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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bradley T. Johnson

Colonel Roosevelt, from his camp in Santiago de Cuba, describes to General Johnson the outbreak of yellow fever plaguing his volunteer regiment. Roosevelt also describes how, despite the loss of life and difficult conditions, he and the men see the value of their volunteerism and expresses his hopes for moving on to Puerto Rico soon.

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1898-07-19

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Hilton Manning

President Roosevelt thanks James Manning Hilton for his recent letter, passed along by William Loeb, regarding an address to the New York State National Guard Association. Manning shared a draft of his address with Roosevelt, and among its topics, Manning references his service with Roosevelt’s Rough Riders.

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1904-07-24

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt assures Anna Roosevelt Cowles that he will notify her if he hears any news of an expedition from the officers’ training camp at Plattsburgh that might include her husband William Sheffield Cowles. Roosevelt is overwhelmed with work, and is unsure whether he will be able to travel to Japan, the Philippines, Australia, or New Zealand in the next year.

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1917-02-08

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt provides his opinion on Bayard’s misunderstanding of British diplomacy for his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles, probably referring to United States Ambassador to Britain Thomas F. Bayard. He comments on the invaders in the Transvaal and lists some recent dinner guests.

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1896-01-05

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Tudor

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks William Tudor for his letter and the letter he sent to Senator Lodge. Lodge is for going to war with Spain while President McKinley is not and he could end up losing his seat. Roosevelt feels America should have gone to war with Spain after the sinking of the Maine.

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1898-04-05

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Tudor

Colonel Roosevelt writes from a ship from Cuba to Miami to William Tudor to say he wishes he could see him and tell him the things he has seen. If there is a campaign against Havana, Roosevelt will make sure Billy is with him.

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1898-08-14

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Diary of Theodore Roosevelt from April 16 to August 20, 1898

Diary kept by Theodore Roosevelt while training for and fighting in the Spanish-American War. Entries from San Antonio, Texas, Tampa, Florida, and Santiago, Cuba. He comments on the activities of the Rough Riders, individual soldiers and war events.

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1898

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Poem about Theodore Roosevelt

Poem praising Theodore Roosevelt for volunteering himself and four sons to go fight in World War I.

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1915

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Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Cecil Spring Rice announces to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt that he has become engaged to be married. He also writes about the situation in Russia, sharing his opinion of the United States ambassador to Russia. He discusses opinions in Russia regarding President Roosevelt and about the possibility of war. While the idea of war is unpopular because the common people do not understand what the fight is about, Spring Rice thinks the people would bear a war regardless of any disasters. The Emperor seems to be above both law and morality.

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Spring Rice, Cecil, Sir, 1859-1918

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1904-01-20

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Report from H. C. Taylor to Joseph Bullock Coghlan

Admiral Taylor reports on military readiness at various ports in the event of hostilities with Colombia and the need to capture Cartagena. He asks if Admiral Coghlan has any further information and whether Coghlan can capture and hold Cartagena given the reports.

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Taylor, H. C. (Henry Clay), 1845-1904

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1903-12-22

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Letter from Daniel Ortiz to William H. Turner

General Ortiz instructs Captain Turner, commander of the USS Atlanta, which waters American ships are not permitted to navigate due to the ongoing rebellion in Panama.

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1903-12-15

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Ortiz, Daniel

Letter from H. C. Taylor to William H. Moody

In the event of hostilities with Colombia, Admiral Taylor suggests seizing and holding Cartagena, Colombia. He also encloses a message being sent to Rear Admiral Glass and the translation of a cipher message received from Rear Admiral Coghlan.

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Taylor, H. C. (Henry Clay), 1845-1904

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1903-12-17

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Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Theodore Roosevelt

Andrew Carnegie is disturbed by the British treatment of the defeated Afrikaners and believes that the Afrikaners (or Dutch as he calls them) will one day once again rule in South Africa. Carnegie compares the situation to American occupation of the Philippines.

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

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1902-06-13

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Letter from W. W. Kimball to Theodore Roosevelt

W. W. Kimball encloses a war college lecture on how the United States could use a mobile coastal defense to free the fleet from the coast. He believes a free fleet could prevent a German war.

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Kimball, W. W. (William Wirt), 1848-1930

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1901-10-17

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Letter from Godfrey Dalrymple Dalrymple-White to Theodore Roosevelt

Captain White congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency. He has been serving in South Africa for eighteen months. He began as a “Pro-Boer” but that illusion has left him. The war is going steadily but White expects the attrition to last for several more months.

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Dalrymple-White, Godfrey Dalrymple, 1866-1954

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1901-10-17

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Letter from Goldwin Smith to Paul Dana

Goldwin Smith does not believe that the United States should intervene in the South African War but suggests an “expression of feeling” about the war. Smith would like to see the Boer republics be given internal self-government under British suzerainty and Johannesburg removed from the Transvaal.

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Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910

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1901-09-25

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Letter from Frederick Courteney Selous to Theodore Roosevelt

Frederick Courteney Selous endeavors to answer some of Governor Roosevelt’s question about the South African War. Selous lived for many years in South Africa and had a lot of contact with Boer hunters and frontiersmen. He provides a comprehensive history of the “Transvaal Boers” and factors which led to their current conflict with the British.

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