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Anna Roosevelt Cowles asks President Roosevelt if he is allowed to autograph a few of his books for sale at a fair in Hartford, Connecticut. Cowles discusses her interest in local political matters and describes a finger injury her son, William Sheffield Cowles Jr., suffered at the expense of a bicycle chain.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-17
Photograph showing President Roosevelt with his “Tennis Cabinet” on the White House lawn on March 1, 1909, when a farewell luncheon was held for the group. Shown from left to right behind Theodore Roosevelt are military aide Archie Butt, Third Assistant Secretary of State William Phillips, Commissioner of the Bureau of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop, Chief of U.S. Forest Service Gifford Pinchot, Comptroller of Currency Lawrence O. Murray, U.S. District Attorney Henry L. Stimson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Associate Justice William H. Moody, U.S. District Attorney John Carter Rose, Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry, G. W. Woodruff, French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand, William Walter Heffelfinger, Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer, Commission of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp, John Avery McIlhenny, Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, U.S. Marshal Seth Bullock, Solicitor General Henry Martyn Hoyt, U.S. Marshal John R. Abernathy, Luther S. Kelly, Secretary of State Robert Bacon, Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill, William Wingate Sewall, Commissioner General of Immigration Daniel J. Keefe, First Assistant Secretary of State James Callan O’Laughlin, James Bronson Reynolds, Henry S. Pritchett, and secretary William Loeb. In the foreground is the Alexander Phimster Proctor sculpture, “Stalking Panther,” which was presented to Roosevelt by his “Tennis Cabinet” at the luncheon.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-03-01
This newspaper article examines President of the Standard Oil Company in Indiana James A. Moffett’s defense of the company’s actions in Illinois as well as Commissioner Herbert K. Knox’s rebuttal. The author believes that Moffett’s defense was not disproved by Knox and thinks a higher court will rule in this manner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-17
Theodore Roosevelt’s sister notifies him that a number of people would like to pay their respects. Among them are Appleton Clark, husband of Grace Walton Roosevelt, and the mother of Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-26
A booklet published by the Progressive National Committee. The publication lists the names of people in the Progressive Party’s administration and outlines the party’s ideals and goals. The Table of Contents is as follows: Organization of the National Service; Division of Administration – Organization of State Services, Office Organization; Department Work – Social and Industrial Justice, Conservation, Popular Government, Cost of Living and Corporation Control; Bureau of Education; Bureau of Legislative Reference.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1913-03-31
President Roosevelt must reinforce the verdict of the Commission in regards to the case. Roosevelt reviews the members of the commission and highlights the Army and Navy representatives that were on the board. Governor Benjamin B. Odell and Judge Hasbrouck have spoken out on behalf of Inspector Robert S. Rodie in regards to his role in the sinking of the General Slocum.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-12
Theodore Roosevelt asks George W. Perkins to inform William Draper Lewis and Herbert Knox Smith that he will “crib shamelessly” from Smith’s memorandum for the closing part of his Kansas City speech. For the next three weeks William Loeb is going at things exclusively from the Republican side because he thinks Roosevelt and Perkins cannot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-13
Theodore Roosevelt reflects on the state of the country and the reasons why the Republican party is unlikely to nominate him for president.
1916-04-27
Theodore Roosevelt shares his thoughts on the possibility of being nominated as the Republican candidate for president, and on potential outcomes of the election.
1916-02-03
The letter is signed by Edith Roosevelt, as Theodore Roosevelt is recuperating in hospital after the assassination attempt. He wants to assure Anna Roosevelt Cowles that he is doing well and enjoying the time to rest with Edith and his children with him. He would prefer to be campaigning but he is thrilled with the work Joseph W. Alsop and Herbert Knox Smith are doing. Roosevelt also loved William S. Cowles’s letter.
1912-10-19
Theodore Roosevelt gives his opinion on who should be invited to Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s house while he is visiting.
1912-12-16