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William G. Cogswell recreates a local window advertisement he saw in Chicago that featured President Roosevelt unfavorably. The drawing was enclosed in a letter Cogswell wrote to Roosevelt’s secretary William Loeb on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-29
Theodore Roosevelt mentions that he does not have a photograph of Wm. T. Black’s father, but was obliged to send this note to express his fondness for Black’s father and also commend Black for his position as Cashier of Customs in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-12
President Roosevelt writes to inform Gifford Pinchot of the great respect and admiration he has for him. Roosevelt thanks Pinchot for his “very large part” of the achievement of Roosevelt’s administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-03-02
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has recently returned from a trip to Groton School, and remarked to President Roosevelt about how well liked and respected Leonard R. Wood is throughout the school. Roosevelt would like to hear such news about his own children, so he wanted to write to General Leonard Wood to tell him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-27
President Roosevelt answers J. H. Baker’s question, stating the Senator Knute Nelson was “one of the most potent forces” in the passage of the interstate commerce law and acted with “transparent good faith and courage.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-12
President Roosevelt sends his regrets that he cannot attend the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston, Massachusetts. Roosevelt holds General Black and his fellow veterans in the highest regard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-06
President Roosevelt sends his regrets to General Blackmar that he will be unable to attend the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston, Massachusetts. Roosevelt has the greatest respect for those who fought for “the very life of the Nation” and agrees with former president William McKinley that their “patriotic spirit still animates the Republic.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-06
President Roosevelt regrets that he is unable to attend the Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and hopes that General Howard will express his utmost respect to the veterans of the Civil War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-06
President Roosevelt is ignorant of the matters Governor Pardee telegraphed him about and assures Pardee that he holds him in “high esteem and regard” and that any statement saying otherwise is false.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-26
President Roosevelt has always thought highly of Judge Jones and considers him a gentleman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-19
Frederick Courteney Selous sends President Roosevelt a copy of Swayne’s Travels in Mongolia, and, as soon as he is able, will send copies of several magazine articles. Selous very much enjoyed meeting Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. If Roosevelt would consent to send Selous a signed photograph, Selous would “value it above all things.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-26
Barrett Wendell has received President Roosevelt’s two letters in Geneva, where Wendell is spending a few days between his lecture in Paris and those in the provinces of France. Wendell appreciates Roosevelt’s approval of his article. Wendell also wants Roosevelt to know how much he admires him and how Roosevelt’s career has strengthened the ideals of the United States. It is those ideals that Wendell has been trying to “set forth” in France. Wendell says the countries abroad believe the United States to be a new, materialistic country, and he hopes to show why that is not true. Wendell will not be home again until the new term starts at Harvard in the fall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-15