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President Roosevelt was unaware of the position mentioned by Archer Butler Hulbert. However, the letter can be shown to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. Roosevelt believes Hulbert fit to speak about roads.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-11
Ernest K. Hutchinson happily offers Theodore Roosevelt the use of the road through the woods while his road is under repair or at any other time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-03
Fitzhugh Lee received Theodore Roosevelt’s letter when he was thinking of how much he missed him, especially as it was Roosevelt’s birthday. He discusses the “bad luck about the Constabulary business” in Manila, Philippines. The “hum-drum” of garrison life is tiring, and Lee wants to get his troops out. He appreciates Roosevelt wanting him in the next “outfit” he organizes and hopes it will happen. Several French regiments have outstanding offers for him to join in case of conflict with Germany. Lee wishes Roosevelt could visit Manila to see the infrastructural improvements. The country is unsettled as the people think a Democratic president would grant self-rule.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-27
Robert Maitland Brereton writes Theodore Roosevelt and introduces himself. After explaining his personal history, Brereton expresses his concerns to Roosevelt about the fact that Oregon imports so much of its food when it has so much desirable farmland. Brereton states much of Oregon’s population lives in cities and towns rather than taking advantage of the large amount of farmland present in the state. He believes that the lack of good public roads is the main reason for this, and urges Roosevelt to look into the matter, suggesting several countries that could serve as examples to the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-27
Dell M. Potter and T. M. White of the Trans-Continental Good Roads Association of Arizona have invited delegates from multiple states to meet and organize the National Trans-Continental Good Roads Association. This association would build a transcontinental road through the delegates’ states. They hope Roosevelt will be the president as they believe he is the only man who can ensure success in their endeavor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-15
Mayor Guerin of Montréal thinks that Howard D. Hadley’s proposition is very important, and is confident that the building of a road would be beneficial to both Montréal and New York. He hopes Hadley’s undertaking “will meet with the success that it certainly merits.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-23
Anderson H. Walters directs Theodore Roosevelt’s attention to the enclosed letter from M. H. James, secretary of the William Penn Highway Association.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-03-02
President Roosevelt sent Booker T. Washington a draft of his letter to the Interstate Commerce Commission, which Washington now returns with some suggestions. He would like Roosevelt to emphasize that he wants the same justice done regarding humans as to freight. Roosevelt writes that several roads in the South do right by African Americans, but Washington would like him to work the sentence into the letter in such a way that newspapers cannot cut it out.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-28
Postcard showing a car being driven down a road to Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay. On the left side of the road is the bay and on the right side of the road are trees behind a wooden fence. On the reverse, Elsie M. Early writes to her mother describing her trip to Oyster Bay and Sagamore Hill with her husband, Albert Early.
1911
Colorized postcard showing two horse-drawn vehicles on a treelined mountain road in Yellowstone National Park. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.
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Colorized postcard showing a winding road through trees heading up to a mountain. Text on the reverse of the postcard describes how the road was constructed for automobile travel.
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Colorized postcard showing a road passing by large red rock formations next to a river. Text on the reverse of the postcard describes the height of and distance between the rock formations known as the Pillars of Hercules. The number 15431 indicates the postcard is part of a series.
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Colorized postcard showing a horse-drawn vehicle on a road passing through a tree-lined canyon, Gardiner Canyon. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.
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