Sold – President Theodore Roosevelt, Fresh From His Success With the Panama Canal, Gratefully Receives a Letter of Andrew Jackson, With Who He Had Compared Himself
Alfred Henry Lewis was an investigative journalist, novelist, editor, and short story writer. Like Roosevelt, he traveled in the west during the frontier days, and he collected lore from the colorful characters there. The cowboys and miners Lewis met in his western travels became the dominant figures in his books. In 1896...
Alfred Henry Lewis was an investigative journalist, novelist, editor, and short story writer. Like Roosevelt, he traveled in the west during the frontier days, and he collected lore from the colorful characters there. The cowboys and miners Lewis met in his western travels became the dominant figures in his books. In 1896 Lewis became the Washington correspondent for the Hearst newspapers, doing fiction and political writing for them. He established a reputation as one of the foremost political writers of the country and a foremost advocate for the Progressive philosophy. His books included westerns and “The Boss”, a story about the corruption of politics in New York City, among many others. He was precisely the sort of man who Theodore Roosevelt would choose as a colleague and indeed friend. In 1905, he selected Lewis to edit “A Compilation of the Messages and Speeches of Theodore Roosevelt 1901 – 1905.”
In 1903 the United States, using what might be called gunboat diplomacy or the big stick, assisted installation of a friendly government in Panama, to replace Colombian rule there. In 1904, TR received approval to buy the French equipment and excavations and began work on the Panama Canal on May 4, 1904. Not long after, TR and Lewis met for lunch, during which TR compared himself to Andrew Jackson, feeling his actions in Panama were Jacksonian, and saying Jackson was “my kind of man.” Lewis wrote an article comparing the two presidents, and then presented Roosevelt with a letter of Jackson’s. TR was pleased indeed. Typed Letter Signed, on White House letterhead, Washington, April 8, 1904, to Lewis, while working on TR’s papers. “Let me supplement my thanks of last night by writing you to say how much I appreciated the letter of Andrew Jackson. No gift could please me more. Remember to let me know when you next come to Washington, so that I might have you at lunch or dinner.” A fascinating and unexpected comparison, TR and Andrew Jackson.
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