Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902

Theodore Roosevelt replies to Captain Mahan and agrees that the “flying squad was looked upon with hysterical anxiety by the Northeast and its representatives in Congress.” If Mahan is near Oyster Bay, Roosevelt would like to have lunch with him to discuss the requests made for extra protection in coastal regions of “strategic importance.” He arranged to send them a Civil War monitor with 21 New Jersey militia to Portland, Maine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt sends George Otto Trevelyan a copy of his message to Congress, and speaks of some of the accomplishments of his administration in improving the financial situation of the United States government. Roosevelt would be pleased to visit Trevelyan when he comes to England. He heartily approves of Trevelyan’s speech, and has shared it with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Anna Cabot Mills Lodge. Roosevelt discusses his preferences for translations of classical works, and finds himself in agreement with Trevelyan in many respects. He relates a story of a recent encounter he had with Simon Bolivar Buckner at the White House, and closes by mentioning a number of other men who were named after famous historical personages.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt sent Secretary of the Treasury Shaw’s “mighty strong letter” to Hill and if Shaw agrees, he will send it to some tariff reform supporters. While he is not prepared to entirely agree with Shaw, Roosevelt concedes his points are well put. He does differ with Shaw’s comments on the popular feeling. He gives an update on the coins designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks for Susan Prentice Reed’s opinion on an enclosed letter that he wrote. Roosevelt made a rare exception in accepting an honorary position connected to the creation of a memorial for Reed’s late husband, Thomas B. Reed, and wishes to do what she and Reed’s other friends want to have done.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Wilbur S. Hinman sends Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt several enclosures from Representative Thomas B. Reed and the Chief Clerk. He also sends the acceptance for the invitation to Farragut Day. Hinman has been busy but is getting along well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-04

Creator(s)

Hinman, Wilbur S. (Wilbur Stanley), 1872-1960

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was pleased with Senator Chandler’s letter to Charles O’Neil, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. He has been reviewing the financial estimates and making cuts for all the bureaus except Ordnance. There is a need for naval gunnery, ammunition, and items relating to “warlike efficiency.” Representative Thomas B. Reed recently wrote Roosevelt about “that infernal gun-boat,” the USS Newport, which Roosevelt sent to Boston, Massachusetts, on the recommendation of the Bureau of Navigation. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-23

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Wm. S. Cowles that he is disappointed to have missed meeting with Taylor, but he did have the opportunity to meet with two friends of Anna Roosevelt Cowles the night before. Roosevelt tells Cowles he is going to visit the Norfolk Navy Yard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt agrees with Captain Mahan about both Hawaii and foreign policy generally. Roosevelt worries about Japan, and feels that the United States should increase its military presence in the Pacific Ocean. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge has spoken with President William McKinley on this topic and “pressed his views upon him with all his strength.” Roosevelt additionally mentions his worries about the international situation in the West Indies. He believes the United States should increase its presence and make sure that no strong European power is allowed to gain a foothold there. The institutional resistance to the build-up of the Navy annoys Roosevelt. He comments to Mahan, however, that Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long agrees with the two of them about Hawaii, and that he hopes for positive action on that front.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Lynn Roby Meekins sends Theodore Roosevelt a story that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post while he was in Africa. Meekins counts Roosevelt among the three “big Americans” and thinks that his Lincoln speech is his greatest work. However, Meekins feels that Roosevelt needs to “stir and lead” the country to leverage his unprecedented influence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-03

Creator(s)

Meekins, Lynn Roby, 1862-1933

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw responds to a request from President Roosevelt to review a letter from Representative Ebenezer J. Hill. Shaw is skeptical of Representative Hill’s conclusions about denatured alcohol’s potential as fuel. Shaw discusses the proposed McCleary bill, which would adjust American tariffs on German goods, and the potential impact of tariff adjustments on the upcoming midterm election. He believes that Roosevelt could maintain the confidence of the American people by advocating a tariff that ensures American-made goods receive the same treatment as similar goods from any other country.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-09

Creator(s)

Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932

Susan Prentice Merrill Reed informs President Roosevelt of the spontaneous movement to create a memorial to Senator Reed. Reed is represented by the Board of Directors, who do not all get along.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-09

Creator(s)

Reed, Susan Prentice Merrill, 1840-1914

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Creator(s)

Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association

In four letters to his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles, Theodore Roosevelt discusses the Washington, D.C. dinner party scene, frets over the poor condition of his brother Elliott Roosevelt, and comments on British and American politics. Roosevelt expresses his displeasure with what he perceives as the poor performance of President Grover Cleveland in his second term, and he comments on his health as well as that of his son Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1890-1894

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

R. Hal Williams examines the friendship between Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas B. Reed, who twice served as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Williams notes that despite their different backgrounds, the two Republicans became good friends united by their love of books, the workings of politics, and the fortunes of the Republican party. Williams presents forty-one letters exchanged between the two from 1888 to 1902, and he provides annotations to the letters in 117 endnotes.

Two photographs of Reed and one of Roosevelt visiting Reed’s home in Maine appear in the article. The article also features two photographs of King Hussein of Jordan visiting the USS Theodore Roosevelt in 1995 as well as a list of the members of the executive committee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1994-1995

The “News and Notes” section highlights the expansion of the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) Public Speaking Contests and Police Awards to Long Island, New York, and it provides notices of the deaths of three TRA members who served on the association’s Board of Trustees. The section also notes an upcoming PBS documentary on Theodore Roosevelt, considers the operation of Sagamore Hill in the face of budget cuts, and includes a recollection of Roosevelt by Frank Ross McCoy, a former President of the TRA.

Four photographs, two from the ceremonies marking the TRA Police Award for New York City, supplement the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1994-1995

Four letters written by Theodore Roosevelt to President William McKinley from June to October 1898 about the war in Cuba. Two of the letters deal with the military campaign; one concerns the threat posed to U.S. troops by malaria; and in the last Roosevelt makes the case that he should be awarded the Medal of Honor.

A photograph of Roosevelt in his military uniform accompanies the letters.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1981

The “Book Notes” column has two separate articles dealing with the historiography of Theodore Roosevelt. In “Paperbacks on T.R.,” John A. Gable looks at seven works, mostly biographies and mostly published in the 1960s, about Theodore Roosevelt and notes the contributions that each makes to the study of Roosevelt. Frederick W. Marks reviews ‘A Good Innings’: The Private Papers of Viscount Lee of Fareham in “A Special English Friend: Arthur Hamilton Lee.” Marks traces the history of the Roosevelt-Lee friendship, examines the editing of the volume by Alan Clark, and remarks on Lee’s descriptions of prominent Americans. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1977

Creator(s)

Gable, John A.; Marks, Frederick W.

An article describing the “unusual” President Roosevelt, and the ways in which Senator Thomas Collier Platt inadvertently contributed to his becoming president. The two politicians, though quite different, mostly had a functional working relationship, but Platt never intended to help put Roosevelt in such a high position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907

Creator(s)

Unknown

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt urges Secretary Long to advise President McKinley not to conduct a joint investigation with Spain into the sinking of the USS Maine. Roosevelt believes that, in spite of opposition, Long should recommend that Congress authorize the building of as many as four battleships.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1898-02-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

“The United Order of Jingoes,” comprised of newspaper editors and legislators identified as “Dana, Pulitzer, Reed, Frye, Reid, Lodge, Allison, Boutelle, [and] Hoar,” sits outside the White House on a winter’s night, in the snow. President Cleveland, visible through a window, reads from a paper labeled “Cleveland’s Hawaiian Policy.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-02-20

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905