Description:
W. B. Cooley, chief clerk in the Post Office Department, has communicated with the Postmaster General about Commissioner Roosevelt's note and enclosed statement. The Postmaster General suggests a meeting the following day to discuss how he might reply to such a statement.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
United States Postal Service; Wanamaker, John, 1838-1922
Date:
1890-03-03
Description:
James Sullivan Clarkson proposes that the post offices in the larger cities be made branches of the National Post Office in Washington and indicates his wish that Roosevelt participate in national Republican Party affairs. Clarkson also discusses a postmasters' bill submitted by Henry Cabot Lodge and criticizes how President Cleveland has dealt with the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Hawaii; United States Postal Service; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
Date:
1893-04-27
Description:
Theodore Roosevelt feels that the actions of Senators Spooner and Quarles may have jeopardized the national ticket. There can't be any perception that post office employees are working for either side in Wisconsin.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Political campaigns; Elections; Postal service; Political parties; Wisconsin; United States Postal Service; Spooner, John C. (John Coit), 1843-1919; Quarles, Joseph Very, 1843-1911
Date:
1904-07-15
Description:
President Roosevelt has directed the Civil Service Commission to send Postmaster Van Cott a copy of their report on the Philadelphia Post Office. As Van Cott's office also has a large number of certified men who have not been appointed, he advised to take heed and govern himself accordingly.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Employees--Appointment, qualifications, tenure, etc.; Governmental investigations; Post office stations and branches; Postmasters; Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; United States Civil Service Commission; United States Postal Service
Date:
1904-08-08
Description:
President Roosevelt is glad that Charles A. Dunwoody has found employment as a rural postal carrier after losing his arm. Roosevelt mentions that he has Dunwoody relatives from Georgia but doesn't know much about them.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Genealogy; Presidents--Family; Amputees; Postal service--Employees; Georgia; United States Postal Service; Dunwody, James Bulloch
Date:
1904-10-11
Description:
Chairman Cecil Andrew Lyon of the Texas Republican Committee feels that the department erred with its recent post office appointment at Denison as it dealt the party a very severe blow in the state. Pressing business will keep Lyon from being in Washington, D.C., until the 12th or 15th of June. He asks that if any Texas appointments are to be considered contrary to his recommendations, these appointments be deferred until he has the opportunity to voice his concerns and opinions.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Postal service--Officials and employees; Employees--Appointment, qualifications, tenure, etc.; Political parties--Planning; Texas--Denison; Republican National Committee (U.S.); Republican Party (Tex.); United States Postal Service
Date:
1906-05-25
