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Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to George W. Woodruff :

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Description: Letter regarding the creation of the Federal Commission on the Conservation of Natural Resources, also known as the National Conservation Commission or the Pinchot Commission. Woodruff, who was the U.S. Assistant Attorney General and affiliated with the Department of the Interior at the time, was appointed to the Lands section of the commission. The National Conservation Commission's report was submitted in 1909.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1908 June 8.
Call number: mssHM 55582
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of William A. Moffett, January 1993.

Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Brigadier General Alexander Mackenzie, Washington

Manuscripts

Typescript letter signed. On conference for conservation of natural resources; Inland Waterways Commission. (1 page)

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Theodore Roosevelt, White House, Washington, D.C., letter to David Pell Secor, Bridgeport, Connecticut :

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Roosevelt thanks Secor for his letter and is glad he likes his book Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, praises Frederic Remington's illustrations for the book.

mssHM 2104

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Theodore Roosevelt, White House, Washington, D.C., letter to Walter J. Ballard, Schenectady, New York :

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Roosevelt thanks Ballard for his congratulations and for his "admirable work." Includes addressed envelope.

mssHM 13400

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Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., appointment of James C. Kellogg as Consul of the United States at Barranquilla, Colombia :

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Signed by Roosevelt; also signed by Secretary of State John Hay. On reverse: official recognition of the appointment (in Spanish), signed by the Minister of Foreign Relations in Bogota, 1905 May 17.

mssHM 46672

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Theodore Roosevelt, New York, letters to Walter W. Strong

Manuscripts

Seven typescript letters signed and one autograph letter signed (1916 November 13); some typescripts have autograph edits. Letters are addressed to Walter W. Strong, mostly in Chicago, who is referred to in one as Chairman, Progressive County Central Committee of Du Page County (Illinois). The letters concern Progressive Party politics and the 1912 platform, Roosevelt's opinions on being an American and on William Jennings Bryan, who he refers to as "a good-hearted man of precisely the temperament best fitted to make a success as 'barker' for patent medicine" (1916 December 15). Some are written on letterhead for The Outlook magazine or Metropolitan magazine; most letters have addressed envelopes. Dates of letters: 1911 May 11, 1912 November 22, 1913 January 30, 1915 December 31, 1916 April 15, 1916 November 13, 1916 December 15, 1917 January 26.

mssHM 48507 (1-8)

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Theodore Roosevelt, New York, letters to John C. Scott, Corpus Christi, Texas :

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Three letters written on letterhead of The Outlook magazine, Office of Theodore Roosevelt. One item concerns the National Committee, presumably of the Progressive Party, and the Republican Party; another letter expresses a denial of a statement attributed to Roosevelt. The third item is an acknowledgement of Scott's letter. The letter dated July 8 contains autograph edits; an unedited copy of this letter is located in the Theodore Roosevelt Papers, Library of Congress. Recipient is identifed as John Cochran Scott (1861-1927) by the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. Letters dated: 1912 June 5, July 5, July 8.

mssHM 20199-20201

Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to George W. Woodruff :

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