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Theodore Roosevelt will be pleased to receive the picture Edward S. Curtis is sending him. He hopes to see Curtis when he is in Seattle and asks him to write the Reception Committee there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-10
Theodore Roosevelt respectfully declines an invitation proposed by Reverend Mark A. Matthews of the First Presbyterian Church in Seattle, Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-01
Theodore Roosevelt regrets he cannot be in Seattle, Washington, on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday but looks forward to speaking there in the spring. He is in “absolute sympathy” with the purpose of Rufus Rockwell Wilson’s Progressive Republican League regarding preserving the Republican Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to Clemens J. France of the Municipal League of Seattle, Washington regarding an entertainment committee. The Secretary suggests France contact Senator Miles Poindexter to decide which meetings Roosevelt should address.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-23
Theodore Roosevelt agrees to speak in Seattle and Spokane. He does not have time to see Robert Moran, but he would have liked to do so.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-03
Theodore Roosevelt will speak at the Seattle Municipal League as Senator Poindexter suggests. Regretfully, it is unlikely he will be able to stop in Spokane, Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-24
Theodore Roosevelt will give one speech during his visit to Seattle, Washington. He asks Representative Poindexter what organization he should speak to and suggests the Municipal League.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-16
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf to send a team to Seattle, Washington, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the wreck of the steamship Valencia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-07
President Roosevelt asks Commissioner of Pensions Ware to comply with a request from the Grand Army of the Republic regarding actions taken by the Seattle Pension Board.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-31
Gifford Pinchot is anxious for Representative Bryan’s reelection to the House, because Bryan has been a strong fighter for conservation. There are a number of reasons Pinchot would like Bryan reelected. Bryan represents Seattle and its business interests are important to the U.S. as a whole and Alaska specifically. Bryan can also support Progressive policies in a variety of areas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-03-27
William Davenport Hulbert received Theodore Roosevelt’s notes. He feels his first article does not have “enough snap and bang.” His second article deals with the Alaska Syndicate, and he thinks it would be more effective than the first. Hulbert encloses a letter from Fisher concerning the situation in Seattle, Washington, and his thoughts on James Rudolph Garfield and Gifford Pinchot. He comments on government ownership of Alaskan railroads.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-13
Thomas P. Revelle inquires if Theodore Roosevelt would like to be considered as a presidential candidate on behalf of a club that is being formed in Seattle, Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-26
Henry A. McLean has enclosed a recent article published in the Seattle Post Intelligencer that contains some of his statements about the power of the courts. He hopes Theodore Roosevelt will be interested in reading it. McLean also thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his recent visit to Seattle, as his presence is always “a great benefit to the progressive cause.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-23
George H. Walker forgot to convey good wishes on behalf of Representative William E. Humphrey to Theodore Roosevelt earlier in the day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-08
Mrs. Wade argues that the Public Welfare League is entirely responsible for the “cleaning up of Seattle” and that the Municipal League played only a minor role. She asks Theodore Roosevelt to publicly commend the Public Welfare League’s work while in Seattle, Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-07
Edward B. Sutton sends Theodore Roosevelt a family photograph of his son Frank J. Sutton, who has thirteen children. He admonishes Roosevelt not to worry about “race suicide” if “the Seattle spirit prevails.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-06
Frank P. Searle, a self-identified “‘Dakotah’ pioneer,” asks to shake Theodore Roosevelt’s hand while in Seattle, Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-06
Joseph J. Churchyard requests an interview with Theodore Roosevelt in Tacoma, Washington. The meeting regards several acts of governmental injustice that grew out of misinterpreting policies instituted during Roosevelt’s administration. Churchyard knows many prominent men in Buffalo, New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-04
Oh behalf of Donald A. McKenzie, John W. Roberts requests Theodore Roosevelt speak publicly in support of Alaskans while in Seattle, Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-05
Edward Grigg sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of a letter of introduction from Viscount Alfred Harnsworth Northcliffe.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-31