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President Roosevelt would like the United States Civil Service commission to make an exception for William Norman, who has been captain of the presidential yacht the Sylph for two years. Roosevelt would like Norman to be made Assistant Inspector of Hulls in the Steamboat Inspection Service in New Orleans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-10
President Roosevelt thanks Nelson W. Evans for describing the first steamboat on the Ohio River, which his grand-uncle Nicholas J. Roosevelt helped construct.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-08
Acting Secretary of Commerce and Labor Smith informs Nevada N. Stranahan, customs collector for the Port of New York, of the delay in the ruling regarding life preservers and children under six years. He details the ruling’s reasons, which ultimately concludes that life preservers should be required for each child regardless of paid fare or age.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-21
William Brown McKinley asks that the quarantine for the SS Blücher be lifted because Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and his party are on board, expecting to reach Colón by the 22nd.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-13
William Crawford Gorgas notifies Congressman McKinley that he will receive the SS Blücher as requested, but any passengers who land at La Guaira, Venezuela, or ports in Colombia will be quarantined.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-13
The Hamburg-American Line asks if the SS Blücher will receive the same treatment at Colón it received in Venezuela. It notes that some of the passengers are Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and congressmen with whom he is touring.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-08
Secretary of the Navy Morton writes to President Roosevelt concerning the efforts to have the steamship Shawmut docked at Puget Sound Yard. Morton notes that he has consulted with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Hial Darling regarding this docking situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-24
The Grim Reaper, dressed as a steamboat captain, holds a scythe and directs crowds of people on an “Annual Sunday School Excursion” through the entrance to the “Wooden Steamboat Co.” to board an old wooden steamboat that is in disrepair and carrying outdated life preservers.
Only weeks previous to this cartoon’s publication, a steamship disaster in New York City’s East River occurred, and the inquest was convened when cartoonist J. S. Pughe memorialized the situation. The sidewheel excursion boat General Slocum caught fire and sank despite being close to shore, and 1021 people died of the full passenger and crew of 1342. It was New York’s worst loss of life until the 9-11 attack.
The P.S. [Paddle Steamer] General Slocum was carrying German-Americans of the Lower East Side, mostly members of St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, to their annual picnic on Long Island. The inquest resulted in a prison sentence for the captain, and few citations against the steamship company. Horrible violations, however, were revealed, including life preservers, lifeboats, and fire hoses so old that they were disintegrating.
![The United Nation’s [i.e. State’s] President, Roosevelt, viewing the famous historic sites – from the “Algonquin,” Charleston Harbor, S.C.](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/theodorerooseveltcenter/TRC/LCPP/thumbnails/Stereographic%20Images/1s02000/1s02006u.jpg)
President Roosevelt observing a site from the deck of the ship.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-05-20
Steamboat on the water.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-05-20
President Roosevelt stands with the Governor on the deck of the ship and four men can be seen in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-05-21
President Roosevelt, Mayor J. Adger Smyth of Charleston, and guests standing on boat.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-05-20
![President Roosevelt, Judge Simonson [i.e., Simonton] and Judge Brawley, chatting on the “Algonquin,” Charleston Harbor, S.C.](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/theodorerooseveltcenter/TRC/LCPP/thumbnails/Stereographic%20Images/1s01900/1s01998u.jpg)
President Roosevelt with Judges William H. Brawley and Charles H. Simonton on ship deck.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-05-20
President Roosevelt waving his hat from the deck of a boat. Two men can be seen standing in the background by an American flag.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-05-21
![President Roosevelt, Judge Simonson [i.e., Simonton] and Judge Brawley, chatting on the “Algonquin,” Charleston Harbor, S.C.](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/theodorerooseveltcenter/TRC/LCPP/thumbnails/Stereographic%20Images/1s01900/1s01986u.jpg)
President Roosevelt with Judges William H. Brawley and Charles H. Simonton and other men sitting on a boat.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-05-21
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs W. H. Molton that Roosevelt does not have a picture of the steamboat he mentions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-15
Theodore Roosevelt declines William A. Magee’s invitation to attend a celebration parade on behalf of himself, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and Ethel Roosevelt. Roosevelt is sorry not to be able to attend the parade in which a replica of the first steamboat built will appear, “as it was one of my name [Nicholas J. Roosevelt] who built the first steamboat.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-28
Theodore Roosevelt is glad to hear from Bernard Nadal Baker but would appreciate his refraining from discussing the steamship matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-29
Theodore Roosevelt tells Captain Rice that he has heard a great deal about him and his steamship Mongolia from Dr. J. William and Letitia Brown White. Roosevelt would like to shake Rice’s hand if he is ever in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-16
President Roosevelt updates Frederick Courteney Selous on the preparations for his Africa trip. He is giving caravan manager R. J. Cunninghame the “power commensurate with his responsibility,” and has directed him to hire support staff. Roosevelt wants to pay his bills before leaving for Africa, and asks Selous to request that they be sent over. He likes the double-barreled Holland rifle, and looks forward to seeing Selous on the steamer at Naples. In a postscript, he wonders if Selous could arrange for pipe tobacco to be sent to Nairobi for Kermit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-04