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A fleet of U.S. Navy submarines is seen entering the harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, amid jagged rocks and cliffs. The submarines are safely moored, and then the sailors go ashore. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., then Governor of Puerto Rico, greets and shakes hands with the fleet commander.
Sherman Grinberg Film Collection
1930-04-19
Postcard with a photograph of the Governor’s Palace in San Juan, Puerto Rico with the legend “Palacio del Gobernador, San Juan, Pto. Rico.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907
Governor Roosevelt responds to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s letter about the South African War. He discusses the Boers and military leadership, and draws comparisons to the Spanish-American War. He requests that Ferguson visit the following Saturday.
Arizona Historical Society
1899-10-28
Samuel Gompers finds it outrageous that a cash bail is being required for the release of Santiago Iglesias Pantin when Sidney S. McKee has “responsible securities” to offer. Gompers requests that the matter be brought to President Roosevelt’s attention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-18
Chairman of the Republican National Committee Cortelyou asks William Loeb to bring the enclosed letter from Robert H. Todd, member of the Republican National Committee in Puerto Rico, to the attention of President Roosevelt. He requests that the letter not be put in the official files.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-19
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about his trip to Puerto Rico with Edith. He describes the landscape and events he attended.
1906-11-23
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary apologizes to R. N. Watson for not having responded to the letter Watson wrote on June 28. He explains that every letter that calls for a reply is duly acknowledged, and that Watson’s letter was not received or it would have received such a reply.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-09
President Roosevelt sends a letter of personal thanks to Juan R. Baiz in receipt of his message.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-13
President Roosevelt describes his trip to Puerto Rico. They were greeted in Ponce by Governor Winthrop Beekman and Commissioner of the Interior Laurence H. Grahame then drove by car to San Juan. He describes the plants of the area as well as the character of Grahame and his wearing of a kilt. He comments on Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s hatred of car rides. In a postscript, Roosevelt describes his welcome to Puerto Rico by various military members.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-23
President Roosevelt updates Puerto Rico Governor Winthrop that they will be arriving a day earlier than planned and to make arrangement accordingly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-15
Alexander L. Lucas asks Theodore Roosevelt for help receiving his pension.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-16
President Roosevelt thanks Superintendent Hughart for arranging the train travel for Roosevelt’s trip in Puerto Rico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-23
Regis Henri Post states a judge has resigned and left San Juan, Puerto Rico. Post tells Beekman Winthrop not to wait until a new judge is appointed to begin negotiations in Mayaguez.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-21
Governor Beekman provides evidence to the claims made in support of Judge Willis Sweet by Frederick L. Cornwell. Referring to statements provided by two members of the Executive Council in Puerto Rico, Beekman concludes Sweet (1) was known to be intoxicated during the last legislative session and at other times; (2) did borrow money from his subordinates, though it was not because other department heads reneged on an agreement to purchase the San Juan News; and (3) worked on at least two occasions to oppose the Roosevelt administration’s policies in Puerto Rico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-31
Frederick L. Cornwell, an attorney, writes in defense of Judge Willis Sweet against charges that he was a drunkard while Attorney General, that he borrowed money from employees of the Department of Justice, and that he is disloyal to the National Administration. Cornwell states that Judge Sweet does not drink to excess. The money was borrowed to make payments on the San Juan newspaper because members of the cabinet failed to assume their financial obligations to pay. Finally, he is an “honest, faithful and efficient public servant.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-12
Typed copy of a newspaper article criticizing Bishop Blenk for refusing to attend a school event in San Juan, Puerto Rico, due to the legal separation of education from religion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10
Confirmation that the Coamo has arrived safely in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-19
The Coamo has arrived safely in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-19
At the direction of Secretary of War Elihu Root, Merritt O. Chance returns Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long’s letter regarding “land defenses at Guam, Pearl Harbor, San Juan, and other points.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-06
Governor Hunt believes the current form of government will succeed in Puerto Rico. He suggests several changes to the management of Puerto Rico; including establishing the office of surveyor-general in order to settle the matter of public lands, providing Puerto Rico with funding to improve the educational opportunities for children, establishing an agricultural experimental station, improving harbor access, establishing a naval station, and placing a tariff on coffee in order to protect the local coffee growers from cheaply imported Brazilian coffee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-29