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Dabney S. Royster thanks Theodore Roosevelt for taking an interest in his case. Royster encloses the letter he just received from Col. James A. Mattison and it doesn’t look good. Roysster hopes Roosevelt can get him moved to a different location because he can only stay at Adam’s Memorial Sanitorium another month.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-24
S. L. Chantz encourages Theodore Roosevelt to accept the nomination for president. Chantz will support Roosevelt’s election because Roosevelt is the man who can handle any difficulty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-17
George W. Geer encourages Theodore Roosevelt to accept the nomination and become the next president. Geer explains his ancestors were the earliest settlers in America, fighting in every war, including the Civil War where he and his two brothers were injured. Geer plans to get every veteran to vote for Roosevelt. In his postscript Geer mentions his son, J. Eugene Geer, who traveled with Roosevelt during his first presidential campaign in 1904.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-18
This pamphlet is a long list of reasons why someone should vote for Theodore Roosevelt to be president and continue the prosperity the Republican Party has brought to the United States over the last seven years. The author lists Roosevelt’s fearlessness, loyalty, and patriotism among other personal qualities. Deeds such as securing the Panama Canal, improving the Army and Navy, and his work for the workingman are also included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904
President Roosevelt reports that he is having a touch of the “Cuban fever” and is glad to be in the house with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He reports on the family pets and that Quentin is learning to ride a pony. Edith is going to take the three children to Doctor Rixey’s farm. Roosevelt says he is working hard on his address to Congress.
1903-10-24
A typed draft of an oral statement made by Commander Richard Wainwright regarding a naval engagement during the Spanish-American War. Wainwright is to edit the statement and return it to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
Wainwright, Richard, 1849-1926; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt writes to Captain Evans regarding various aspects of the use of battleships in conflict with Spain. He also comments on the various degrees of preparedness of the branches of the Armed Forces.
1898-04-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Captain Evans that he will speak to the Secretary and that he has been advising along the same lines as Evans advises in his letter. Roosevelt feels that the sailing of Spanish torpedo catchers should be treated as a mobilizing hostile army.
1898-03-16
Theodore Roosevelt assures Anna Sloan Bissell that the information printed in the Sun regarding his payment of taxes while fighting in Cuba during the Spanish-American War was false.
1910-10-20
W. Scott Brown writes Theodore Roosevelt that he wishes to raise a regiment of “colored volunteers.” He has met Roosevelt in the past.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917-04
William R. Staff wishes to serve with African American troops in Theodore Roosevelt’s division. He writes that he served in Cuba with Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917-04-19
Captain Mason writes that he wishes to raise a company of men as he had done in Spanish-American War.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917-04-17
Theodore Roosevelt invites Ernest Hugh Fitzpatrick to lunch at The Outlook. Roosevelt praises Fitzpatrick for his volume contribution on the Spanish-American War and wants to go over it with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-19
As he is unable to attend in person, President Roosevelt asks General Darling to “extend his hearty regards to my comrades of the Spanish War.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-29
President Roosevelt is glad to hear from Captain McCoy and learn about the camp at Fort Riley. He is uncertain if he can obtain the copy of Major George M. Barber’s journal notes McCoy requests. Instead, he sends an edition of Rough Riders for reference. As a member of the campaign in question, Roosevelt wants to know who takes exception to Captain Herbert H. Sargent’s account and why.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-27
President Roosevelt sends George P. Hamner a letter stating that Hamner became ill while serving as Roosevelt’s secretary at Camp Wikoff as a result of malaria contracted in the service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-08
President Roosevelt sympathizes with the Catholic War Veterans’ Benevolent and Memorial Legion, of which John D. McHenry is president. Roosevelt believes that every “good citizen” must sympathize with its goals of honoring those who have died with a proper memorial service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-11
President Roosevelt looked over Admiral Sims’s letter and the “accompanying admirable article.” He agrees it is discouraging to have previously resolved arguments resurrected, especially those concerning the relationship between rapidity of shots and accuracy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-29
President Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of War Taft and has removed the reference to receivership from his speech. The “Philippine question” is the only point on which he remains uneasy. He details his thoughts and concerns about the United States’ continued relationship with the islands, including their strategic importance in the event of a conflict with Japan and the issue of granting autonomy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-21
President Roosevelt tells Senator Scott that the neither the Tenth Cavalry, nor any other regiment, “ever rescued the Rough Riders from any predicament.” He explains that his regiment fought next to the First and Tenth regulars, and the three regiments fought well, but none of them “was ever helped out of a scrape by another, or ever helped another out of a scrape” outside of the implications of fighting side by side.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-24