Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Clark Howell
President Roosevelt requests Clark Howell to stop in Washington to have lunch on his way back to New York.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-21
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles N. Herreid
President Roosevelt thanks Governor Herreid for his letter and asks him to come to Washington.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-21
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to C. Grant La Farge
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his friend C. Grant La Farge saying he will not likely make it to New York. Roosevelt asks if La Farge and his wife Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge might come to Washington to stay at the White House instead. Though not noted in the letter, Roosevelt had just taken office the week before.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-20
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Clark Howell
President Roosevelt asks Clark Howell to stop in Washington on his way back to New York.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-20
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Rudolph Garfield
President Roosevelt thanks James Rudolph Garfield for his letter and requested Garfield come to Washington in the near future.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-20
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to A. J. Cassatt
President Roosevelt thanks A. J. Cassatt for his letter and requests Cassatt come to Washington “in the course of the next month.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-20
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur H. Lee
President Roosevelt received Arthur Hamilton Lee’s telegram. He will not return to Oyster Bay, New York, but looks forward to seeing Lee and his wife in Washington, D.C.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-14
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Herschel V. Jones
President Roosevelt would be pleased to meet with Herschel V. Jones whenever Jones is in Washington, D.C.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Winthrop Chanler
President Roosevelt is pleased with Winthrop Chanler’s support. He expects to see Chanler when he visits Washington, D.C.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-14
Letter from Elizabeth J. Mitchell to Theodore Roosevelt
Elizabeth J. Mitchell asks Theodore Roosevelt for assistance in securing a position as a private secretary in Washington, D.C., or New York City, providing her educational background, teaching experience, and professional references.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-12
Letter from Ezra Meeker to Theodore Roosevelt
Ezra Meeker sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his booklet The Lost Trail and offers to send another copy of his book The Ox Team while seeking Roosevelt’s support for funding to place granite markers along the Oregon Trail.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-11
Letter from E. W. Williamson to Theodore Roosevelt
E. W. Williamson expresses to Theodore Roosevelt that he is in urgent financial need and respectfully requests $40 to cover pressing obligations. He explains that he has secured a job starting on the 15th of the month and promises to repay the amount. Williamson recalls assisting Roosevelt during military service and hopes Roosevelt will remember his past support.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-09
Letter from Myron T. Herrick to Theodore Roosevelt
Former Ohio Governor Herrick sincerely appreciates the duplicate letter President Roosevelt sent. Herrick says he would have accepted the position offered, but felt obligated to defeat Tom Loftin Johnson then, and feels sure Theodore E. Burton can do the same now. He asks to delay the meeting Roosevelt requested in order to attend the dedication of the McKinley memorial in Canton, Ohio.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-17
Letter from J. J. Jusserand to Theodore Roosevelt
French Ambassador Jusserand thanks President Roosevelt for the letter and book, which he says he has been reading in the midst of seeing work done to the house. He has spent the majority of his days on the top of ladders, not like some ambassadors who must only emphasize their greatness. Jusserand goes into detail about some of the stories, saying that they remind him of Secretary of State Elihu Root’s lecture at Yale where he noted that the main thing is progress.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-17
Letter from G. W. Baird to William Loeb
G. W. Baird informs William Loeb that he has papers supposedly pertaining to William McKinley’s assassination. A Roman Catholic woman presented the papers to the Grand Master of the Freemasons in Washington, D.C., claiming that the Romans had assisted in assassinating McKinley. Baird has kept the matter confidential, but has not found anything one way or the other. He says he will do whatever President Roosevelt wants with the papers.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-14
Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt
Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee informs President Roosevelt more fully about the meeting of the Central American ministers in Washington, D.C. All five ministers agreed to holding a conference overseen by Roosevelt and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz in Washington, D.C., to discuss any disputes between the countries. Adee informs Roosevelt that he and Díaz should consult about the wording of the invitation to make sure that both parties follow the same course.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-12
Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that he and Mexican Charge José F. Godoy, along with five Central American ministers, had developed a protocol for a conference in Washington, D.C., in November 1907. Roosevelt and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz would extend the invitation, and one or both would arbitrate over any disputes that arise in the coming months. Adee will send more details tomorrow.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-11
Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt
Alford Warriner Cooley reports to President Roosevelt of his visit to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Although the conspiracy was formed in New Mexico, Cooley observes that the main case can be brought in the District of Columbia because the overt act was committed there. Cooley details his conversation with George Curry, who expects to see the president in Saint Louis, Missouri, on October 1. After Albert B. Fall and William H. H. Llewellyn leave, Cooley does not expect to have any difficulties in New Mexico.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-10
Letter from Ripley Hitchcock to William Loeb
Ripley Hitchcock, editor for Harper and Brothers, updates William Loeb on the sales and royalties for Good Hunting. Hitchcock also asks if President Roosevelt will be able to see him in Washington, D.C.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-04
Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee received William Loeb’s letter regarding the Central American conference. Diplomats Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Mora of Costa Rica and José F. Godoy of Mexico have suggested to Adee that a protocol fixing the location and preventing demonstrations be signed. Adee discusses support for potential locations and dates. He feels they should follow the recommendation of Mexican president Porfirio Díaz and express Nicaragua’s proposal of Mexico as a location.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-04