Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1846-1926

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Jackson Gamble

The enclosed papers show that there should be an investigation by the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, which is led by James Wolcott Wadsworth. President Roosevelt tells Senator Gamble that the incident demonstrates that this sort of executive work should be done by executive departments which answer the President, rather than by legislative bodies.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge

President Roosevelt gives Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge an update on his life and family. He laments the end of summer and tells Lodge how each member of the family has spent it, remarking upon how his children are growing up. Roosevelt has been vacationing during the summer months and now looks to his work ahead. He wants to ensure that his plans for the Navy and Panama Canal cannot be undone by his successor.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Peter A. Porter

State Representative Peter A. Porter informs voters that an organization is trying to elect a county committee that will be hostile to him. Porter believes that no one can be completely loyal to President Roosevelt and support people who are trying to reinstate James Wolcott Wadsworth in power. Porter encourages voters to cast a vote at the next Republican caucus for a committeeman who will support him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-14

Creator(s)

Porter, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1853-1925

Letter from Timothy L. Woodruff to William Loeb

New York Republican State Committee Chairman Woodruff counters William Loeb’s suggestion that John A. Merritt visit President Roosevelt in mid-October, stating that it will be too late for Merritt and James Wolcott Wadsworth to influence political matters this fall in order to strengthen their position in the spring when the National Convention delegates are elected. Their success would ensure the elected delegates support Roosevelt. Woodruff believes Roosevelt and Loeb should meet Merritt and especially Wadsworth, as he is an independent man of means who can aid the cause.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-26

Creator(s)

Woodruff, Timothy L. (Timothy Lester), 1858-1913

Letter from Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt

Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge notifies President Roosevelt that petitioning the senators for the upcoming biological survey is complete. Depending on who is appointed, Lockwood will contact him with an update. She is hopeful the right people will be appointed for the commission.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-05

Creator(s)

La Farge, Florence Bayard Lockwood, 1864-1944

Letter from Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt

Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge asks President Roosevelt for help in contacting senators for a project she is working on. She is not sure which senators will be receptive to her ideas and is interested in any advice Roosevelt could give her.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-31

Creator(s)

La Farge, Florence Bayard Lockwood, 1864-1944

Not a winner

A “beef trust” pumps “rotten ram” air into a “packers meat inspection bill” hot air balloon. New York Representative James Wolcott Wadsworth sits in an “immunity bath” basket. President Roosevelt looks on. Caption: Resident of the White House: “I tell you your flying machine can’t get through. . .”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-16

Creator(s)

Thorndike, Willis H. (Willis Hale), 1872-1940

Roosevelt’s assemblyman is for Wadsworth

New York State Assemblyman William G. Miller visited Governor Frank Wayland Higgins and says that he approves of the selection of James Wolcott Wadsworth for speaker.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-22

Creator(s)

Unknown

An unjustifiable attack

Article discussing the actions of ex-Governor Benjamin B. Odell with current Governor Frank Wayland Higgins and the nomination for Speaker.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-22

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son, Kermit Roosevelt on a variety of matters. Roosevelt is proud of his elder son, Theodore Roosevelt, for doing well in Harvard after his past “scrapes” with dean Byron S. Hurlbut, but he is also very glad that Kermit does not seem to be getting into those scrapes in the first place and has been spoken of highly by Hurlbut. Roosevelt suggests that they practice shooting at Oyster Bay before leaving on safari, as they will both be out of practice. Roosevelt’s daughter, Ethel is in the middle of debutante season. The Roosevelt family has enjoyed having several visitors recently, including James Wolcott Wadsworth, C. Grant La Farge and Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. N. D. North

President Roosevelt informs Census Director S. N. D. North that despite North’s protests, the Census Bureau will investigate the labor of women and children. Roosevelt claims that this is revenge for the investigation of the packing houses in Chicago.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Hallam Keep

President Roosevelt asks Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Keep to intercede with New York Representative Peter A. Porter and Frederick C. Stevens, New York Superintendent of Public Works. Roosevelt knows Keep is aware of New York Representative James Wolcott Wadsworth’s bad behavior in “legislative matters” and believes Wadsworth’s own son Jim could instill wisdom onto him.  

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge

Regarding the biological survey, President Roosevelt characterizes the actions of outgoing Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth as typical, dirty, and fitting of a “cheap demagog.” Roosevelt will speak with C. Hart Merriam about the matter, and he asks Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to have William Dutcher and his Audubon Society contacts mobilize the press and petition their senators as well.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Lambert

President Roosevelt finds Alexander Lambert’s detailing of William Travers Jerome’s plan “interesting and characteristic.” Despite sometimes giving good advice, Roosevelt calls Jerome out as a lying “fakir.” Roosevelt has done all he can to help Representatives Parsons and Wadsworth, finding presidential interference does not help even in exceptional circumstances.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Bailey Howland

President Roosevelt was interested in the article by Louis F. Swift that William B. Howland sent to him, and comments that it “really takes exactly the position I have taken.” He comments, however, that “Swift and his people” tried to influence the legislation in favor of the meat packing industry, rather than allowing the executive branch to direct the investigations into conditions. He asks Howland to show this letter to Lyman Abbott.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Redfield Proctor

President Roosevelt comments to Senator Proctor that he has not felt as strongly about the point that Proctor mentioned as the people championing the other side of the argument, and says that his “object is to be sure that the inspection is complete.” He presents several options for providing funding of governmental inspection of meat packinghouses, and believes that any of the methods would work. He does not want to keep seeming to interfere with Congress, and has been trying to keep out of its business.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nicholas Murray Butler

President Roosevelt comments to Columbia University President Butler about some of the activities of Congressional committees, particularly connected with Representatives James Wolcott Wadsworth and William Lorimer.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert J. Beveridge

President Roosevelt slightly prefers the wording of Senator Beveridge’s amendment to the one presented by the House, but does not think the difference is vital. Roosevelt recently spoke with Representative Henry Cullen Adams of Wisconsin regarding the majority report, and he accepted most of the amendments proposed on the bill. Roosevelt reiterates that he is not concerned with the way these amendments are phrased, but is concerned rather with the results obtained. He especially wants to avoid getting bogged down in arguments about minutia, as was the case of a statehood bill several years ago.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert J. Beveridge

President Roosevelt has taken Senator Beveridge’s advice and has authorized the publication of his letter to Representative James Wolcott Wadsworth. Roosevelt also asks Beveridge to clarify to the press that in his upcoming Fourth of July speech, Beveridge will not be speaking for Roosevelt, and Roosevelt has neither seen nor approved of his speech. Roosevelt does not wish to make this clarification himself, as it would appear he is trying to distance himself from Beveridge, which is not the case. In a handwritten postscript, Roosevelt informs Beveridge that he has decided to not publish the letter, as he communicated with Wadsworth and discovered that there had been an error either in his own statement or Beveridge’s representation of it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Collier Platt

President Roosevelt explains his recent actions to Senator Platt, saying that he understood that Platt wished for John A. Merritt to be made Collector of Customs at Niagara, and that he appointed Benjamin F. Barnes to succeed Merritt as Postmaster of Washington, D.C., on the recommendation of Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou. If he had known that Platt would take an interest in who would replace Merritt in this position, Roosevelt would have waited.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919