Wounds and injuries

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James M. Miller

President Roosevelt urges Representative Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Claims, to act on the case of Pembrook B. Banton, who was injured while working on the Panama Canal. Because there is no sort of employer liability law, cases like this currently have to be addressed through special bills. Roosevelt wonders about the possibility of having a general bill to address the injustice of Banton’s case, as well as other similar cases.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Loudenslager

President Roosevelt forwards Representative Loudenslager, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, a letter from Representative William A. Ashbrook regarding Herbert O. Kohr, who is seeking a government pension. Kohr had served honorably in the military, but then in public life was injured by a dynamite explosion, blinding him and causing him to lose part of an arm. Roosevelt urges Loudenslager to grant Kohr a pension.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George H. Williams

President Roosevelt informs George H. Williams that he has been awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor because of his action of endangering his own life to save that of Jennie M. Hill. Roosevelt writes that Williams’s actions will serve as an inspiration to every American who reads of it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to John Elis Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells his cousin, John Ellis Roosevelt, that his family is shocked and concerned by the reports in the papers of a recent accident, and asks that someone send them the details and facts by telegraph.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Reginald Gray

Theodore Roosevelt hopes his nephew Reginald Gray is doing all right, and was pleased to learn how brave he has been since he fell off the horse. He shares some stories about his own accidents, and mentions what sorts of ponies his sons Quentin and Archie ride. Roosevelt also writes about the sorts of pets his family has, and particularly those of his daughter Alice.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mike Donovan

President Roosevelt informs Mike Donovan he will need to delay his visit to the White House for boxing. Roosevelt sustained some injuries while playing single-stick with Ted Roosevelt and a few others and needs time to heal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mike Donovan

President Roosevelt asks Mike Donovan to wait to come until he reaches out, as Roosevelt has wrenched his thigh jumping a horse.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Memorandum from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

President Roosevelt would like for Second Lieutenant James P. Barney of the 4th Cavalry to be promoted instead of retired. Roosevelt has been told Barney’s “physical disability” is temporary, but understands if he is found to be unable to serve “he will have to go.” Roosevelt simply wants to give him a chance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Eugene G. Asher to Theodore Roosevelt

Eugene G. Asher congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his speedy recovery after being shot by a would-be assassin, and compares Roosevelt’s survival to several Bible stories that feature God protecting chosen figures. Asher says that Roosevelt is standing for and fighting for principles that immortalized such figures as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. He hopes that Roosevelt will completely recover and be able to give more speeches before the election next month, and that he will be victorious.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-27

Creator(s)

Asher, Eugene G., 1865-1942

Letter from T. St. John Gaffney to Theodore Roosevelt

T. St. John Gaffney has just arrived in New York from Germany and would like to meet with Theodore Roosevelt before he goes to Washington, D.C. He hopes Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has recovered from her accident.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-17

Creator(s)

Gaffney, T. St. John (Thomas St. John), 1864-1945

Letter from W. S. Rainsford to Theodore Roosevelt

W. S. Rainsford tells Theodore Roosevelt he is sorry to hear about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s fall and sends his best wishes. He comments on Theodore Roosevelt’s pamphlet on animal coloration and mentions a recent visit he made.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-16

Creator(s)

Rainsford, W. S. (William Stephen), 1850-1933

Letter from Elizabeth S. O. Stevens to Theodore Roosevelt

Elizabeth S. O. Stevens tells Theodore Roosevelt she has heard that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is recovering from her accident, but still wants to send a message of sympathy and hopes she will continue to recover quickly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-15

Creator(s)

Stevens, Elizabeth S. O. (Elizabeth Shaw Oliver), 1874-1951

Letter from Alexander Lambert to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt’s letter arrived just as Alexander Lambert was recovering from a problem with his back. Lambert would be glad to visit Roosevelt on July 11th and 12th, as they have much to talk about and it will take a couple days. Lambert is sorry that Roosevelt gave Charles William Eliot a chance to to attack him, as Eliot has never forgiven Roosevelt for being considered as Eliot’s successor as President of Harvard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-25

Creator(s)

Lambert, Alexander, 1861-1939

Letter to Theodore Roosevelt

The author of this letter describes their time on a safari in Africa in which one of their companions was severely injured in a lion attack. The injured companion was brought to the compound of William Northrup McMillan, an American, where he was able to get medical attention and eventually recover.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-04

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from George Ward Grazebrook to John Frecheville Ramsden

George Ward Grazebrook tells John Frecheville Ramsden about his time hunting in British East Africa, and describes an incident where one of his companions was badly wounded by a lion and barely managed to kill it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-02

Creator(s)

Grazebrook, George Ward, 1877-1948

Letter from James Sullivan Clarkson to William Loeb

James Sullivan Clarkson asks William Loeb to do what he can to allow his son Grosvenor B. Clarkson’s testimony in the land fraud trial of Benjamin H. Tallmage to be taken in New York rather than New Mexico, where the trial is being held. Grosvener had been severely beaten in the process of the investigation and has still not recovered. Clarkson fears the journey will reverse any improvements he had made and asks Loeb as a fellow father to use his influence to prevent it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-02

Creator(s)

Clarkson, James Sullivan, 1842-1918

The lion

Draft manuscript containing an essay, “The lion,” by Frederick Courteney Selous. Selous recounts many stories of lions attacking people and animals, and of adventures involving lions. He also addresses lions more scientifically, and offers a description of the habits and living conditions of lions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-03

Creator(s)

Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917

Telegram from Baron Kogoro Takahira

Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Takahira wants to convey to President Roosevelt that the Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov (also spelled Kniaz Souvoroff) went down. Takahira mentions that four additional Russian battleships have gone down. According to Takahira, the Japanese fleet seized a torpedo-boat destroyer, where they found the wounded Russian Vice Admiral Rozhestvensky (also spelled Rojestoeusky). Takahira urges others to keep this information quiet until publication.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-30

Creator(s)

Takahira, Kogoro, Baron, 1854-1926

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft sends President Roosevelt a statement from General John J. Pershing concerning the comparison between wounds and disabilities due to disease among the Japanese military during the Russo-Japanese War. Taft thinks there may be some facts that Roosevelt finds interesting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-18

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Byron S. Hurlbut

President Roosevelt has read Dean Hurlbut’s letter regarding Ted Roosevelt’s unexcused absence from Harvard University to the “harum-scarum individual.” Roosevelt explains that Ted has been recovering from injuries sustained from football and an elevator accident at home, as per his doctors’ advice. Roosevelt instructed Ted to write to Hurlbut, though Ted claims he already sent a letter. If there is anything else Roosevelt can do, Hurlbut should let him know.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919