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In this draft of a preface to the book The Administration of an Institutional Church, the writer states he is sorry to hear W. S. Rainsford was forced to retire due to his poor health. The writer feels the book will be an excellent tribute to Rainsford’s work. Elbert F. Baldwin provided this draft to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-03
L. Clarke Davis forwards two clippings from the Philadelphia Public Ledger to President Roosevelt and asks if he could talk with Roosevelt about them. Davis recalls a conversation he had with Roosevelt during a visit to the White House regarding expediency, and he applies it to a suggestion of how to handle General Nelson Appleton Miles. Davis hopes to see Roosevelt elected president in 1904, and asks that his advice be taken in that light and for Roosevelt to pardon his frankness.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-10
Theodore Roosevelt sends Edward North Buxton a note of introduction on behalf of Buxton’s daughter to the superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. Roosevelt discusses Queen Victoria’s Coronation and a Congressman’s wedding he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt attended at the Old Friends Meeting House, Stuyvesant Square, New York. Roosevelt is content to be “out of active life,” maintaining the home, pursuing leisure activities, and working on the Outlook. Roosevelt writes that eldest son, Ted Roosevelt, is happily married and Roosevelt expects to be a grandfather within the month. Roosevelt wishes to see Alfred and Lady Pease as well as Frederick and Mrs. Selous.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-24
General Merriam asks President Roosevelt to review his military record before deciding against his request for a promotion. Merriam claims that General Arthur MacArthur has refused to provide a written statement about his conversation with William McKinley until after Merriam’s retirement, which would ruin Merriam’s plans for promotion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-02
The next scheduled retirements are Generals Elwell Stephen Otis and John Rutter Brooke.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-04
The Committee on Naval Affairs reports on the service of Lewis Randolph Hamersly in the volunteer Navy and in the Marine Corps. Hamersly is asking to be placed on the retired list of the Marine Corps, having resigned his commission many years earlier because of illness. The bill being considered by the House of Representatives would grant him that request. The report includes a letter from Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, testifying to Hamersly’s commendable conduct.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-05-10