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Sterling E. Edmunds sends copies of the editorials he wrote for the St. Louis Chronicle. Edmunds’s opinion of President Roosevelt changed from a negative one to a positive one over the course of the election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-28
President Roosevelt cannot write the letter that Washington Lee University president George H. Denny asks for, as he has already promised such a letter to president of University of Virginia Edwin Anderson Alderman and Thomas Nelson Page.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-12
Nicholas Murray Butler informs Theodore Roosevelt of the general good feeling towards Roosevelt at a luncheon attended by Butler and southern politicians. Butler stresses that Roosevelt’s standing in the South has greatly improved upon his reelection and suggests some steps Roosevelt can take to cement that relationship.
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1904-12-16
In this article excerpt, Thomas Nelson Page discusses the role Thomas Jefferson played in establishing the University of Virginia. Jefferson’s quest to discover more knowledge compelled him to purchase the Louisiana Territory as well as build a university.
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1905
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary lets Mrs. J. Heinemann know Roosevelt has forwarded her letter on to the president of the University of Virginia. Roosevelt hopes for good results to the issue Heinemann brought to his attention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-03
Theodore Roosevelt has received Thomas Nelson Page’s letter about raising a Thomas Jefferson Memorial Fund as an endowment for the University of Virginia. Roosevelt believes fundraising efforts should reach people all across the country who care about higher education. Roosevelt believes the American people can carry out Jefferson’s work in the most gratifying way.
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1904-07-05
This newspaper article includes a section from a letter written by President Roosevelt to Thomas Nelson Page in which the president endorses a memorial endowment for Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia. Given Roosevelt’s previous negative remarks about Jefferson, the article states the president has broadened his mind since then. According to the article, “The letter can be viewed in no other light than as an endeavor to atone for the past and it should be accepted as such.”
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1904-11-21
Micajah Woods informs President Roosevelt of his unanimous election by the Red-Land Club as the organization’s only honorary member. The Club’s members want to meet Roosevelt personally, although many saw him during his visit to the University of Virginia. While the members hold differing political views, they have confidence in Roosevelt’s “honest purpose to do justice to all sections.” Woods reminds Roosevelt that his wife, Matilda Minor Woods, and daughter helped host him at Monticello. He wants to take Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to Farmington, the colonial era home of his sister Margaret Lynn Wood that Thomas Jefferson planned.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-03
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley encloses a letter expressing the decision by the commission concerning whether to give veterans a hiring preference for government positions. Commission President John R. Procter will sign the letter when he reaches Oyster Bay. Cooley also expresses his concern about a rumor that Commission President John R. Procter may be leaving his post for a position as president of the University of Virginia. He hopes that President Roosevelt can encourage Procter to remain on the Civil Service Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-29