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Theodore Roosevelt has sent William Austin Wadsworth’s note to Archie. Mrs. Roosevelt has a grandchild visiting, as Ethel and Dick are in Paris. Roosevelt wishes it were possible for him to get up to see Wadsworth, but he fears, “a cob is about the type of animal I am now good for.” Roosevelt has never seen such a political mix up as at present.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-10-02
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt has a high opinion of Dr. Alexander O. Brodie, whom he met on the Michigan last year, and he hopes that Secretary of the Treasury Gage will be able to grant his request.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-30
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from his family physician, Dr. Alexander Lambert, who believes that Major E. L. H. Swift was misdiagnosed with diabetes and subsequently forced to retire from the Army. Lambert states that Swift is in sound health and Roosevelt asks that his case be reexamined.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-07
On the recommendation of Dr. Alexander Lambert, President Roosevelt supports the appointment of Dr. J. D. Brown as assistant surgeon of volunteers in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-02
Secretary of War Taft sends President Roosevelt a memorandum from Surgeon General Robert M. O’Reilly regarding the case of Army surgeon Aaron H. Appel, and personally opines that “Major Appel is a man whose presence in the Army is a detriment to it. He has been more trouble than all the other Surgeons in the Army put together.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-18
Representative Dick encloses a letter from Judge Alexander C. Kiskadden concerning charges made against Dr. Henry K. Spooner and Dr. M. A. Campbell. Dick agrees with Kiskadden that “these charges are merely the outgrowth of local factional differences and not inspired for the good of the service.” Dick encourages President Roosevelt not to take action based on the charges.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-02
Alex Kiskadden urges Charles Dick, chairman of the Ohio State Republican Executive Committee, to inform President Roosevelt that the charges against Dr. Spooner and Dr. Campbell of the Tiffin Pension Board are unfounded. Kiskadden gives a history of the attempts to remove these surgeons from the board, explaining that H. L. Wenner, who was a candidate for a position on the board, has made several claims against Spooner and Campbell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-27
Charles I. West had served under Captain Cowles in the navy and is now a doctor. He is being considered for the position of surgeon-in-chief of the Freedman’s Hospital of Washington, D.C., and requests that Cowles speak to President Roosevelt on his behalf.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-15