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Charles F. Ashley, the United States Indian Agent at Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Agency, recommends Herbert M. Seymour as a “young man of exemplary character and habits.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1893-08-16
Theodore Roosevelt speaks before an Irish gathering in Boston and calls the American Protective Association (A.P.A.), an anti-Catholic secret society, an “evil movement” in the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1893-11
J. W. Sleves compliments Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt on his books and inquires whether Roosevelt has ever heard of moose being hunted with dogs, as elk are hunted in Norway. He offers to take Roosevelt hunting if he wants to experience it, and he recommends the book Short Stalks by Edward North Buxton.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-01-03
Receipt for $244.32 taxes paid by Theodore Roosevelt to the town of Oyster Bay, New York, on real property assessed at $15,000 and personal property assessed at $2,000.
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1894-01-24
Hermann Speck von Sternburg discusses hunting and various guns, including the new Pieper revolver. He includes drawings to illustrate what he describes about the revolver.
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1894-01-24
Pinckney Marcius-Simons writes President Cleveland to thank him for purchasing one of his paintings; the artist comments on the nature of his art as uniquely American, and mentions that Theodore Roosevelt also purchased one of his paintings.
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1894-03-08
Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle responds to an inquiry by Theodore Roosevelt about an interview given by Mr. Cumming, an employee of the Treasury Department, to the Washington Post. Cumming gave the interview as a private citizen and believes the statements he made about the civil service to be true. Carlisle does not believe he can take action against him.
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1894-03-12
Robert Munro Ferguson writes that Anna Roosevelt will not come home (from London) until fall. Ferguson extends good wishes on the expected new addition to Roosevelt’s family and discusses the travels of Joseph Burr Tyrrell across northern Canada by canoe and on foot.
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1894-03-17
R. H. Chittenden, a chemist at Yale University, has reviewed William M. Babbott’s plans for ensuring a pure and fresh milk supply delivered to consumers. Chittenden approves the methods Babbott proposes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-04-16
This report documents the voting record of house republicans from sixteen midwestern and western states in the March 1, 1907, vote on the Ocean Mail bill, also known as the Littauer Mail Subsidy bill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-01
A. T. Mahan notes that Theodore Roosevelt’s letter of March 27 just reached him. He assures him he did not take offense at Roosevelt’s advice, and comments on how gratifying it is to receive approbation from naval officers for his work The Influence of Sea Power on History.
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1894-06-06
Thomas B. Reed writes, “Lodge goes to Mass. So does Randall. But both are sometimes in their places of business which is not the case with officials whom the people cannot reach.”
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1894-08-09
Harwood Hall, Superintendent of the Indian Industrial School in Phoenix, Arizona, recommends Herbert M. Seymour as energetic, trustworthy, and efficient.
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1894-08-21
Senator Lodge reports on the Massachusetts Republican state convention, including Senator George Frisbie Hoar’s proposed platform and its attack on the A.P.A. (American Protective Association, an anti-Catholic organization) by asserting a non-discrimination policy. He expresses optimism for the upcoming election.
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1894-10-07
Senator Lodge urges Theodore Roosevelt to support Morton – perhaps referring to Levi P. Morton in his bid for the governorship of New York.
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1894-12-15
Transcript of a speech given by Senator Hill in the U.S. Senate. Hill wishes to revise the rules for bringing a measure to a vote. He compares them to “a mere rope of sand, without strength or force.” In his view the existing limitations on debate are severely lacking, and should be in the hands of the majority, rather than a very vocal minority of the Senate. The senator states that the rules made sense a century prior when there were far fewer states, but there are simply too many complex issues being debated by too many people for the system to continue as it stands.
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1894-12-18
William Lafayette Strong, mayor-elect of New York City, invites Theodore Roosevelt to take over leadership of the Street Cleaning Bureau for the city.
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1894-12-18
F. V. Greene is disappointed that Commissioner Roosevelt declined the invitation to head the street cleaning bureau for New York City. He believes the problem of municipal government is more important than the work of the Civil Service Commission and that Roosevelt would have direct influence in New York City, whereas on the Commission he is merely an adviser. Greene hopes Roosevelt might consider a role in city administration when his term on the Commission ends.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-12-27
Leslie D. Davis, superintendent of the Flandreau Indian Industrial School in South Dakota, recommends Herbert M. Seymour as “a competent office man in every way.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1895-01-05
George R. Westfall, physician to the Cheyenne & Arapaho Agency in Darlington, Oklahoma Territory, recommends Herbert M. Seymour as “a man of exemplary habits and unquestionable probity of character.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1895-01-05