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John W. Vrooman recounts his recent trip to upstate New York to William Loeb. Vrooman has heard that many want President Roosevelt to run for the Senate after his term ends, and asks Loeb if Admiral Goodrich’s retirement could be postponed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-18
Brigadier General Mills thanks Colonel Vrooman for the dinner Wednesday night.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-31
Frederick Dent Grant thanks Colonel John W. Vrooman for the invitation to the Union League dinner given in honor of General Albert Leopold Mills, but he will be unable to attend. Grant believes Mills is one of the best officers in the Army and deserving of praise. Grant sends well wishes to Vrooman and his wife Anne Ford Vrooman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-23
Admiral Dewey has read John W. Vrooman’s address at the Founders and Patriots meeting, which cleared up for Dewey the missed junction of American and British troops from John Burgoyne and Barry St. Leger’s regiments during the Saratoga Campaign of 1777. Dewey hopes Vrooman might one day also write about French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse’s action that lead to the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia. Dewey and his wife Mildred McLean Dewey look forward to the visit of Vrooman and his wife, Anna Ford Vrooman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-29
Admiral George Dewey and his wife Mildred Dewey recently visited Herkimer, New York, and were entertained by John W. Vrooman and his wife, Ann Vrooman. Both Deweys expressed pleasure at the greeting they received in town and the surrounding scenery. This article additionally contains a brief biography of Dewey, and recounts his actions in the Spanish-American War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-17