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Samuel H. Piles writes to President Roosevelt to discuss the Chinese boycott of American goods. Piles and others believe that the boycott has threatened commercial trade on the Pacific coast.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-02
Edward Henry Harriman tells President Roosevelt that he will be leaving for the Pacific Coast and soon after will sail for Japan to stay until October or November.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-05
John Barrett asks Benjamin F. Barnes to pass along a note to President Roosevelt about the possibility of a Cabinet appointment from the Pacific Coast.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-15
John A. Sleicher writes to President Roosevelt about the upcoming Republican National Convention including the speech to be made by former New York Governor Frank Swett Black and strategies to ensure that Roosevelt will be nominated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-09
In the first letter, Edward Henry Harriman tells President Roosevelt about a meeting he had with Cleveland Dodge. The second letter mentions an unnamed man in connection with a potential appointment on the Pacific Coast.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-07
Captain A. T. Mahan will be writing an authoritative article about the composition of the Great White Fleet and the reasons for sending it first to the Pacific Coast, and then around the world. The article will feature in an upcoming double-size special Navy edition of Scientific American, which will be available December 7, 1907.
Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1907
In this cancelled draft of a letter, Theodore Roosevelt declines Reverend Hamner’s invitation, because he is about to depart for the Pacific Coast.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-07-10
Japanese businessman Kōjirō Matsukata addresses honorary commercial commissioners from the United States Pacific Coast. He expresses the admiration and appreciation that Japan has for the United States, and hopes that the friendship between the two nations can continue. In particular, Matsukata hopes that trade relations between the two countries will improve.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-01
A report for Secretary of War Taft outlines the amount of additional money that should be added to appropriations in the fortification bill. The money will account for various fortifications, ordnance, and ammunition to defend locations along the Pacific Coast, as well as in the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-27
Davis S. Chamberlain recounts his recent trip to Japan and argues that the likelihood of war between Japan and the United States is high. Chamberlain urges steps be taken immediately to particularly bolster the Navy to prepare for eventual war, suggesting enacting a graduated income and inheritance tax to pay for it. He believes that such a measure would have broad popular support and could successfully be ratified as a new amendment if need be.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-18
Frank H. Hitchcock has two competing job opportunities. President Roosevelt and Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer want Hitchcock to stay in his position as Assistant Postmaster General, while Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou wants him to replace the current Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Hitchcock is dismayed that the press makes him out to be the only man who can assess the current political climate in the Roosevelt administration, and swears that he is not currently campaigning for any candidate for president. Hitchcock has traveled around the South, Midwest, and Pacific coast, alarming local politicians who assume he is campaigning. Hitchcock has jurisdiction over several thousand postmasters in the United States, further establishing his influence over the nominating process.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-01
Speaking to an overflow assembly of persons celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Presbyterian Home Missions, President Roosevelt remarks on the expansion of the nation, materially and spiritually. He notes that the churches are necessary to the nation’s advancement, ensuring that the forces of evil that arise with industrialization are countered by forces for good.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-20
Index listing of President Roosevelt’s speeches made during his tour of the Pacific Coast in April of 1903.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903
John Barrett is touring the West Coast before traveling abroad and submits a few reflections on the political situation in this area; particularly California, Oregon, and Washington. Barrett points out his opinion that President Roosevelt is much more popular than the Republican Party on the West Coast, which is “rent into warring factions.” Barrett believes that the appointment of a western member to Roosevelt’s cabinet would be a positive step.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-30
John Barrett sends two enclosures on the general political situation on the Pacific coast. Harvey W. Scott, editor of The Oregonian, considered the most influential editor on the West Coast is coming to Washington. Barrett encourages George B. Cortelyou to look after Scott.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-30
With Theodore Roosevelt’s assistance, C. Hart Merriam has been able to reach a conclusion regarding the bobcats of the southern Rocky Mountain region. Merriam was interested in seeing large skulls from Colorado to see if they match specimens from the Uinta Mountains. Merriam thanks Roosevelt for his contribution to the Biological Survey, and asks to keep some of the skulls. Merriam also responds to Roosevelt’s request for information about deer. Merriam has not been able to obtain a white-tailed deer specimen from any location in the far west.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-05-18