Wilson, James, 1835-1920

Charles R. Dewing appeals to Theodore Roosevelt, as an ex-civil service commissioner and an editor, to review the documents enclosed and help or advise Dewing in some way. Dewing is appealing for the Department of Agriculture to investigate his case and the Civil Service Commission determined they do not have the authority to help him. Dewing has also appealed to William H. Taft but only received a circular from Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-15

Creator(s)

Dewing, Charles R. (Charles Royal), 1878-

President Roosevelt thanks Franklin Noyes Barrett for his letter and will send it to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Representative Payne, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, that he agrees with the position taken by Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson in passing a new law amending the most recently enacted law.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Senator Aldrich that he has forwarded correspondence to Representative Sereno Elisha Payne about the recently enacted law ‘relating to the fortification of pure sweet wines.’ Roosevelt agrees with the position taken by Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and hopes a new law can be passed that is aligned with his views.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has received the medal, diploma, and check for the Nobel Prize. He thanks the committee, and tells them that the money is being used to create a foundation for promoting industrial peace.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

George B. Cortelyou has brought Annie F. Dougherty’s letter to the attention of Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson since Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt cannot take part in government affairs.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-30

Creator(s)

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

Senator Lodge, as requested by President Roosevelt, records in writing several matters about which they spoke. He hopes the Gas Company will release the Government, and wants to make sure that Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw does not take further steps before Congress acts. Lodge wants Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson to ask the House Committee for double the amount for the work with moths, and a word of encouragement from Roosevelt would be helpful. Finally, Lodge reminds Roosevelt to speak to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte about giving a speech to French Canadians in Massachusetts in the coming winter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-17

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Attorney General Moody writes to President Roosevelt regarding funding sources for American Indian Day and industrial schools. Members of Congress declared that public money could not be used to fund sectarian schools, but the Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock can use certain money for American Indians held in trust in any way he saw fit, including assistance to sectarian schools.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-02

Creator(s)

Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson explains that the Department of Agriculture promoted planting a kind of wheat that needed little rain in the semi-arid west. Farmers are planting it and bringing it to millers in Minnesota and Iowa, and the millers are complaining because this grain is damaging their machinery. Though Wilson met with the millers, they continue to complain about the introduction of a new grain in their “millers’ paper.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-06

Creator(s)

Wilson, James, 1835-1920

This photograph includes the entire cabinet: President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf, Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-25

Creator(s)

Detroit free press (Detroit, Mich. : 1846)

An elephant holds a tennis rule book that reads, “Love 40–The Deuce,” and thinks, “Every evidence of a dangerous game.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-24

President Roosevelt looks on as members of his 1906 cabinet laugh at papers with the heading, “Storer.” One chair is empty, and there are pictures on the wall of Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long, Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, and Attorney General Philander C. Knox, all from 1901.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-13

Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor H. Metcalf, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock all march out of the “White House” and to the “keeper of the gags.” There is a large sign that reads, “Notice! By order of the President the members of the cabinet will resume their muzzles on leaving the White House.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-23

Creator(s)

Mahony, Felix, 1867-1939

All of the cabinet officers stand in a circle, have gags in their mouths, and point at one another: Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor H. Metcalf, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-04

Creator(s)

Mahony, Felix, 1867-1939

“The Press” tries to walk toward the “cabinet” car, which includes Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, and Secretary of Commerce Victor H. Metcalf, but “Headkeeper” William Loeb holds “the big stick” and tells him to stop. There is a dove of “peace” on the car and a sign that reads, “This way to the stuffed bears and mountain lions.” President Roosevelt rides away on an elephant.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-22

Creator(s)

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

Cabinet officers march out of the “White House” with each one holding an axe: Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor H. Metcalf, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock. A bald eagle looks on and says, “Gee whiz!” Caption: Shade of George Washington!

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-18

Creator(s)

Mahony, Felix, 1867-1939

Charles J. Bonaparte wears a a “Secy of the Navy” ribbon and stands at the front of a battleship. Behind him are President Roosevelt with “the big stick,” Secretary of War William H. Taft, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of State John Hay, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Attorney General William H. Moody.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-03

Creator(s)

Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909

President Roosevelt holds up two fingers and talks to his cabinet: Secretary of State John Hay, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor H. Metcalf. There is a bear skin with two holes on the wall.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-14

Creator(s)

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

Senator Richard F. Pettigrew writes to Theodore Roosevelt after a previous conversation in which Roosevelt suggested to appoint James Wilson as Secretary of the Interior. In this letter, Pettigrew argues that Wilson is an excellent Secretary of Agriculture and that he should not change office.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-02

Creator(s)

Pettigrew, Richard F. (Richard Franklin), 1848-1926

Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou sends to William Loeb a letter for President Roosevelt from Captain Seth Bullock. Cortelyou also mentions that he will decide soon whether he supports Agriculture Secretary James Wilson’s and Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild’s visit to Missouri and Nevada.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-02

Creator(s)

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940