Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to E. J. Burkett
President Roosevelt is unable to accept Senator Burkett’s invitation to visit Beatrice, Nebraska.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-06
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hermann Speck von Sternburg
President Roosevelt was impressed with the account of a German military attaché in Japan that German Ambassador Sternburg recently sent him, especially in the assessment that racial tensions are driving relations in the Pacific. Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Sternburg and his wife this weekend.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Taft that his endorsement by the Republican Party of Ohio is already having an effect on the New York newspapers, which previously had been supporting New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes for president in the upcoming election. Roosevelt advises Taft to not hurry election matters too much, but after his return from the Philippines he should make an attack on Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. Roosevelt complains about Senator Eugene Hale’s efforts to curtail the navy’s attempts to repair battleships, saying Hale thinks that by keeping the United States unfit for war with Japan, war will therefore be averted. In a handwritten postscript Roosevelt tells Taft to avoid talking about tariff matters for the time being.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root
President Roosevelt sends a draft of his Provincetown speech to Secretary of State Root and asks for notes as soon as possible. Roosevelt invites Root and his wife to Sagamore Hill and will arrange to have Secretary of War William H. Taft meet them there. Before Root answers the “Japanese note,” Roosevelt wants to discuss it with him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-02
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to William Allen White
President Roosevelt invites William Allen White and a lawyer or lawyers representing Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah to meet him and Attorney Charles J. Bonaparte to Oyster Bay to discuss the senator’s case on August 9.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-30
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Allen White
President Roosevelt shares his thoughts regarding the upcoming presidential election and the land fraud case against Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah with William Allen White. Roosevelt outlines his personal reasons for supporting Secretary of War William H. Taft for president as well as the political considerations necessary to secure his nomination. In the case of Borah, Roosevelt would like White to come to Oyster Bay to discuss the matter with him and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte; Roosevelt thinks it would look bad for Borah to come himself, and asks White to bring Borah’s lawyers on August 9.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-30
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Robert Gooding
President Roosevelt tells Idaho Governor Gooding that William Allen White, of the Emporia Gazette, made a similar suggestion to Gooding’s, for Roosevelt and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to meet with Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah to discuss his case. Roosevelt does not think meeting Borah himself is a good idea, but would like to meet with his lawyers and the attorney general, if possible by August 9.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-30
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Robert Gooding
President Roosevelt asks Idaho Governor Gooding to arrange a meeting between him, Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, and Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah’s lawyers on August 9.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-30
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hector Munro Ferguson
President Roosevelt tells Hector Munro Ferguson how much he is looking forward to meeting Arthur F. Winnington Ingram, Bishop of London, in Oyster Bay, and sends his love to Ferguson’s family.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-30
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft
President Roosevelt sends reactions to three letters from Secretary of War Taft. Roosevelt approves of an address Taft is preparing concerning the Brownsville Affair. The president is also pleased by what Taft tells him of the proposed Constitution for Oklahoma in preparation for admittance to the union. Roosevelt believes Jackson Smith will have to be let go from his position as Head of the Department of Labor, Quarters, and Subsistence in the Panama Canal. Finally, the president approves of Taft’s letter to Clarence Ransom Edwards regarding opium and believes Lebbeus R. Wilfley has “made good.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou
President Roosevelt informs George B. Cortelyou that he will be unable to attend the University Club dinner and sends his best wishes to the hosts and guests.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-28
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Lee Higginson
President Roosevelt regretfully declines Henry Lee Higginson’s invitation to be his guest at the Tavern Club. He will be busy seeing his sons at Harvard and Groton and therefore will not have any spare time for other engagements.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-27
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Francis E. Leupp
President Roosevelt will meet with Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp on Monday, but he would like for Leupp to meet with William H. Taft so they can advise him on a recommendation he can make to Congress about the Ute Indians matter.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-27
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Meade Bowers
President Roosevelt wants the Albatross to go the the Philippines next October as requested by Dean C. Worcester, Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Islands. Roosevelt has enclosed a letter from Worcester for George Meade Bowers, Director of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, and would like to hear from Bowers as soon as possible.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-27
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alice Roosevelt Longworth
President Roosevelt suggests guest accommodation arrangements on the train when his daughters Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Ethel Roosevelt come to visit along with others.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Douglas Robinson
President Roosevelt informs his nephew Theodore Douglas Roosevelt that there will not be any room for accommodation left on his car due to the number of other family members accompanying him to Boston. He hopes Theodore can join the train anyway and he is welcome to spend time in Roosevelt’s car until bedtime.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Lambert
President Roosevelt tells Dr. Alexander Lambert that if Lambert lets him know when he can visit then he will arrange to spend the day with him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Crowninshield Endicott
President Roosevelt would like to accept William Crowninshield Endicott’s invitation, however he cannot undertake any other engagements as he will be seeing his sons. He will visit Theodore Roosevelt on Saturday at Harvard and Kermit Roosevelt on Sunday at Groton.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George H. Lyman
President Roosevelt would like to accept Collector of Customs Lyman’s invitation, but on his trip he will be busy visiting his sons at Harvard and Groton.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-24
Letter from William Loeb to Joseph B. Tiffany
William Loeb tells Joseph B. Tiffany that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt respectfully declines the wishes of Mr. Barber as she has decided to have one more musical this season and is going to see the Marine Band Orchestra.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-23