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Ryan, Thomas, 1837-1914

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Rudolph Garfield

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Rudolph Garfield

President Roosevelt informs Secretary of the Interior Garfield that he will appoint Frank Pierce as Assistant Secretary of the Interior and is sorry about Thomas Ryan’s resignation. He encloses a letter for Garfield to forward to Ryan. The president also notes that the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., has been a good fit for Archibald B. Roosevelt and believes Garfield’s son, James Abram Garfield, would do well too.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt finds Attorney General Bonaparte’s letter to United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick admirable. Unfortunately, Francis J. Heney is unable to take the case. Roosevelt encloses a letter from Idaho Governor Frank Robert Gooding. The press has turned its attention to Secretary of State Elihu Root, who has been in poor health.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-27

Letter from James Rudolph Garfield to William Loeb

Letter from James Rudolph Garfield to William Loeb

Secretary of the Interior Garfield informs William Loeb of an addendum to his letter about Thomas Ryan’s resignation. Ryan requests that the change take place on October 31, 1907, and that a public announcement not be made until then. Garfield plans to advise Frank Pierce of his appointment so that he can make arrangements to begin soon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-12

Letter from James Rudolph Garfield to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from James Rudolph Garfield to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of the Interior Garfield informs President Roosevelt that Assistant Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ryan has resigned, and he will be replaced by Frank Pierce, a Williams College man. While Garfield is sad to see Ryan go, he needs a man “who can do hard work this winter.” Garfield also asks Roosevelt about the Friends School in Washington because he is thinking of sending his son James Abram Garfield there.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-12

Digest of the attached detail

Digest of the attached detail

A digest of an attached detail clarifies that Acting Secretary Thomas Ryan’s memorandum was sent in mistake. The memorandum incorrectly reported President Roosevelt’s determination at the conference on October 5 regarding forest reserve lands. If Roosevelt approved the memorandum without noticing the error, Ryan is directly responsible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

President Roosevelt discusses with Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock why he is “rather puzzled” by the report and statements on the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at Boise, Idaho. Several men in the land office in Idaho may have acted against official conduct, and may be removed from office. Roosevelt asks if they should wait to discuss the issue with the land office upon returning to Washington D. C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

President Roosevelt sends Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock copies of the text of several letters concerning grants of land and oil and gas leases held by Richard C. Adams. He tells Hitchcock that it would be unfair to deprive Adams of privileges he had been assured of by one of these earlier letters, allowing him to lease 9600 acres rather than the usual 4800 acres, and therefore directs that newly amended regulations not apply to Adams’s leases.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-01

Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock assumes responsibility for publishing the Higgins correspondence as a pamphlet and will conform to President Roosevelt’s wishes in the future. Hitchcock is not surprised that Roosevelt has heard complaints about the investigations in the Indian Territory; “‘Weary Willie’ grafters” are prone to making charges “against those uncovering their scoundrelism.” However, he thinks that the final reports will prove these investigations were warranted.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-01

Memorandum regarding message from Thomas Ryan

Memorandum regarding message from Thomas Ryan

This memorandum acknowledges the direction of Acting Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ryan instructing the office to withdraw all public lands on a list enclosed at the time. This has been done at the national level, as well as local, and local officers are not to accept any coal cash entries based on declaratory statements that happened before the telegram.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08

Letter from John H. Mitchell to George B. Cortelyou

Letter from John H. Mitchell to George B. Cortelyou

Senator Mitchell of Oregon tells George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the National Republican Committee, of the work that Henry Waldo Coe has done in the organization of the Roosevelt League of Oregon, in addition to his professional work in Portland, Oregon. Mitchell relays some details of a contract that Coe is interested in with the government, and would like to assist him if at all possible, and asks Cortelyou to speak with Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock or President Roosevelt on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-17