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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elbridge Gerry Dunnell

Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt writes journalist Eldridge Gerry Dunnell that there was an understanding that speeches from the previous night would not be reported in the newspapers and therefore Roosevelt had spoken more freely. However, a “garbled abstract” of his speech has appeared in the Washington Post. Roosevelt invites Dunnell to visit him the next day at the Commission Rooms.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1890-01-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for sending him an editorial. Roosevelt comments on the Washington Post‘s criticism of himself.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1902-04-23

No lie too foul

Governor White denies the validity of a newspaper story about President Roosevelt’s behavior during the election of 1900.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. Pierpont Morgan

President Roosevelt introduces J. Pierpont Morgan to Henry Litchfield West and Scott C. Bone. Both are good men who have been involved with newspapers. He asks Morgan to grant them an interview.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-25

Letter from Gilson Gardner to Theodore Roosevelt

Gilson Gardner encloses clipping in a letter to Theodore Roosevelt, and states there is a “campaign of deliberate falsehood,” as the Washington Post and the Star are featuring similar content almost daily. Gardner thanks Roosevelt for denying “the lie carried out by the Associated Press.” He states a local paper editor in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, had also seen the story in the Associated Press that Roosevelt had endorsed William H. Taft’s nomination, and the editor had not seen Roosevelt’s denial.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-16

Letter from Robert Bacon to Rudolph Forster

Robert Bacon sends a copy of a report by the Chief of the Bureau of Citizenship for President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-30

Letter from John E. Wilkie to George T. O’Haver

Secret Service Chief Wilkie thanks Memphis Police Chief O’Haver for his letter regarding Albert B. Hurst. Wilkie has been in contact with the Washington Post and determined that the newspaper received their story from a contracted news service. Wilkie encloses this letter for O’Haver’s interest, and asks him to return it when he is finished.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-18

Letter from Richard Sylvester to William Loeb

Richard Sylvester tells William Loeb he sent the notice to the Washington Post and hopes the contents satisfy Loeb and President Roosevelt. Sylvester is glad Loeb was sympathetic to his position and states his goal has always been to protect Roosevelt from embarrassment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-07

Letter from Henry B. F. Macfarland to Theodore Roosevelt

Board of Commissioners official MacFarland writes to President Roosevelt regarding a letter from Patent Office clerk and critic Benjamin P. Mann.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-06

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Francis E. Leupp

Booker T. Washington forwards newspaper clippings to Francis E. Leupp regarding the Lily-White Movement in Louisiana. Washington asks if they should be shown to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-05

Letter from Charles W. Fairbanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Fairbanks suggests that President Roosevelt, through an appropriate representative, deny the report which appeared in the Washington Post that the chairmanship of the Republican National Convention has been offered to several parties and declined.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-09

Letter from J. H. Woodard to Theodore Roosevelt

J. H. Woodard encloses letters from Scott C. Bone, managing editor of the Washington Post, and his reply. He commits to working to secure Roosevelt’s nomination and re-election in 1904. Woodard asks to have correspondence burned after Roosevelt has read it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-14

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Jacob Henry Bromwell

Postmaster General Payne forwards to Jacob Henry Bromwell a letter from E. F. Loud to the editor of the Washington Post.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-21

Letter from Nelson Appleton Miles to Theodore Roosevelt

General Miles claims statements in the Washington Post are misleading and asks for a personal interview with President Roosevelt in order to provide “certain facts.” The meeting can take place at any time Roosevelt finds it most convenient.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-14