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George B. Cortelyou sends President Roosevelt a letter from Judge Charles F. McKenna. If Roosevelt sends for General Sickles and has William Loeb return McKenna’s letter, Cortelyou will “take up the other matters” with General Mulholland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-19
President Roosevelt sends Julius M. Mayer information on the Democrats who are supporting his reelection. Roosevelt would like to see meetings taking place on the east side of New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-07
President Roosevelt thanks Generals Daniel Edgar Sickles and Horatio C. King for their support. Roosevelt asks King to review his information on the Grand Army of the Republic found in the index of the enclosed volume.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-22
Theodore Roosevelt would like to read the book that Helen Longstreet has written about her husband, James. Roosevelt believes that all Americans should hold James Longstreet in high esteem, because of his leadership during the Civil War and for his patriotism after the war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-07
Although Dabney W. Diggs understands that Theodore Roosevelt is unable to formally address the Veterans of the Ninth Regiment, he asks if Roosevelt might consider joining the brotherhood at their reunion as a guest, not a speaker.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-19
S. S. McClure modifies his offer to hire President Roosevelt to write journal articles while on his African safari. McClure offers Roosevelt $60,000 for twelve articles, or $100,000 for twenty articles if Roosevelt visited other countries around the world after completing his safari. McClure is also interested in publishing a book by Roosevelt, and would offer royalties of 20% for the first five thousand copies, and 22 1/2% for sales beyond that. McClure says that he needs these articles more than others, and compares the situation to a conversation between General Daniel Edgar Sickles and President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. He would like to talk to Roosevelt in person, if possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-01
At the Grand Army of the Republic National Encampment, James Tanner spoke with Comrade Nevins about Democrats who voted for William Jennings Bryan but who “were open and pronounced” for President Roosevelt. After consulting with Dodge, they agreed that any formal effort made by the soldiers for Roosevelt’s cause should be led by General Sickles and not General Howard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-21
President Cleveland drives a stagecoach carrying a female passenger labeled “National Credit” and a trunk labeled “Gold Reserve.” The horse team is labeled “Firmness” and “Common Sense.” A pack of dogs is trying to rattle the horses. The dogs are identified as “Dana, Pulitzer, Frye, Bland, Sickles, Peffer, Reed, Boutelle, Wolcott, Pugh, Stewart, Jones, Morgan, Teller, [and] Lodge.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-03-13
Senator Lodge suggests making the Denver Post Office appointment of Mr. Randolph as “palatable as possible” to prominent Colorado politician Edward Oliver Wolcott, who harbors objections to his nomination due to Randolph’s political volatility.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-08
In a recent speech, General Sickles stated that if a canal is built across the Isthmus of Panama the United States must have sovereignty over the canal and adjacent territory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-14
Summary of a speech by General Sickles memorializing William McKinley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-24