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Letter from Samuel A. Thompson to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Samuel A. Thompson to Theodore Roosevelt

Samuel A. Thompson writes to President Roosevelt with a number of suggestions and pieces of information for Roosevelt to consider when preparing for his African safari. While Thompson has not been to Africa, he has traveled in the tropics in Venezuela, and advises Roosevelt about the sorts of dangers he may face from insects and other things that, in the northern hemisphere, may be of little consequence. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-30

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft is doubtful about keeping Tomás Estrada Palma in the presidency. Estrada Palma is honest and well-liked by property holders and conservatives. Assistant Secretary of State Bacon believes Estrada Palma should stay for continuity of the government that the United States created four years prior. Taft agrees with Bacon only because there is no suitable Liberal presidential candidate. Removing those House and Senate officials who were elected by fraud would impress upon people the importance of fair elections and stamping out abuses of power. Taft wants the insurgents to lay down their arms and is meeting with their generals today but is doubtful, since some insurgents prefer conflict as they are “lawless persons of no particular standing in times of peace.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-22

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft originally planned to make Secretary of State Root and his family comfortable on one of the Panama Railroad Company’s steamers, but he now believes a warship will be more suitable. Root cannot have the USS Charleston because it has gone off into the Pacific, but Taft advises President Roosevelt to have Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte or Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry make arrangements for one of the new cruisers to bring Root home.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-27