Your TR Source

Quarreling

Search by Collection Search by Keyword Search by Creator Search by Recipient Search by Subject Search by Resource Type Search by Production Method Search by Publication

Search by Date Range

From: To:

Clear Filters

5 Results

View:

Display per page Sort by

Camp Ordway

A four panel cartoon showing National Guardsmen marching into Camp Ordway in Washington, D.C.; President Roosevelt assisting Foreign Affairs Minister Komura and Secretary of State Witte with the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War; Secretary of Agriculture Wilson celebrating the return of Hyde (possibly James Hazen Hyde); and a Mississippian and a Louisianan eying each other across the state line, while a mosquito above them says, “Here’s where I get my work in. Biz-z-z.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905

Uncle Sam’s neglected farm

Puck’s “Independent Party” figure, holding a hoe labeled “Civil Service Reform,” talks to Uncle Sam who is sitting on a fence. Two figures argue on the right. One is labeled “Democrat, Bourbonism, Secession Record, [and] Stupidity.” The other is labeled “Republican, Monopoly, Pension Swindle, River & Harbor Steal, Credit Mobilier, [and] Bossism.” At their feet are farm tools and jugs labeled “Corruption Bourbonism” and “Spoils Switchel.” In the background are farm outbuildings labeled “Navy Dept., Post, Interior, [and] Indian.” Caption: New and Independent Party: “Look here, Uncle Sam, isn’t it about time you got rid of those two quarrelsome fellows, and gave the job to ME?”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-08-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter F. Brown

Theodore Roosevelt explains, with support from enclosed correspondence with Senator Dixon, that it would do damage for Roosevelt to appear personally in what is “really a local and rather petty squabble.” Roosevelt suggests that Brown print the two letters from George B. Cortelyou or the present letter and enclosures from Dixon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Witmer Stone

Theodore Roosevelt responds to Witmer Stone’s previous letter discussing a controversy surrounding an article Roosevelt had written about mammal and bird coloration. Roosevelt reiterates his willingness to discuss zoological topics, but not with individuals like J.A. Allen who are intent on misquoting him for the sake of political gain.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Otto Trevelyan

President Roosevelt confides to Sir George Otto Trevelyan the contents of several letters and reports regarding the diplomatic aftermath of the earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica. Trouble has arisen after Governor of Jamaica James Alexander Swettenham asked Rear-Admiral C. H. Davis to remove the marines he had ordered to assist with the relief effort. Roosevelt compares Swettenham to American diplomates Herbert Wolcott Bowen, B. Storer, and Maria Longworth Storer who had caused him trouble in the past.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-04