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Theodore Roosevelt writes a warm note of thanks to accompany a check to John M. Bowers of Bowers & Sands, the firm that represented him when he was sued for libel by Republican political boss William Barnes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-21
Theodore Roosevelt asks Theodore Douglas Robinson whether he remembers which senator Robinson brought to see Roosevelt in connection with the Senatorial investigation into William Barnes’s handling of the affairs in Albany. Roosevelt is involved in a libel suit with Barnes and wishes for Robinson to contact the lawyer handling the case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-18
Theodore Roosevelt writes J. T. Newcomb about the libel suit trial in Syracuse. Roosevelt would like Newcomb to be a witness in the trial. They would like to show that William Barnes was taking a personal interest in what was going on in Albany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-30
Theodore Roosevelt has sent Henry F. Cochems’s letter to John M. Bowers and William H. Van Benschoten, Roosevelt’s attorneys, and he believes it will be of help.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-16
John A. Gable discusses the discovery of three photographs that show Theodore Roosevelt and his cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt together. Gable also provides context for the photographs, discovered by the author Geoffrey C. Ward, in detailing the libel case brought against Theodore Roosevelt by William Barnes. The three photographs show the two Roosevelts on their way to court in Syracuse, New York, on May 4, 1915. Two of the photographs appear in the article. The photograph on the back cover of this issue, and referenced in the article, shows Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt onboard a ship with Theodore Roosevelt upon his return to the United States from his African safari in 1910.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1990