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Letter from Maria Longworth Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Maria Longworth Storer congratulates President Roosevelt on the New York elections. She suggests that the Catholic Church might be more successful in inserting morality into society and politics if there were more bishops like Archbishop Ireland. Storer derides Archbishop Corrigan for his involvement with Tammany Hall and believes it to be a “matter of shame to every Catholic.” She is thankful that Roosevelt is a “reformer first and a politician afterwards.”

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1901-11-08

Letter from Josiah Strong to Theodore Roosevelt

Josiah Strong asks President Roosevelt if he remembers writing an article for Strong, then secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, four years ago for a leaflet entitled “On the Need of Commonplace Virtues.” The article was not published because of references to “political prohibitionists.” Strong has since left the Evangelical Alliance and would like Roosevelt’s permission to publish the article in the Christmas issue of Social Service.

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1901-11-08

Telegram from Hugh Smith Thompson to George B. Cortelyou

Hugh Smith Thompson accepts President Roosevelt’s dinner invitation.

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1901-11-08

Letter from Charles D. Walcott to William Loeb

Charles D. Walcott encloses an interview that President Roosevelt may find interesting.

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1901-11-08

Letter from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt

William Allen White advises President Roosevelt against a compromise in the Burton-Leland problem. He believes that common sense and morality demand the appointment of Cyrus Leland.

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1901-11-08

Letter from William Allen White to James Hulme Canfield

William Allen White believes that Cyrus Leland should be appointed to the pension position as had been promised by William McKinley. Senator Joseph Ralph Burton may be angered by the appointment, but he would be angry at anyone being appointed who was not of his own choosing. White reviews the many supporters of Leland.

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1901-11-08

Newspaper article on F. Norton Goddard

Newspaper article claiming that F. Norton Goddard wanted to be named collector of the port of New York, New York, and suggesting that there is a tense relationship between Goddard and George R. Bidwell.

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1901

Announcement from Charles W. Baldwin

The trustees of American University will be meeting on December 11, 1901.

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1901-11-10

Note on Captain Clark

President Roosevelt asked Secretary of the Navy Long if anything could be done for Captain Clark.

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1901-11-11

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

Governor Hunt would like to take a brief absence on November 13.

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1901-11-09

Telegram from Santiago Iglesias Pantin to Samuel Gompers

Santiago Iglesias Pantin was arrested upon his return to Puerto Rico. He remains in jail.

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1901-11-09

Letter from Seth Low to Theodore Roosevelt

Seth Low would be pleased to spend Friday night at the White House.

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1901-11-09

Letter from John Lowndes McLaurin to Paul Dana

Senator McLaurin has doubts about the claims that George R. Koester participated in a lynching that took place in South Carolina eight years ago. The person making accusations against Koester is a personal enemy. McLaurin does not wish to become directly involved but is convinced that Koester has been wrongly accused.

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1901-11-09

Letter from J. D. Powers to John Robert Procter

J. D. Powers laments the condition of the political system in Kentucky. Many civil servants have trampled the rights of the people, ruined the Republican Party, and destroyed the chance to defeat the “political Buckaneers.”

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1901-11-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Roff

Theodore Roosevelt has heard of the unselfish things that Frank E. Roff did for the Progressive cause and thanks him.

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1912-12-20

Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt

Jacob A. Riis would be pleased to dine with President Roosevelt on November 26.

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1901-11-09

Letter from Douglas Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

August Belmont has returned and would be pleased to meet with President Roosevelt. Douglas and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson enjoyed Roosevelt’s visit.

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1901-11-09

Letter from Joseph B. Tiffany to George B. Cortelyou

Joseph B. Tiffany requests details on President Roosevelt’s order of an upright piano from Steinway & Sons. He suggests that a grand piano may suit Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt better than an upright.

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1901-11-09

Letter from Ansley Wilcox to Theodore Roosevelt

Ansley Wilcox will be traveling to Washington, D.C., and hopes to visit the White House on Monday.

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1901-11-09

Letter from Marcus Alonzo Hanna to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Hanna has been thinking about President Roosevelt’s message regarding trusts, organized labor, and wages. He suggests that Roosevelt focus more on trusts and less on wages as the Democrats do not think trusts are an issue and focusing on wages would only help the Democrats.

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1901-11-10