West Virginia

Letter from Allison H. Fleming to Theodore Roosevelt

The Monongah Mines Relief Committee in West Virginia has received a letter from Governor William Mercer Owens Dawson including President Roosevelt’s $100 check in contribution to the fund, to be distributed to the families of workers who lost their lives in the Monongah mines disaster. They enclose acknowledgement of the contribution and give their thanks on behalf of the widows and orphans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-08

Letter from Edwin L. Boggs to William Loeb

West Virginia Governor William Mercer Owens Dawson thanks President Roosevelt for his one hundred dollar donation to the Monongah Mines Relief Committee. Committee Treasurer Joseph E. Sands will send a formal receipt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-30

Letter from John Callan O’Laughlin to Theodore Roosevelt

John Callan O’Laughlin provides President Roosevelt an overview of his impressions of the political mood of the country. O’Laughlin has concluded that Secretary of War William H. Taft will receive the Republican nomination for president, and recounts the various states that he believes will go for Taft, as well as the political figures who he believes should be watched or contacted in the various states. There is still substantial popular support for Roosevelt in the country, and O’Laughlin believes that if Roosevelt were to run he would win. Roosevelt’s action in ordering an investigation of the wage scale of railroad employees is very popular. Taft draws much of his strength comes from his connection to Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-24

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Bonaparte encloses a document that includes summaries of extracts from several decisions by courts dealing with injunctions in labor disputes. President Roosevelt already has the facts regarding the West Virginia case he had previously referred to.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-11

Letter from James E. Watson to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Watson describes for President Roosevelt the stump speaking situation in preparation for the November House of Representatives election and focuses on the need for more strong speakers. Watson asks if Roosevelt can give John Lewis Griffiths a leave of absence from his position as Consul to Liverpool because Griffiths’ speaking abilities make him helpful on the campaign trail. Watson also notes that Roosevelt’s letter dismissing the issues in the controversy is the “most effective campaign weapon.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-19

Letter from James E. Watson to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Watson, of Indiana, notifies President Roosevelt that the Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon approves Roosevelt’s plan to help the Republican Party. Watson would like to meet with Representative J. S. Sherman and Roosevelt together, but he is unable to do so due to speaking engagements at congressional conventions in Ohio and West Virginia. Watson hopes for a letter from Roosevelt in which Roosevelt will “vigorously” express his views on the current political controversy, clarifying that there are no vital differences between the president and the congress, as the Democrats persistently claim.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-31

Letter from Joseph Gurney Cannon to James Schoolcraft Sherman

Joseph Gurney Cannon recounts for J. S. Sherman his recent trip through Indiana with local Representative James E. Watson. Watson has recently returned from Missouri where he feels hopeful for the election of Frank B. Fulkerson and Cassius McLean Shartel, and recounts a political fight between Senator William Joel Stone and Governor Joseph Wingate Folk for the same seat. Watson went over the situation in Indiana as well, where demand for free hides like in Massachusetts are fueled by the independent press. Watson would like to take up President Roosevelt on his offer to write a letter on the matter. Cannon hopes the president will address the letter to Watson directly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-30

Letter from John Mitchell to Theodore Roosevelt

John Mitchell, vice president of the United Mine Workers of America, has drawn President Roosevelt’s attention to the fact that West Virginian miners and other labor workers were opposed to the action of Reese Blizzard, United States attorney for the northern district of West Virginia. Roosevelt informed Mitchell that if specific information could be filed against Blizzard, Mitchell should bring it to his attention. Since Blizzard’s reappointment will be considered in early December, Mitchell has requested that along with a committee of West Virginia businessmen that will be meeting with Roosevelt, John Nugent and Clark Johnson, members of United Mine Workers of America, be received as well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-15

Letter from A. M. Lothrop to Theodore Roosevelt

Chairman Lothrop thanks President Roosevelt for his support of the Inter-State Young Men’s Christian Association, and asks that Roosevelt continue his subscription of $10 that he began the previous year.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-01

Letter from Alston Dayton to William Loeb

Representative Dayton asks William Loeb to have Post Office Inspector Hooton be assigned to Dayton’s West Virginia counties because he is an excellent worker.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-05

Letter from James Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reports to President Roosevelt on his campaign activities in West Virginia and New York. He reports strong numbers at open houses and meetings in various states, but also reports that voters are upset by Governor Odell and unsure about Lieutenant Higgins, who might cost Roosevelt some votes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-26

Letter from Charles W. Fairbanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Fairbanks informs President Roosevelt that his recent visit to West Virginia went well and the situation there is “entirely favorable.” He also writes that he had requested information from the War Department in preparation for a letter to the editor about the Philippines that he was writing but that since it did not arrive in time, he has struck the passage from his letter, which will run the next Thursday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-18

Telegram from Nathan Bay Scott to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Scott writes to President Roosevelt to report that Senator Fairbanks’ trip to West Virginia was a great success and Scott predicts a Republican victory in the state.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-17

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft has had news about probable majorities for the election in Maine. He has received an invitation to speak in Brooklyn, but cannot make this work, as he already has too many engagements lined up. Taft has read President Roosevelt’s letter of acceptance and approves of everything in it. The process of buying lands from the friars in the Philippines is running into some issues, as one of the companies is threatening to rescind a contract due to a new survey of the lands in question and a decrease in the price.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-14

Letter from Addison B. Atkins to Theodore Roosevelt

Addison B. Atkins encloses a clipping from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and reports on the political situation in New York, West Virginia, and Virginia, where Democrats appear to be doing poorly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-09

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt

Following a trip to Indiana, Booker T. Washington reports on the state of the African American vote in that state. Washington’s main fear is efforts by Democrats to keep them away from the polls on election day. Washington also spoke with African American leaders from West Virginia, where things are in good shape.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-08

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt

Booker T. Washington would like to investigate how Thomas Taggart is gaining the support of black voters. Washington would be glad to follow any suggestions from George B. Cortelyou.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-15

Chronology October 1858 to December 1870

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Cartoon in the Washington Post

Henry Gassaway Davis and West Virginia Senator Stephen B. Elkins carve up a “West Va” turkey. On the wall is a sign that reads, “West Va. is ours.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-02

The council at Esopus—The learned doctors and the ailing mule

A number of men stand around an ailing mule with two brands: “W. J. B. 1900” and “W. J. B. 1896.” Alton B. Parker tries to feed the mule “Parker golden corn” and ponders, “I wonder will he swallow this?” William Francis Sheehan has a telegram, August Belmont holds “clippers,” William Bourke Cockran has “ginger,” David B. Hill holds a “whip,” and Patrick Henry McCarren holds a “knife.” Henry Gassaway Davis comes running toward the mule and says, “I’ve got the remedy.” The train at the “Esopus Station” has smoke that reads, “from West Virginia.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-17