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Nelson P. Webster reports that the cruiser Denver has passed the capes of Virginia en route to Havana, but will be redirected to Key West to await orders. Other ships will be held ready to sail.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-09
Leslie M. Shaw informs J. S. Sherman that there is no longer doubt about their victory in the congressional campaign after Speaker Cannon’s speech, President Roosevelt’s letter, and Col. Bryan’s acceptance. Shaw recommends sending Republican speakers through neglected Democratic districts in the South where the margin of victory was small to begin cultivating support that might lead to Republican victories in 1916.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-05
In an address at Hampton Normal School, President Roosevelt praised the school for making colored men and women better citizens because “in the interests of the white man” it is the “safest and best thing that could happen.” He urged members of his audience to “take up work on the farm” and do “hand work” but “develop his brain to guide his hand work…” “Most important of all is character… to secure their own self respect and the respect of others…” Roosevelt concluded that, “The negro criminal… tends to the bitter animosities, the bitter prejudices for which, not he alone, but his whole race will suffer.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-31
Representative Slemp reports to President Roosevelt on the upcoming elections in Virginia. Slemp feels confident that Lunsford L. Lewis can win the gubernatorial race if more funds are provided for the campaign. Slemp asks Roosevelt to help him secure assistance from George B. Cortelyou and Cornelius Newton Bliss, both leaders in the Republican National Committee, to raise “the small sum of $25,0000.00” for the campaign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-09
Acting Secretary of the Treasury Taylor informs William Loeb that three men—Park Agnew, E. P. McLean, and Thomas Lowry—have been asked to resign from the Republican State Central Committee of Virginia and to review requirements about “political assessments and undue political activity.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-23
Addison B. Atkins encloses a clipping from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and reports on the political situation in New York, West Virginia, and Virginia, where Democrats appear to be doing poorly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-09
Announcement of the launch of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on October 27, 1984. The announcement lists the dignitaries and speakers at the launch ceremony and gives statistics about the ship such as its length, height, and speed. An illustration of both sides of the medallion of the Theodore Roosevelt Association accompanies the announcement.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1984
In a letter to the editor, Edward P. Moses states that the Senate Committee of Education will hear Senator John Houk’s bill providing for the collection, transcription, publication, and distribution of materials relating to Tennessee history on the following Monday. He discusses how many books on history were possible because of manuscript collections.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-23
Henry W. Taft believes there is no adequate foundation for a statement made by Alton B. Parker that the common law can serve as a legal remedy against trusts and monopolies. Taft maintains that it is necessary for laws restricting monopolies to come from the federal level in order to appropriately apply criminal penalties and work at a national scale. Taft also quotes extensively from three letters by Thomas Jefferson to show that Jefferson, the founder of the Democratic party, opposed the common law being applied at a national scale.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-30
Oscar S. Straus gives an address at the University of Georgia tracing the development of religious liberty in the United States. Beginning with the founding of several American Colonies, including Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, Straus examines how many of the colonies dealt with religious freedom, or lack thereof, and how as the United States has developed as a nation it has set forth the law that no religion or sect of religion is above any other, and that the laws apply to all equally.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-13
Lunsford L. Lewis thanks President Roosevelt for the letter received by him regarding the recent controversy surrounding the Republican Party in Virginia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-19
Lunsford L. Lewis discusses the possible reorganization of Virginia’s Republican Party to be addressed at the State Convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-17
Sheet music for “The Golden West,” which celebrates the 300th anniversary of the landing of America’s “First settlers in Virginia, April 26, 1607.” President Roosevelt opened the 1907 Jamestown Exposition with a naval review at Hampton Rhodes, Virginia. The cover features a photograph with several ships, and according to a handwritten note, Roosevelt was present at the review aboard the presidential yacht, Mayflower.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1907
Kermit Roosevelt congratulates John Wallace Riddle on being appointed to Saint Petersburg and leaving Romania. He hopes that Riddle will write about what is happening there. Roosevelt will also be spending the Christmas holidays in Washington.
1906
James Franklin Bell, Chief of Staff of the War Department, informs President Roosevelt of the number of ships available to transport troops to Cuba and the approximate number of troops they could hold. Bell notes that issues may arise with state quarantine regulations for ships after they visit Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-25
Hugh Gordon Miller addresses the Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York. He jokes about his previous speaking engagement in New York. He describes the historical and contemporary relationship between Virginians and New York. He celebrates the rebuilt union of states. Miller reviews the accomplishments of the United States and New South since the American Civil War. He teases about Kentucky’s politics. He pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, William McKinley, and Rough Riders. Miller regrets that the South is aligned with the Democratic Party and calls on Republicans in the North to help settle “the problem of the suffrage and of the races.” Miller concludes with a vision of the ideal United States. Club President Henry Edwin Tremain introduces Senator John M. Thurston.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-02-12
Memorandum with the names of eighteen dependable Virginians whom John S. Wise recommends to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-07
President Roosevelt praises Justice John Marshall Harlan’s service as a justice of the Supreme Court. Roosevelt notes that Harlan is a Kentuckian, and he praises the patriotism of the citizens of Kentucky, who sided with the North during the Civil War. He notes that their position as a border state made it much more difficult to remain loyal to the Union than it was for those further north. Roosevelt closes by praising Harlan as embodying the qualities requisite for being a good citizen and statesman, and noting that Harlan’s strength of personality and quality of character stand as examples for all Americans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-09
Lunsford L. Lewis consults President Roosevelt about whether he should attend the Republican National Convention as a Virginia delegate. If he were to do so, he would resign as district attorney. He believes that the president’s interests are better served by his remaining in his position and not becoming a delegate. Lewis also discusses the possible replacement of the current Chairman of the Republican State Committee, Park Agnew, Collector of Internal Revenue, with a non-officeholder.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-21
Lunsford L. Lewis describes the state committee’s decision to call the state convention in Norfolk, Virginia, over the protests of “real Republicans,” as an “unspeakable outrage.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-21