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President Roosevelt is sending President-elect William H. Taft with seven highly qualified engineers to determine the current status of the Panama Canal. Roosevelt wants to appoint Captain Allen to join them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-19
President Roosevelt was interested in Goodell’s letter, and asks Clifford Richardson to tell Goodell that he has already told President-Elect William H. Taft of his wish for James D. Schuyler and Allen Hazen to accompany him to examine the Panama Canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-26
President Roosevelt informs Arthur Powell Davis that President-Elect William H. Taft will shortly be traveling to inspect the Panama Canal in the company of a number of engineers. Roosevelt would like to appoint Davis as one of these engineers to travel with Taft, and asks him to respond as quickly as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-28
President Roosevelt informs John Ripley Freeman that President-Elect William H. Taft will be taking a trip to examine the Panama Canal in the company of a number of well-regarded engineers, and asks if he would be willing to go along as one of these engineers. He informs Freeman of the other engineers who will accompany Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-28
President Roosevelt notifies Allen Hazen that President-Elect William H. Taft will shortly be making a trip to investigate the Panama Canal in the company of several engineers, and that he would like Hazen to be one of those engineers. Roosevelt additionally lists the other engineers who will be accompanying Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-28
President Roosevelt notifies Isham Randolph that President-Elect William H. Taft will shortly be making a trip to investigate the Panama Canal in the company of several engineers, and that he would like Randolph to be one of those engineers. Roosevelt additionally lists the other engineers who will be accompanying Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-28
President Roosevelt notifies F. P. Stearns that president-elect William H. Taft will shortly be making a trip to investigate the Panama Canal in the company of several engineers, and that he would like Stearns to be one of those engineers. Roosevelt lists the other engineers who will be accompanying Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-28
President Roosevelt sends President-elect Taft a number of letters, including one from Edwin C. Burleigh, the former governor of Maine, on behalf of William Wingate Sewall. Roosevelt reminds Taft that Burleigh is a strong friend in Maine, and has informed him that Taft already said that he was going to reappoint Sewall. Another of the letters which Roosevelt has forwarded deals with Taft’s upcoming trip to Panama, and he says that unless Taft objects, he will contact the named engineers to accompany Taft on his trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-23
Charles Fletcher Lummis wishes President Roosevelt “Good Hunting” while he is in Africa, and hopes to give him “a lot of good stuff” from his collection on Spanish America once he gets back. Lately, Lummis has been receiving “nice reminders” from those involved in the Apache Wars. Lummis attaches a signed photograph of himself and would like Roosevelt to send one of himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-21
Cassius E. Gillette believes that the construction of the Gatun dam is the appropriate way of proceeding with the construction of the Panama canal, and comments on the construction of the canal in general. Gillette suggests the names of several engineers to President Roosevelt as candidates to accompany President-Elect William H. Taft to visit the canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-17