Spanish-American War (1898)

Letter from John D. Dow to Theodore Roosevelt

John D. Dow writes a long and mostly incoherent letter to Vice President Roosevelt. He discusses Alice Roosevelt’s recent illness and need for a dental operation. He seems to want Roosevelt to cooperate in a scheme to sell stock for an invention he has patented, a cattle car to ship cattle East. He believes Roosevelt could raise “2 to 4 million” in just a few days in the West. He also comments on the Rough Riders.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-27

Letter from Philip Reade to Theodore Roosevelt

Major Reade lists several prominent members of the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba that support giving Major Sharpe a life membership.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-27

Letter from Henry Nehemiah Burhans to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry Nehemiah Burhans, president of the Veteran Association of Onondaga County, regrets that Vice President Roosevelt cannot accept their invitation. He reiterates the extensive planning for the county’s veterans reunion and notes that thousands of veterans will likely be involved. Burhans and the veterans want Roosevelt to open their reunion and will allow him to select the date.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-29

Letter from Samuel W. Small to Theodore Roosevelt

Samuel W. Small served as chaplain of the Third Regiment, United States Volunteer Engineers during the Spanish-American War, and would like to join the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-29

Letter from Griffin Tolman to Theodore Roosevelt

Griffin Tolman has applied to be the register of the land office in Montgomery, Alabama, and requests Vice President Roosevelt’s help.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-29

Letter from James Andrew Drain to Theodore Roosevelt

James Andrew Drain will be traveling to Washington, D.C., to address claims by the State of Washington related to the Spanish-American War. He would like to meet with Vice President Roosevelt during his visit.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-06-26

Letter from E. J. Hutchinson to Theodore Roosevelt

E. J. Hutchinson writes to Vice President Roosevelt about a recent article in the Boston Herald. The article reported on a speech by Daniel Henry Chamberlain, as well as remarks by Charles S. Hamlin and Charles Eliot Norton, that criticized the government’s colonial policy, particularly with regard to the Spanish American war. Hutchinson is concerned because these charges come from such eminent people, and says that their statements need a public response.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-23

Sharply scored

Text of a speech delivered by Daniel Henry Chamberlain describing the Spanish-American War as “unmixed, pure evil” and in opposition to American colonial policy. At the same event, the annual dinner at Sanderson Academy, Charles Eliot Norton and Charles S. Hamlin spoke in support of Chamberlain’s point of view, while G. Stanley Hall expressed disapproval of the harsh terms that had been used to describe President McKinley.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-22

Letter from David E. Warford to Theodore Roosevelt

David E. Warford introduces himself to Vice-President Roosevelt as a former Rough Rider who was wounded in the Spanish-American War. Warford currently draws a government pension, but is unable to do hard work and cannot maintain himself on the sum he gets from his pension. He asks Roosevelt to use his influence to get him a position as a line rider in the Timber Reserve.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-05-08

Letter from Micah John Jenkins to Theodore Roosevelt

Micah John Jenkins, a member of the Rough Riders, asks for Governor Roosevelt’s support and assistance in assuring his proper rank in the retired lists of the U.S. Army.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-06-03

Letter from John Bigelow to Theodore Roosevelt

John Bigelow thanks Theodore Roosevelt for reviewing his work as a writer “on the late war,” presumably the Spanish-American War. He also asks for Roosevelt’s impression on the “colored” soldiers that fought in Cuba.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1899-09-17

Letter from V. Steenstrup to Theodore Roosevelt

Lieutenant Steenstrup of the Danish Army is planning a lecture on the Spanish-American War to be given to his comrades. He hopes that Governor Roosevelt, a well known participant in the war, can offer advice on the “best books dealing with the subject.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1899-09-29

Letter from Robert Harry Munro Ferguson to Theodore Roosevelt

Robert Harry Munro Ferguson wants to be involved in any way possible with Theodore Roosevelt’s expedition and thought of joining Troop A (of the Rough Riders).

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-24

Letter from William Tudor to Theodore Roosevelt

William Tudor writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt begging him to reconsider his decision to leave his post as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Tudor believes Roosevelt is better as an administrator than Secretary of the Navy John D. Long because Roosevelt favored war from the start.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-25

Letter from Thomas E. Fraser to Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas E. Fraser requests clarification from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt on where his regiment is to be drawn from. (Roosevelt’s original letter to Fraser had unintended bleed-through from another letter, with conflicting statements about where the men were going to be drawn from. Roosevelt told Fraser they should come from the West, but told John J. Fox Jr., that some would come from “Harvard and elsewhere.” Fraser underlines this portion and includes the notation “not west.”)

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-26

Letter from Samuel E. Moffett to Theodore Roosevelt

Samuel E. Moffett encloses Assistant Secretary Roosevelt’s letter with regrets that it should have been misinterpreted. He looks forward to hearing Roosevelt’s account of his achievements in Cuba.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-30

Letter from Frederick A. Stokes to Theodore Roosevelt

Frederick A. Stokes hopes that Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt considers publishing an account of his experiences in the Spanish-American War with the Stokes Publishing Company. Stokes assures Roosevelt that they will publish on Roosevelt’s terms and refers Roosevelt to Lieutenant Peary as a reference for the company. Stokes also mentions a few of the other writers who they have published, and asks that Roosevelt write him back while acknowledging how busy Roosevelt is with war work.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-05-07

Letter from Walter L. Church to Theodore Roosevelt

Walter Church reports to Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt that he stayed in Boston as long as he could, and then headed to Skagway, Alaska, where he is currently practicing law. Church congratulates Roosevelt on the promotion, and expresses his confidence that in time he will be voting for Roosevelt for president. Church thinks Alaska has a great future and hopes that Roosevelt might help him apply to be a United States Commissioner in Skagway, should the position open.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-05-10

Letter from William Beer to Theodore Roosevelt

William Beer of Howard Memorial Library in New Orleans asks Theodore Roosevelt to protect the archives in Havana if he has the time. There are many important documents related to the history of Louisiana, which were sent to Havana in 1803.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-05-11

Letter from Theodore Schwan to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Adjutant General Schwan orders Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry to go to San Antonio, Texas, and report to Colonel Leonard Wood, the commander of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry. Schwan does so on the orders of Secretary of War R. A. Alger and Major General Nelson Appleton Miles.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-05-11