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President Roosevelt asks Assistant Secretary of War Sanger if he could locate the discharge papers of John A. Peterson so that he may be admitted to the Soldier’s Home for treatment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-20
S. B. M. Young refutes a rumor he fears William Loeb may have heard that he is trying to remove General Hamilton Smith Hawkins from the leadership of the Soldiers’ Home, and states that he has “no desire to in any way inconvenience Gen. Hawkins.” Young does wish, however, for his grandson, Burton Y. Read, to be appointed as a cadet at the Military Academy in 1908. He wishes the Roosevelts and the Loebs a pleasant summer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-02
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to Robert Bathrick, explaining Roosevelt’s busy schedule and promising to bring the subject of the home for old soldiers to Roosevelt’s attention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-10
J. F. Houser asks Theodore Roosevelt to put him on the “dead head” list for Outing magazine at the Confederate Soldiers’ Home in Tennessee. Houser believes that when Roosevelt is nominated for president by progressives of either party, he will carry the votes of everyone in the home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-05
S. B. M. Young, superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, would like to be appointed Governor of the Soldiers’ Home if President Roosevelt can do so without “doing injustice to anyone.” He celebrates that Roosevelt “did fray that crazy quilt [William Jennings] Bryan to a frazzle,” and believes that his administration will go down in history on par with those of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-12
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