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Frank Harper requests the return of some volumes of Theodore Roosevelt’s speeches and messages that were sent to George A. Horkan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-11
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Joseph Leis for the pamphlet concerning the German monopoly of petroleum sent to Theodore Roosevelt. He writes that Roosevelt is pleased with the work King Carol I has done to curb Standard Oil Trust in Romania.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-09
President Roosevelt hopes that Colonel Hepburn is able to keep the Standard Oil and railroad coal-ownership propositions in the bill he is working on, as he believes it is very important.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-29
Thomas L. Hisgen credits Theodore Roosevelt for the success of the dissolution of the Standard Oil Trust.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-16
Governor Wilson thanks Edwin A. Van Valkenburg for the letter regarding the recent Supreme Court decisions in the Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust cases. He read the letter with deep interest and had intended to look into the English cases himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-28
Edwin A. Van Valkenburg presents arguments against the Supreme Court’s decisions in the Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust cases.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-21
James Rudolph Garfield shares a statement he is going to publish about the recent Supreme Court decision on the Standard Oil Trust. Garfield feels that the decision followed a claim that was made in the Beef Trust case. Garfield would like to meet with Theodore Roosevelt on Monday and is happy about the cabinet appointments that have recently occured.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-17
U.S. Attorney for the New Mexico Territory Llewellyn sends William Loeb an example of communications that he and other men of influence in New Mexico have received regarding the upcoming presidential election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-17
Llewellyn, William H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1851-1927
Ray Stannard Baker discusses the maximum rate problem with President Roosevelt. He also comments on how trusts like Standard Oil and the Beef Trust are not disturbed by competition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-25
Charles J. Bonaparte supplies Theodore Roosevelt with details about when several lawsuits were begun against trusts during Roosevelt’s presidency. Bonaparte confirms that he advised the bringing of suits against both Standard Oil and the Tobacco Trust, and supervised both while he was Attorney General. He asks Roosevelt what he knows about a political alliance mentioned in an enclosed letter, as he is not sure that it is aimed at upholding the original principles of the Republican party, as it suggests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-26