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President Roosevelt wishes he could be in Brooklyn on November 20 when the enlisted men present a gift to Helen Miller Gould, but he cannot as he will be at Hampton Roads reviewing the fleet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-16
Carl Theodore Vogelgesang, commander of the presidential yacht USS Mayflower, sends William Loeb an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the recent grounding of the ship to be presented to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-08
Postcard featuring a color image of the Mayflower, with Theodore Roosevelt on board, and other ships in Hampton Roads harbor, February 22, 1909.
1909-11-10
The film depicts multiple large ships in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, harbor. Each ship is decorated with flags of various nations.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1907
The Great White Fleet returning from the world cruise to Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-02-22
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt enjoyed Captain Cowles’s letters and will try to get an “automatic gun and small arms” from the ordnance department so Cowles can properly face “Baptist filibusters.” Roosevelt is enjoying his work and believes he is accomplishing a great deal at the Navy Department. He requests Cowles’s help in determining when an unnamed admiral will be at Hampton Roads. In a subsequent handwritten note, Cowles provides Anna Roosevelt Cowles with information on his travel schedule.
1897-08-18