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Montgomery S. Burley asks Theodore Roosevelt to give a lecture at a series arranged by the Knights of Pythias in Texas in August 1912.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s thanks Mike E. Smith for his letter to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-03
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Colonel Lyon for the telegram giving the result of the state convention at Fort Worth, Texas. Roosevelt thanks Lyon for his support.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-03
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks B. O. Brown to submit his request regarding Roosevelt’s Texas itinerary to Colonel Cecil Andrew Lyon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-21
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs D. L. Ettelson that Roosevelt will be able to meet with him during a brief stop in Fort Worth, Texas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-14
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary sends regrets to William N. Wiggins that he cannot visit Fort Worth because his travel schedule has already been arranged.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-20
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to allow Commissioner of Pensions James L. Davenport to send Mrs. Moore Murdock a list of the Mexican War veterans. He advises, however, that Davenport can put any conditions necessary to prevent improper use of the list, and that this does not need to be a precedent for future action.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-08
E. Mont Reily is pleased that Theodore Roosevelt is visiting Fort Worth, Texas, and is sure he will be warmly welcomed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-13
Cecil Andrew Lyon tells Frank Harper that Theodore Roosevelt’s stop in Fort Worth, Texas, will now be omitted, due to the people’s hesitance to have him speak early in the morning. The special train will thus go straight to El Paso without stopping in Fort Worth.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-22
Buford O. Brown has heard that Theodore Roosevelt will spend a few hours in Fort Worth, Texas, on an upcoming trip. He asks if Roosevelt can speak to the students of the Polytechnic College while he is in town.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-15
David L. Ettelson is spending the winter at a resort in Mineral Wells, Texas, which is close to Fort Worth. He will join the crowds when Theodore Roosevelt visits Fort Worth, and would like to have a moment of Roosevelt’s time. Ettelson is a member of the Hamilton Club of Chicago, and would like to ask Roosevelt to send a word of greeting to the club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-08
Morris H. Mills hopes he will be able to meet Theodore Roosevelt when he stops to speak in Fort Worth, Texas. He has enjoyed the series of articles Roosevelt has recently published in The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-05
William N. Wiggins explains the Texas Sunday School Association’s plans to reach one million members of all denominations and conduct a state religious census in February. Additionally, the Association is hosting a State Sunday School Convention in Fort Worth in March. Noting that Theodore Roosevelt will be in Texas around the time of the convention, Wiggins inquires if he can make arrangements to speak.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-16
Photograph showing President Theodore Roosevelt (center) and a crowd gathered outside the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company building to hear Roosevelt speak.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-04-08
Photograph showing crowd gathered outside Texas & Pacific Railroad Company building to hear President Theodore Roosevelt speak.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-04-08
Photograph showing President Roosevelt greeting an audience of veterans from a raised platform with American flags and a Confederate flag at Fort Worth, Texas.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-04-12
Color postcard with image of Theodore Roosevelt speaking before a crowd and a caption below reading “President Roosevelt greeting old Soldiers at Fort Worth, Texas.” L. M. C. received Mrs. Will Calvin’s letter and tells her Martha has been doing well.
1911-12-12
David Webster Flanagan reports to President Roosevelt on the political situation in Texas. He feels confident in predicting that the state convention will be called early in favor of Roosevelt. Flanagan does predict that there may be some difficulty from the Eighth Congressional District, because one of the possible delegates is discontented at not being reappointed Postmaster, but he hopes to be able to muster a unified delegation from Texas who are all enthusiastically in favor for Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-23
E. Mont Reily has organized about twenty additional Roosevelt clubs and will only endorse members who will “keep the good work going.” He approves the appointment of his friend, George W. Burroughs, as postmaster at Fort Worth, Texas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-18
J. S. Foster extends his sympathy to Vice President Roosevelt after hearing of Alice and Quentin Roosevelt’s illnesses. He is a supporter of Roosevelt and believes Roosevelt will be the next president. Foster hopes to become the postmaster of Fort Worth, Texas, and requests that Roosevelt speak with President McKinley on his behalf.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-26