“Another kind of larceny”
President Roosevelt cries “Hey!” from a pool of water as William Jennings Bryan runs off with “my policies” and his “big stick.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-05
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Social policy
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to J. P. Mortlid
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary defends the Progressive Party’s labor policies and states that Roosevelt wants to “try to give every man and woman a fair show in life.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-10-31
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Matthew Nathan
President Roosevelt tells Matthew Nathan, Governor of Natal, that he wishes he could visit South Africa to see the growth of its “great self-governing commonwealths.” Roosevelt believes that great things could happen in South Africa, and would like to see the Dutch and English people there blend into one people. He will give Nathan’s regards to his daughter Alice.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-23