United States

Telegram from Francis B. Loomis to Joseph Hodges Choate

Acting Secretary of State Loomis informs Ambassador Choate that Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor Howard Metcalf has suggested the American government provide a vessel to patrol the Commander Islands for the purpose of seizing and arresting any American vessels found poaching fur seals. Loomis requests that Choate “ascertain if this suggestion is acceptable to the British Government.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-18

Telegram from Francis B. Loomis to Spencer F. Eddy

Acting Secretary of State Loomis informs Chargé d’Affaires Eddy that they believe it would be best for the American Government to provide a vessel to patrol the Commander Islands for the purpose of seizing and arresting any American vessels found poaching fur seals, instead of having the British Government inform them of American poaching. Loomis requests that Eddy make an inquiry of the Russian Government to see if they are amenable to this suggestion.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-18

Letter from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Loomis reports that there has been correspondence from the British government concerning their plan to send a gunboat to the Commander Islands to prevent fur seal poaching by British and Japanese vessels. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor Howard Metcalf has suggested that the United States government should also send a gunboat to prevent poaching by American vessels. If the British and Russian governments are amenable to this plan, President Roosevelt has the option of ordering a gunboat for this purpose.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-18

Telegram from George W. Davis to Henry Clark Corbin

George W. Davis writes Adjutant General Corbin about a possible reduction in American troops in the Philippines. Davis asserts that a force made up of half Filippino troops would be less expensive to the American military and good for relations with Philippine government.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-05

Letter from Marcus Braun to William Loeb

Marcus Braun expresses disappointment that President Roosevelt will not record his voice for the gramophone archive of Berlin and addresses other issues in William Loeb’s letter. Braun also informs Loeb of the various Republican Leagues he has formed in order to organize voters for the upcoming election. Braun recommends that Loeb organize the foreign press bureau and suggests hiring Max Stern to ensure as many voters as possible turn out for Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-08

Telegram from George B. Cortelyou to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou asks President Roosevelt to defer filling an opening at the Department until his return. Cortelyou asks Roosevelt to have William Loeb wire him an update.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-23

Letter from James Sullivan Clarkson to Benjamin F. Barnes

James Sullivan Clarkson asks Benjamin F. Barnes to bring to President Roosevelt’s attention correspondence regarding the process of naturalization. Because of a law requiring a person to be naturalized ninety days before voting in an election and the limits on how many naturalization cases the court can handle each day, Clarkson suggests that Roosevelt increase the number of workers in the Naturalization Bureau.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-14

Letter from Thomas H. Herndon to Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas H. Herndon informs President Roosevelt that he has been chosen to be an honorary member of the American Cross of Honor.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-09

Telegram from Federated Trades and Labor Council to Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Rutenbeck and Tom C. Seaward write on behalf of the Federated Trades and Labor Council to President Roosevelt to take action against the Citizen’s Alliance taking control in Colorado.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-11

Letter from John E. Milholland to Theodore Roosevelt

John E. Milholland informs President Roosevelt that famous inventor Guglielmo Marconi is traveling to America and encourages Roosevelt to invite Marconi to dine with him. Milholland also says he is glad that Roosevelt, despite party opposition, has not backed down on the “Negro question.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-11

Memorandum from Theodore Roosevelt to Naval War College

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt lists several confidential problems regarding foreign matters for the Naval War College. Roosevelt asks what and how interventions will be employed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-26

Roosevelt and righteousness

The article discusses Theodore Roosevelt’s statements on morality and international justice, criticizing his foreign policy actions related to the Panama Canal.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-09

The rascality of these men

Theodore Roosevelt recently testified to the congressional commission that he acted on his own initiative in allowing the steel trust to absorb the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. However, as editor C. F. Phillips reports, a statement by Roosevelt to Charles Hunter would suggest otherwise. If authentic, the statement raises questions about Roosevelt’s public silence on the corrupt practices and “rascality of these men” of high finance. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-08

Tariff tinkers imperil nation: attacks on business interests by politicians will injure working people

In a letter from Henry B. Joy to Wilbur Fisk Wakeman published in the Detroit Free Press, Joy discusses his current views of political conditions, warning against the dangers of tariff tinkering and the interests of the American people. Joy further comments on the upcoming presidential election, where he sees a Democratic administration taking over but hopes for Republican nomination.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-23

Causes of unrest

Henry E. Huck argues that the world’s “discontented populations” show gross ingratitude by repaying their kind acceptance by the United States and England with constant provocations against each other. Such provocations will end in a global war. He proposes the two countries join forces through a court of arbitration.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-03

German immigration to Pennsylvania

Benjamin K. Focht addresses the Hummel family reunion. Focht discusses German immigration to Pennsylvania, starting with a history of Germany and leading to the contributions that German-Americans have made to public life in the United States. This is a published version of a speech that Focht gave August 28, 1907.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908

The coming revolt

The writer of the article draws parallels between corruption and graft in politics and the corrupt practices that allow big businesses to accumulate and control most of the money in the country. The article quotes heavily from an article in Everybody’s Magazine by Lincoln Steffens that criticizes the few rich businessmen who control most of the capital of the country. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James C. Martin

Following William H. Taft’s election as president, President Roosevelt responds to James C. Martin’s letter stating that many voters would not support Taft because of his Unitarian religion and perceived sympathy with Catholics. Roosevelt takes the opportunity to broadly state that he believes that the faith of political candidates is a personal matter that voters should not take into account. He believes that voting for candidates based on their religion violates the principles of religious freedom that America is founded upon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James C. Martin

Following the election of William H. Taft, President Roosevelt responds to the issue of whether a candidate’s religious affiliation should influence a political election. This copy of his letter to James C. Martin shows his edits, condensing the text to address the central question.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-06

“All things come to him who waits”

Uncle Sam whittles as men celebrate “Panama independence” in the background. He has a tag in his hat: “that canal.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-06