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Henry Blacklock invites Theodore Roosevelt to a banquet held by the Men’s Club at Grace Church to be the guest of honor and give a speech after dinner. Blacklock reminds Roosevelt they have meet a few times.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-17
Homer A. Everest has invented a non-refillable bottle and an improved loom. He and his partner do not have enough money and would like to show Theodore Roosevelt their inventions in the hope he will be interested. Everest explains his family history to Roosevelt and decries the whiskey tampering occurring in Rhode Island, enclosing related clippings. He hopes to meet Roosevelt in Boston.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-19
Attorney General Moody advises against the reappointment of U.S. Marshal Kendrick. Kendrick was given a poor performance review.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-03
Charles S. Mellen looks forward to dining with President Roosevelt. Mellen is interested in securing the reappointment of a marshal in Providence and he wants to speak with Roosevelt about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-30
President Roosevelt addressing a large crowd.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-10-31
President Roosevelt standing on a platform with his finger pointed, speaking to a large crowd.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-10-31
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary requests that Oscar K. Davis send him copies of the Progressive platform, Governor Johnson’s record in California, and Woodrow Wilson’s record. The secretary also requests Davis re-schedule Roosevelt’s meeting with the moving picture man, and to arrange all of Roosevelt’s public meetings in halls rather than outdoors. Roosevelt wants Davis to discuss with Judge Hotchkiss, George W. Perkins, and Senator Dixon the matter of charging admission to public meetings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-20
Since George Emlen Roosevelt is meeting with Mr. Tuttle, who is making Theodore Roosevelt’s travel arrangements to Providence and on to New York, Roosevelt’s secretary encloses a telegram from Mr. Thompson and confirms that Roosevelt has promised to speak at an overflow meeting in Providence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-14
Lucius F. C. Garvin has been selected in response to a strong feeling that an ex-Democratic Governor should second the Presidential nomination of Theodore Roosevelt. Garvin has stated that he will not attempt to assume leadership of the progressive movement in Rhode Island. Roosevelt asks permission from A. J. Wakefield to ask Garvin about the contents of Wakefield’s letter, which concern Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-01
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates a letter from W. Francis Green. Roosevelt wishes to stay with Green when he comes to Providence, Rhode Island, but may have to defer the plan. The children are amused by Green’s correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-31
President Roosevelt finds the recent memorandum by Herbert Knox Smith both discouraging and surprising. Roosevelt thinks examining the “seemingly inexplicable” differences in pricing from Chicago to Boston or Providence would be a useful field of research. Roosevelt would like to see Smith in person to discuss making a report of his findings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-27
President Roosevelt asks that someone from Providence, Rhode Island, look up the writer of the enclosed letter and determine if its contents are genuine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-15
John Revelstoke Rathom, managing editor of the Providence Journal, invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak to “our Town Criers” in Providence, Rhode Island.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-14
Superintendent Randall J. Condon asks Theodore Roosevelt if he will be back from his trip to the western United States in order to accept an invitation to speak in Providence, Rhode Island, on May 9. Condon explains that many children of the city will be helping plant trees around the city, and he would like Roosevelt to help them celebrate the day of civic service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-03
Henry G. Thresher thanks Frank Harper for the information. He will visit Theodore Roosevelt once he returns and arrange a visit to Providence, Rhode Island. However, Thresher wants to make such arrangements before he leaves for Europe on June 11 and asks if Harper knows when Roosevelt will return in early June.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-01-29
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt about a serious situation developing in Massachusetts politics. At a recent state convention of the American Federation of Labor, the group denounced Lt. Governor Draper and nine of the eleven Republican Congressmen. Lodge believes that “Gus”, his son-in-law Augustus Peabody Gardner, “is a good fighter, but with this labor attack and the character of his opponent he has before him a very severe contest.” His opponent was a man named Schofield, a “Native-american demagogue with a great deal of local popularity.” Lodge spoke yesterday at the state convention in Rhode Island where a “Hearst man” is giving Republicans a tough fight as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-12
President Roosevelt hopes that Senator George Frisbie Hoar will be reasonable, but he will submit Oliver Wendell Holmes’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court regardless. Roosevelt is speaking in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 23, and then will go down to Newport, Rhode Island, so they can christen the baby (Lodge’s infant grandson who shared his name). He will also spend Monday with the Lodges in Nahant, Massachusetts, but Edith Roosevelt will not be able to attend.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-07-29
George Webb informs President Roosevelt of his election as an honorary member of the newly formed Young Men’s Republican Club of Rhode Island.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-20
George E. Stewart is making inquiries regarding the woman from Providence, Rhode Island. He hopes to have a reply in a day or two.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-19