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Theodore Roosevelt asks George Haven Putnam if the enclosed letters are alright with him and shares that Albert Shaw was able to send the interesting book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-19
President Roosevelt congratulates William I. Nichols on his family of four. Roosevelt knows family size is a sensitive topic, and he has sent a volume of his papers containing a letter he wrote to Albert Shaw on that very topic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-25
President Roosevelt tells Caspar Whitney that he does not know if the telegraph office or authorities at Harvard leaked the contents of telegrams between himself and Harvard President Charles William Eliot concerning the punishment of two students on the Harvard rowing team.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-08
President Roosevelt does not need further recommendations from Ralph M. Easley until George W. Goethals comments on Gertrude Beeks’s book. Secretary of State Elihu Root will likely not be able to speak at Easley’s conference, but Roosevelt would be delighted if Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou could. Roosevelt agrees with Root about the proposed Reynolds Commission’s excellence.
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1907-08-24
Robert Erskine Ely thanks Frank Harper for his letter and says the announcement for Theodore Roosevelt’s address at Carnegie Hall has gone out as Harper Suggested. Dr. Albert Shaw will not return from Europe before Roosevelt’s address; Ely asks Harper to suggest someone else to be the chairman, who will also be expected to give an introduction for Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-04
Elisha Ely Garrison was shocked by Secretary Cortelyou’s letter about the committee not having funds to pay for his recent edition of The Roosevelt Doctrine, since Garrison considered it “a labor of love” and the publisher offered it to the committee at nine cents a copy. Garrison had no role in the publisher attempting to sell the book to the committee. Garrison is happy to compile another book of Roosevelt’s messages and speeches.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-22
John Hay writes to Theodore Roosevelt to tell him that P. M. Mattheeff, Commissioner to the World’s Fair from Bulgaria, will be calling with a letter of introduction from Dr. Shaw and a letter from the Prince of Bulgaria.
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1904-12-14
Assistant Treasurer at St. Louis Thomas J. Akins informs President Roosevelt that he has complied with Roosevelt’s recent letter regarding the letter from Dr. Albert Shaw, and that the letters will not be published. Akins tells Roosevelt that he has worked to guard the interests of the Republican party during the present election, and believes that Roosevelt should have no problems winning a national victory. He hopes that his actions have been enough to add Missouri’s electoral votes to Roosevelt’s total, and feels that the Republican Party is in a better position in Missouri now than it has been in the past.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-07
A statement, possibly a memorandum meant for President Roosevelt, regarding the gubernatorial election in Missouri, which became embroiled in public relations issues involving Roosevelt, in part due to the publishing of an exchange of letters. Roosevelt is quoted explaining his attempts to remain distant, despite the fact that editors are hounding him and will print more with or without his involvement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-04
Robert J. Collier recently met with Albert Shaw, who helped explain President Roosevelt’s view of the situation in Missouri. Collier hopes to be able to make it up to Roosevelt after his reelection to show that the Weekly does not hold the sorts of hostility towards Roosevelt that has been exhibited in the recent letters of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
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1904-11-03
Acting on the direction of Albert Shaw, William Menkel sends William Loeb a copy of the letter that Shaw sent to William F. Saunders.
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1904-11-02
William F. Saunders assures William Loeb that he understands President Roosevelt’s position regarding a letter he had written to him regarding the situation in Missouri, and that he has not used the letter. Saunders had received letters from Albert Shaw and Thomas J. Akins on the subject.
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1904-11-02
Assistant Treasurer at St. Louis Thomas J. Akins does not believe that Dr. Albert Shaw’s letter is in the possession of any member of the Missouri Republican State Committee, but will do his best to see if he can locate it. Akins has worked to bring the Republican party of Missouri together, and believes there will be a large increase in voters in the upcoming election. While he is not sure if President Roosevelt will win the state he has a chance of doing so. In a handwritten postscript Akins notes that he has just received Roosevelt’s letter, and will follow the instructions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-31
President Roosevelt denies that there was any danger in the “crazy man incident.” He encloses a letter from Albert Shaw and asks if Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody and Mr. Leishman should be consulted.
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1903-09-04
President Roosevelt tells Thomas J. Akins, a subtreasurer in St. Louis, Missouri, to get a copy of Albert Shaw’s letter to Mr. Saunders, and to give no circulation to Shaw’s previous letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-31
President Roosevelt asks Thomas J. Akins, a subtreasurer in St. Louis, Missouri, not to take any action on the matter contained in his letters until he sees a letter from Albert Shaw to Mr. Saunders.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-31
President Roosevelt has an ongoing dispute with Dr. Albert Shaw of the Review of Reviews over whether or not Roosevelt said that Missouri gubernatorial candidate Cyrus Packard Walbridge is a better man than opposing candidate Joseph Wingate Folk. Roosevelt insists he said no such thing, and Shaw insists he did. Roosevelt sends a copy of a letter he received from Shaw to Collier. Roosevelt wishes not to discuss any of this in public, especially concerned about the misrepresentation of his political views.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-27
In an ongoing dispute over a letter written by Albert Shaw and circulating among Missouri politicians, which claims to represent the views of President Roosevelt, Roosevelt seeks to set the record straight. He disputes the authenticity of the letter itself several times, and asks to see it. He claims to have said nothing directly about the merits of either Cyrus Packard Walbridge or Joseph Wingate Folk, only that he was supporting the Republican ticket in every state.
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1904-10-25
regrets he will not be in New York on Thursday to see William Henry Welch. He informs Welch that ‘it is physically impossible’ for him to accept any more invitations of any kind to speak, and is only now finishing writing a speech he promised Albert Shaw over a year ago. He hates to have to answer no.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-18
Theodore Roosevelt will do anything that Albert Shaw and Charles D. Lanier want if it is a possibility.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-10-11