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Letter crossed out and marked as hold. President Roosevelt finds it difficult to answer Addicks’s letter due to its concluding sentence. The President denies consulting with Senator Lodge or General James H. Wilson on Delaware affairs. He considers it unnecessary to express his views on the Republican infighting taking place in Delaware.
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1902-10-28
President Roosevelt believes Arthur Hamilton Lee handled the “Swettenham matter” efficiently, calling the matter itself a “cosmic incident” and citing others like Swettenham in American Government, most notably General James Harrison Wilson. He was amused by the opinions of John William Burgess, who was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt professorship in at the University of Berlin. While Roosevelt admires some of Burgess’s scholarly accomplishments, he considers Burgess “hopefully wrong-headed” and criticizes his first lecture denouncing the Monroe Doctrine.
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1907-04-08
President Roosevelt updates President of Harvard Eliot on Secretary of War William H. Taft’s investigation into American agitators’ influence in the Cuban conflict. He discusses the “curious” opinion of having General Leonard Wood take control in Cuba given the previous backlash against him, even though Roosevelt considers him one of the “best officers we now have.” While Cuba is his immediate concern in foreign affairs, Roosevelt discusses the issues concerning the Hague and the Panama Canal.
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1906-09-22
President Roosevelt was pleased with the editorials regarding the General Wood and General Miles cases. He appreciates Colonel Harvey’s generosity in the matter.
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1904-02-04
President Roosevelt defends the promotion of General Leonard Wood and the administration’s refusal to commend General Nelson Appleton Miles upon his retirement.
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1904-01-22
In response to a clipping sent by William T. Coad including comments by General James Harrison Wilson about Leonard Wood’s presence and actions in Cuba, President Roosevelt quotes testimony from Secretary of War Elihu Root before the Committee on Military Affairs (since the President cannot testify before such a committee).
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1904-01-13
President Roosevelt encloses two letters that he sent to Secretary of War Elihu Root, one of which will be sent to the Committee on Military Affairs, which is reviewing Leonard Wood’s military record. Roosevelt would prefer that the letters remain confidential as he does not want to become too involved in the question of General James Harrison Wilson’s truthfulness.
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1903-12-12
President Roosevelt denies ever having a conversation with General Wilson at Sagamore Hill regarding General Wood’s presence at the battles of Las Guasimas and San Juan.
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1903-12-12
President Roosevelt describes General Wilson’s conduct as “infamous” and he continues to inspire attacks from the New York Sun. The Democratic campaign committee and Democratic newspapers have sent spies to Cuba to find political and personal ammunition to use against Wood. Roosevelt promises to fight for Wood.
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1903-06-16
President Roosevelt asks if any notice should be taken of General Wilson’s attacks against General Wood in his recent speeches.
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1903-06-17
Henry V. Boynton believes that President Roosevelt may want to read General James H. Wilson’s letter discussing Judge Parker’s telegram. Colonel Bluford Wilson, the brother of General Wilson, has written a letter in reply to Gen. Schurz’s “eulogy” of Parker which might also interest Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-21
Collection of newspaper clippings of articles, photographs, and maps showing some of the actors, naval vessels, and events making up parts of the Spanish-American war. Includes some handwritten notes and hand-colored photographs.
1898
The unknown author approves of President Roosevelt’s selections to represent the United States at the coronation of King Edward VII.
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1902-01-15
Secretary of War Root discusses the allegations against General Leonard Wood. Root explains Wood’s situation in Cuba, including elements of Cuban culture, and his own deliberations regarding Wood’s actions. He also quotes telegrams sent by Cuban citizens in support of Wood and American leadership.
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1903-12-19
Nicholas Murray Butler discusses the recent mayoral election in New York. Butler conveys the public’s positive reaction to President Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington, and the public’s negative reaction to George B. McClellan, Mr. Murphy, and Seth Low. In regard to his recent conversation with Cornelius Newton Bliss concerning campaign tactics, Butler suggests that Roosevelt invite Mr. Kennedy, James Speyer, and James Stillman for lunch or dinner. Butler writes about the Panama Rebellion and editorials on the topic running in The Evening Post and The Times. Butler also discusses the involvement of Marcus Alonzo Hanna, John Edward Addicks, General James Harrison Wilson, and Wayne MacVeagh in the Maryland and Ohio elections. Butler suggests Roosevelt become a professor of American History and Politics in Morningside Heights.
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1903-11-09
James Harrison Wilson encloses clippings and a letter from Goldwin Smith regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike. Wilson is pleased with the election results, except for the defeat of Representative L. Heisler Ball due to the efforts of John Edward Addicks.
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1902-11-08
John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks alerts President Roosevelt that several opposition tickets cooperating with the Democrats have emerged from the Republican Party in Delaware.
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1902-10-27
Newspaper article arguing in favor of a North American zollverein, a type of customs union, led by the United States.
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1902-10-31
Washington Hastings encloses an article that advocates for Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt as a candidate for the Vice Presidency. Hastings then notifies Senator Lodge that he will be in St. Louis assisting with the political campaign there.
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1896-06-03