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President Roosevelt is glad to hear from Senator Warren that Wyoming is doing well and says the state will get a battleship when Congress provides one.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-12
President Roosevelt will read Gaillard Hunt’s book with interest. He agrees that men from the South who fought for the Union during the Civil War are most deserving of credit and yet receive none. Recently, Roosevelt renamed a torpedo boat “Drayton” in honor of South Carolinian Union officer Percival Drayton.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-07
President Roosevelt informs Senator Warren that if the Navy is granted permission to build four new battleships, one will be named after Wyoming. Roosevelt would like Warren to amend the law to remove four monitors from the list of ships that will be named after the states.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-18
President Roosevelt congratulates Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte, and opines that “it is worth while having ‘a damn literary’ fellow in the administration.” He gives his opinion on a number of different names for ships.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-15
President Roosevelt opines to Gherardi Davis that a ship should not be named the United States. Roosevelt prefers other ship names.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-23