when the innocent would not bear witness against the guilty” unjust.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-09

Telegram from John F. Stevens to William H. Taft

Chief Engineer Stevens knows nothing of George Pierce and Company or the Milan Dredging Company, and considers these companies to make no significant contribution to W. J. Oliver’s proposal for building the Panama Canal. Stevens also expresses concern about the involvement of William Barclay Parsons, August Belmont, and John B. MacDonald. Stevens finds Oliver’s quotation “unfortunate” and does not want a one-man proposal like Oliver’s to be the winning bid.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-06

Telegram from John F. Stevens to William H. Taft

John F. Stevens writes to Secretary of War Taft that news has reached Panama that steam shovels and men are coming to “make dirt fly.” Stevens warns that careful organization is needed, especially if they use the labor of southern African American prisoners.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-31

Telegram from George von Lengerke Meyer to John Hay

Ambassador Meyer informs Secretary of State Hay about the Russian Emperor’s belief that his people prefer war over peace. Meyer mentions that the Emperor agrees with President Roosevelt’s proposition, which is to be kept quiet, and the Emperor wishes for Roosevelt to directly convince Japan to agree for Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to meet and discuss peace. Meyer adds that the Emperor hopes for these events to happen soon before any attacks take place.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-07

Telegram to Thomas Nelson

Carlton McCarthy and several others are informing Thomas Nelson that the statements that were made in the Post stating that the Mayor mimicked the President in speech are not accurate. He continues to state that there are more than 100 witnesses that can testify to these actions as being false.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-24

Letter from Jerome A. Hart to Theodore Roosevelt

Jerome A. Hart thanks Theodore Roosevelt for speaking kindly of the Argonaut. He also points out that while he was traveling abroad, more press coverage seemed to be devoted to the president than to “America herself.” Hart has seen Roosevelt’s books for sale across Europe.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

Theodore Roosevelt confirms the news Charles J. Bonaparte read in the newspaper that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt suffered a bad fall and is slowly recovering. Roosevelt also sends his regards to Bonaparte’s wife, Ellen C. Bonaparte.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-06

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Melville Elijah Stone

President Roosevelt informs Melville Elijah Stone that he remains certain that he does not want any journalists, even Lawrence F. Abbott, accompanying his upcoming trip. While on the steamer, Roosevelt will not personally communicate with newspapers and will request that the crew remain similarly silent about his actions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Hamilton Lee

President Roosevelt had written Arthur Hamilton Lee an “exceedingly confidential letter,” which Lee was then meant to destroy. However, recent publications have meant that the letter is unnecessary, so Roosevelt has instructed Henry White to destroy it instead of delivering.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank H. Hitchcock

President Roosevelt instructs Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock to not worry about the article and reassures Hitchcock that Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer values his work in the department.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis

President Roosevelt always reads Richard Harding Davis’s writing. Roosevelt finds Davis’s article to be appalling, so he has forwarded it to Secretary of State Elihu Root to obtain further information from the United States consul.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Irving Hale

President Roosevelt thanks General Hale for his letter and the newspapers. He is pleased at the event’s result.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philip Battell Stewart

President Roosevelt disputes Philip Battell Stewart’s view of the New Mexico Governor Herbert J. Hagerman controversy. Roosevelt informs Stewart that Hagerman answered the charges and did not dispute Alford Warriner Cooley’s report. Roosevelt notes that he is having United States District Attorney William H. H. Llewellyn investigated. He discusses the background and support for Captain George Curry to replace Hagerman as governor.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Stephen O’Meara

President Roosevelt tells Police Commissioner O’Meara to disregard his letter concerning his son Ted’s arrest. Roosevelt was unaware of his son’s appearance before the grand jury, and believes the letter should never have been written.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederic Remington

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt inquires if Frederic Remington would be interested in accompanying him to view a fleet of battleships in Hampton Roads in September. Roosevelt is not certain he will be allowed to invite Remington yet, but wants to know if he has any interest in the trip.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-08-18

Letter from C. Hart Merriam to Theodore Roosevelt

C. Hart Merriam congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on the successful accomplishment of Roosevelt’s explorations in South America. He trusts that the newspapers have exaggerated accounts of Roosevelt’s poor health.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-05-20

Letter from Townsend Cox to Theodore Roosevelt

Townsend Cox thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter and will read it with pleasure at the Forest League’s upcoming meeting. He has arranged for the press to attend the meeting to gain publicity and hopes he can still use Roosevelt’s letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-23

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt

Booker T. Washington has decided to follow Theodore Roosevelt’s advice regarding Henry Albert Ulrich, a man who had assaulted Washington. He believes that Roosevelt will be sympathetic to the “sensational newspaper misrepresentations” accompanying Ulrich’s prosecution.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-19

Letter from Ben B. Lindsey to Lyman Abbott

Judge Lindsey understands the reasoning for the rejection of the article regarding press attacks on himself and Theodore Roosevelt. However, he believes that these attacks need to be addressed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-22