11 August 1908: ". . . Mr. Hughes [Charles Evans Hughes, who was offered nomination for Vice-Presidency with Taft] has succeeded in splitting his following. . . . [T]he bulk of the best people strongly favor him, but there is a large minority among the best people who with equal intensity oppose him. A minority of the politicians are for him, the majority are against him. . . . [If] at this moment I had to decide, . . . I should say that it is better to renominate Mr. Hughes than not to nominate him; but I am well aware that either course may be disastrous to us. But matters change like a kaleidoscope in this State in a Presidential election year, and it may be that things will complete changed . . . ."
5 October 1910: ". . . You may have noticed that in Brooklyn last night I took the opportunity of saying that I dissociate myself from the tariff plank of the Saratoga platform."
16 November 1910: ". . . What I chiefly mind about the election in New York State is that it undoubtedly tends to discredit the reform element in the Republican Party, and gives the grafters a chance to slash at this reform element."
24 July 1914: ". . . I am trying my best to recover from a jungle fever, . . . .
"You see I am not seeing anyone at present that I can possibly help seeing. Unless I manage to keep myself isolated, for some weeks at least, I shall not be able to do anything this Fall. . . ."
30 July 1918, ANS: "Believe me, my dear friend, I deeply value your letter, and so does Mrs. Roosevelt. What you said of our beloved son [Quentin, who was killed in action 15 days prior to this note] is just what we feel. . . ."
with--24 TLsS by Swift to Roosevelt, retained drafts; 17 TLsS by one of Roosevelt's secretaries: William Loeb, George B. Cortelyou, or B.F. Barnes, to Swift; and a brief TLS by William H. Taft, as Secretary of War, to Swift. Also with a small group of printed items relating to Roosevelt's death, including an invitation to funeral services at Christ Church on January 8, 1919.