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On behalf of President McKinley, George B. Cortelyou thanks Jesse Larrabee for his letter of congratulations.
Resource Type: Letter
Subject: Letters
Date: 1900-11-16
President McKinley is "critically ill."
Resource Type: Telegram
Subject: Presidents--Health; McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Date: 1901-09-03
Secretary to the President Cortelyou asks Major Wadsworth if Trum Cary could find a horse that he could ride for exercise while in Washington.
Subject: Horsemanship; Horses--Buying; Cary, Trumbull, 1849-1913
Date: 1901-09-14
Secretary Cortelyou is unable to make his southern trip and hopes that he will see Peter Otey in Washington.
Subject: Travel; Etiquette
Secretary Cortelyou would like Charles Pierce to inform him of the best way to send two hundred dollars to Mrs. Snyman.
Subject: Etiquette; Money
Secretary Cortelyou writes George Putnam, "I thank you heartily and value your note of the 14th."
Subject: Etiquette
Secretary Cortelyou apologizes for his inattention to Senator Quay's telegram and cites President McKinley's assassination as the reason the telegram was missed.
Subject: Etiquette; Presidents--Assassination; McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Secretary Cortelyou thanks Governor Shaw for his telegram and hopes he will see Shaw in Washington.
Secretary Cortelyou regretfully rescinds Richard Sheldon's invitation to a luncheon on the 27th.
Subject: Luncheons; Etiquette
Secretary Cortelyou informs Samuel Small that the Secretary of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War is Surgeon M. H. Crawford.
Subject: Spanish-American War (1898); Letter writing
