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President Roosevelt sends Dora Cleveland his deepest sympathy for the recent death of her son, Melvin L. Cleveland. Melvin fell overboard into the Potomac River while part of a naval procession welcoming Roosevelt back to the Washington area on November 26, 1906. Roosevelt tells her he will see if anything further can be done about the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-20
President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit about his mother’s and siblings’ lives, as well as the legislative progress he has made recently. Roosevelt has had difficulties with California, Japan, and Panama. He agrees with Kermit about the merits of Mark Twain and Robert Browning and their use of history as a narrative tool.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-16
Secretary of State Root sends President Roosevelt the details of his return to the United States in a cipher code. He expects to be at the Potomac River on September 30, and asks that either the Dolphin or the Sylph meet the USS Columbia at Piney Point that morning.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09
Secretary of State Root communicates his travel plans to Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee at the White House, saying he will sail from Colon, Panama, through Cartagena, Colombia, and eventually up the Potomac River to Piney Point, Maryland. He says President Roosevelt telegraphed him, saying that he will have the ship Dolphin or Sylph ready to transport Root to the capitol the morning of September 30.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-21
Secretary of State Root is leaving Cartagena, Colombia, on September 24. He asks President Roosevelt to have ships Dolphin or Sylph meet him at Piney Point, Maryland. Regarding the speech, Root wants more time to familiarize himself with the material and course of campaign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-21
Secretary of State Root notifies President Roosevelt that he will be passing by Cuba and wants to know if he can be of use there. He also wonders if a ship can meet them at the mouth of the Potomac River and take them to Washington because they have accumulated too much miscellaneous luggage to carry around New York. In addition, he asks Roosevelt when he will be returning to Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-16
Surgeon General Walter Wyman discusses his work, including managing quarantines and investigating an outbreak of typhoid fever. Wyman also writes about time spent at the Chevy Chase Club and expresses kind remarks to Loeb and his wife, Mrs. Katharine Loeb.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-09
J. J. Jusserand encloses a telegram to President Roosevelt and sends under separate cover the memoirs of Dutch Baron de DeDour. Jusserand and de DeDour enjoyed a delightful evening along the Potomac.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-27
President Roosevelt leans on his big stick with “On Hunting in Africa” strapped around his shoulders. He looks across the “Potomac” at the United States Capitol Building and “T. R.’s presidential” and “twilight zone” as the darkness of “March 4th” descends.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01
Transcript of a letter by George Washington on the principles that should guide the United States in foreign politics and other matters. Washington also references a “Plan of a New City,” referring to Washington, D.C. A fragment of the original handwritten letter is included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1793-04-22