Tennessee

Attorney General Moody informs President Roosevelt about a request from Representative Brownlow regarding the appointment of a district judge in Tennessee if the health of Judge Hammond continues to decline. Brownlow would like to be consulted before an appointment is made because he notes that several judges in Tennessee are ex-confederate supporters and would like to see Union supporters rewarded for their loyalty. Moody also praises a political cartoon that ran in the Washington Post.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-06

Eugene Snowden asks William Loeb to congratulate President Roosevelt on his behalf for winning the nomination for president at the Republican National Convention. Snowden offers to help with Roosevelt’s campaign in any way he can, especially in the south where he is acquainted with many of the states’ leaders.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-01

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

James Summerville describes the activities of the new Nashville, Tennessee, chapter of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), including its involvement in the TRA’s police award and teddy bear programs. Summerville also relays some of Theodore Roosevelt’s history with the state of Tennessee, noting his visits to the state, his appreciation of its history, his views on Andrew Jackson, and his efforts to help fund the preservation of Jackson’s home, The Hermitage.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1999

In a letter to the editor, Edward P. Moses states that the Senate Committee of Education will hear Senator John Houk’s bill providing for the collection, transcription, publication, and distribution of materials relating to Tennessee history on the following Monday. He discusses how many books on history were possible because of manuscript collections.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-23

Representative McKinney argues to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1834 that free black people are worse off than slaves because they neither have social and political equality with white people, nor have any sort of social safety net or people to care for them. He alleges that abolishing slavery in Tennessee would simply result in the slaves being taken out of Tennessee to other Southern states where they would still be enslaved and would be in worse conditions than if they had stayed in Tennessee. If, on the other hand, they contrived a law to free slaves and make sure they stayed in Tennessee to be freed, McKinney sees a world where the now-free black people would rise up to free slaves in other states by violent force. McKinney prefers instead to work towards ending slavery by returning black people to Africa.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1834

President Roosevelt thanks Marcus J. Wright for the book, and expresses his interest in Tennessee history.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-11

John Houk apologizes for “anything improper” that he may have said during an intense congressional contest for the Republican nomination in his Tennessee district.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-13

President Roosevelt forwards to Acting Postmaster General Wynne a clipping stating that political assessments have been made against all postmasters in the Third District of Tennessee. Roosevelt instructs Wynne to send the circular of the Civil Service Commission to the postmasters, informing them that they may contribute as much or as little as they wish, without fear of repercussions. Roosevelt also tells Wynne to send copies of his letter to Robert S. Sharp, the congressional candidate for the Third District, and to the chairman of the Republican State Committee, J. C. R. McCall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-05

President Roosevelt honors General Luke E. Wright on his return from the Philippines. Roosevelt praises both the state of Tennessee and Wright. Roosevelt gives several examples of how the United States is once again a whole entity, using especially Wright’s conduct as acting governor of the Philippines. He also discusses the United States’ actions and duties in the Philippines, and addresses charges of wrongdoing against the U.S. Army. He notes that while the U.S. has made some steps towards allowing self-government for the Filipinos, it would be more dangerous to move too quickly towards self-rule than to move too slowly. This is the press copy of Roosevelt’s speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-19

President Roosevelt honors Luke E. Wright on his return from the Philippines. Roosevelt praises both the state of Tennessee and Wright. Roosevelt gives several examples of how the United States is once again a whole entity, using especially Wright’s conduct as acting governor of the Philippines. He also discusses the United States’ actions and duties in the Philippines, and addresses charges of wrongdoing against the U.S. Army. He notes that while the U.S. has made some steps towards allowing self-government for the Filipinos, it would be more dangerous to move too quickly towards self-rule than to move too slowly. This is the press copy of Roosevelt’s speech with edits and applause noted.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-19

President Roosevelt honors General Luke E. Wright on his return from the Philippines. Roosevelt praises both the state of Tennessee and Wright. Roosevelt gives several examples of how the United States is once again a whole entity, using especially Wright’s conduct as acting governor of the Philippines. He also discusses the United States’ actions and duties in the Philippines, and addresses charges of wrongdoing against the U.S. Army. He notes that while the U.S. has made some steps towards allowing self-government for the Filipinos, it would be more dangerous to move too quickly towards self-rule than to move too slowly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt says he is glad to see the people of Hickory, North Carolina, and to have traveled through North Carolina and Tennessee in the last few days. He says that he is pleased to witness the American South’s industrial growth, which he views as good for all sections of the country. He argues that it is better for some to prosper too much when all are prospering than for all to not have enough and that intelligent work is better than class envy or sectional conflict.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-09

President Roosevelt tells the crowd he is glad to see them but wishes he could have passed through in daylight to see their “grand and beautiful historic state.” He says he will visit Virginia again soon. Referring to his journey through North Carolina and Tennessee, Roosevelt says that all Americans, especially the president, should travel and see that sectional differences are trivial while American similarities are fundamental. He states that Americans will rise or fall together. Roosevelt concludes by recognizing the special relationship Virginia has with American history in peacetime and war.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-09

Handwritten draft of chapter eight from the “St. Clair and Wayne” section of The Winning of the West.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1894

Theodore Roosevelt thanks O. R. Robertson for his letter and encourages him to write to other Progressives in Tennessee.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1912-06-26

Notes taken by Theodore Roosevelt on various books, including Old Times in West Tennessee by Joseph S. Williams (1873) and Early Years in Middle Tennessee by John Carr (1857). The notes, which include page numbers in the researched works, may have been taken while Roosevelt was writing his book The Winning of the West.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

Unknown

After U.S. Marshal Richard Wilson Austin’s speech incited a riot causing four deaths in Tennessee, John Houk asks if Roosevelt’s administration can afford responsibility for Austin’s behavior.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-09

Tennessee politician and U.S. Marshal Richard Wilson Austin is planning to run against Nathan Wesley Hale for Congress. John Houk cautions that Austin would be a traitor to President Roosevelt’s administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-14

J. M. Dickinson updates Eli Shelby Hammond on his efforts in Tennessee and Mississippi to ensure ratification of the Panama treaty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-08