Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

George B. Cortelyou draws attention to an interesting letter from Donald McDonald Dickinson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-19

A newspaper article discusses the consistency of the Negro vote for the Republican party, while the Democratic party continues to try and sway them. The article breaks down the percentage of Negro voters and their impact on elections. Included is a table showing the percentage of Negro votes by numbers in all of the northern Republican states. The article questions if the elimination of these votes would impact the presidential elections.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-25

Text of a speech by Wenceslau de Lima, Portugal’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a banquet in honor of the officers of the United States European Squadron. Lima welcomes the squadron and expresses admiration for the United States and President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-28

South Carolina Senator John Lowndes McLaurin appears to be getting his way with the judgeship he has wanted to name. The writer of the editorial disagrees with President Roosevelt’s agreement to this appointment, as there should be enough good Republicans to fill seats without making the seats a reward. The situation has led to a conflict where the Senate must decide between honoring McLaurin and confirming his candidate, or honoring Senator Benjamin R. Tillman by refusing the confirmation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07

State Senator Tapp spoke before the Populist convention and named himself a Republican on national matters and a supporter of President Roosevelt. Tapp was applauded by the convention.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08

Titus Sheard is attempting to set up a meeting with President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-08

Kaskel & Kaskel would be glad to send a representative to measure President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-09

R. Sheridan will arrive Thursday morning to measure President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-09

Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna will remain Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Other possible contenders, Henry Cabot Lodge and Matthew Stanley Quay, were discussed but Hanna appears to be the best in the position as chairman even though he might not be “enthusiastically” in favor of Roosevelt’s nomination.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-28

Two articles from the New York Age discuss political meetings and resolutions by various African American societies and meetings. The first reports on a visit of New York Age editor Timothy Thomas Fortune to San Francisco, where he spoke about the need for political unity among African Americans, and praised President Roosevelt’s statesmanship. The second reports on a meeting of the Union League Republican Club of Detroit, which upholds its support of President Roosevelt after he wrote a letter condemning those who opposed his nomination of the African American William Demos Crum for Customs Collector in Charleston, South Carolina. The club also speaks against the “lily white” Republicans and the invitation of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman to speak in Detroit.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-25

Dr. Woodcock encloses a Roman coin for President Roosevelt that had been collected by Woodcock’s father, Albert Woodcock, in Italy. “Strenuous people” enjoyed seeing President Roosevelt communicate with a delegation of Blackfeet Indians in the “old sign language of the mountains and plains.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-07

T. B. Connery suggests that if President Roosevelt let the Papal Delegate know he desired Bishop Spalding’s appointment as archbishop it would be granted.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-28

Harry Pratt Judson clarifies his offhand remarks about President Roosevelt’s mistakes. His statement was misunderstood and he concurs with the Chicago Tribune‘s defense of Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-15

Creator(s)

Judson, Harry Pratt, 1849-1927

Senator Beveridge does not believe that the omnibus bill admitting Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory as states will pass. The view in Washington, D.C., is that President Roosevelt is handling the Venezuelan crisis well.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-25

Newspaper article supporting the appointment of Charles S. Francis as ambassador to Austria-Hungary.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

Senator Spooner provides a letter of introduction for Joe Mitchell Chapple. The letter also includes notes and signatures from Postmaster General Henry C. Payne and President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-13

Calling card of the Secretary to the President with a handwritten note, “The President would like to have just a word of comment from you in the bottom of the attached sheet.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

G. P. Putnam’s Sons has no objection to a French edition of American Ideals and have already corresponded with a French publisher in relation to copyright issues.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-16

President Roosevelt’s letter on the appointment of African Americans to positions in the south is being widely commended by African American organizations.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-25

Multiple articles from the Commercial Advertiser, including a review of President Roosevelt’s speech to Spanish-American war veterans in Boston the previous evening, and commentary on Roosevelt’s receiving an honorary degree at Harvard.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-26