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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Brooks Adams

President Roosevelt tells Brooks Adams that he doubts the community agreed with his position regarding the 25^th infantry, who are the African American soldiers involved in the recent episode at Fort Brown in Brownsville, Texas. Roosevelt also believes that Senator Joseph Benson Foraker has been representing Wall Street in attacking the president related to the Brownsville affair.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from William Loeb to William Howard Taft

William Loeb forwards Secretary of War Taft the recent letter that Chicago Record-Herald editor Frank B. Noyes sent to President Roosevelt concerning the Brownsville affair. Roosevelt would like an immediate report on the topic from Major Augustus Perry Blocksom.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-19

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank B. Noyes

President Roosevelt says that the issues regarding the Brownsville affair which Frank B. Noyes brought up in his recent letter is an important matter, and he will call for an immediate report to be made on the topic. Roosevelt looks forward to visiting with Noyes this winter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to M. C. Butler

President Roosevelt thanks former Senator Butler for his “commendation of my message,” and appreciates the praise from Sir Hubert. Roosevelt notes that his northern friends are troubling him over the recent military incident in Brownsville, Texas involving the African American 25^th infantry regiment as much as “I ever had with my southern friends over the southern situation.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from James Jeffrey Roche to Theodore Roosevelt

James Jeffrey Roche shares his views on a range of topics with President Roosevelt, including Roosevelt’s handling of Bellamy Storer’s “indiscretion” in Rome, the public’s response to the Brownsville case, and Roche’s support for Roosevelt’s simplified spelling idea.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-28

Creator(s)

Roche, James Jeffrey, 1847-1908

Letter from Fred W. Carpenter to William Loeb

Under the direction of Secretary of War Taft, Fred W. Carpenter responds to William Loeb, secretary to President Roosevelt, who requested information on precedents for discharging a battalion, including Robert E. Lee or any others. Carpenter encloses a reply from the office of the Military Secretary.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-05

Creator(s)

Carpenter, Fred W., 1873 or 1874-1957