Scope and content Typewritten signed letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to the Attorney General, June 20, 1907, concerning a proposed bill to curb illegal actions by large corporations, together with a photocopy of the letter. Also, manuscript of a sermon preached by Reverend Charles Brooks in Newport, Rhode Island, on October 22, 1871, just two weeks after the Great Chicago Fire; and printed copies of two speeches by Charles J. Bonaparte, "The spoils system in the government of dependencies" (read...