Official directory of government officials and department employees
Directory listing the employees at the White House and the rules for visiting.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-12
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Pruden, Octavius Longworth, 1842-1902
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Austin Wadsworth
President Roosevelt is afraid that Pruden’s place has already been filled. There are many men from New York that Roosevelt has been trying to place for over six months.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-01
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge
President Roosevelt explains to Henry Cabot Lodge that he had decided to replace Assistant Secretary of State Thomas W. Cridler with Herbert H. D. Peirce before speaking with Cabot; he mentions the “ferocious” reaction of some to that decision. Roosevelt also discusses southern reaction to his having had Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House, ascribing it to the aggressive spirit of the American South. He states that such attitudes will not cause him to change his appointments.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-28
Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou details why Théobald Chartran’s painting depicting the signing of the “Protocols of Peace” between the United States and Spain in August, 1898, is not historically accurate. He does not want a 1902 letter from the French ambassador at the time, Jules Cambon, to be attached to the painting’s provenance. Cortelyou shares the letter and compares Cambon’s list of attendees with his own meticulous secretarial notes from the event. Neither the photograph Frances Benjamin Johnston took the day after the actual signing nor Chartran’s painting provide a completely accurate representation of the attendees and setting.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-02-05
Letter from Howard M. Pruden to Theodore Roosevelt
Howard M. Pruden thanks Theodore and Edith Roosevelt, on behalf of himself and his sister, for the flowers that were sent as tribute to the memory of their father, Octavius Longworth Pruden.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-05
Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt regarding the possible appointment to assistant paymaster in the army of Octavius Longworth Pruden, which had been intended by President McKinley. If Pruden is promoted and a vacancy in his place as assistant secretary ensues, Lodge would like to propose someone. Lodge also tells Roosevelt that “everyone, literally everyone is with you heart & soul on this Booker Washington matter.” Lodge is disappointed by the southern reaction to the dinner and hopes they will learn.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-19