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The Committee on the Library has been directed to have marble busts made of all Vice Presidents of the United States for display in the United States Capitol. Except for President Roosevelt, all busts have been completed and Senator Wetmore asks Roosevelt to select a sculptor to perform the work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-26
William Allen White is concerned that an article he wrote which portrays President Roosevelt favorably will be “misconstrued or misinterpreted” because of the recent episode with Senator Thomas Collier Platt. White believes the appointment of Wilder Stevens Metcalf has been well received.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-26
A contract has been reached with Ferdinand Defrance and the Societe Imprimerie for the translation and publication of Oliver Cromwell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Andrew Carnegie is donating $10 million to a body of trustees for an unnamed purpose. He would be pleased if President Roosevelt would agree to serve.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Nathaniel Henchman Davis is sending President Roosevelt a hunting rifle which he believes to be ideal for bear.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Ellen S. Hale expresses her appreciation to Theodore Roosevelt for writing to her during her “great loss.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Secretary of the Navy Long provides President Roosevelt with the name of a man Roosevelt has sought: Thomas Redfield Proctor of Utica, New York. Long also encloses an article from the Times to which Secretary of War Elihu Root referred.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Ryan Phelps Powell invites President Roosevelt on a hunting trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Jacob Riis encloses a letter from Mr. Kimber, appealing on behalf of a young man who is ill and who ought to be in the hospital and not in the field. Riis asks President Roosevelt to look into the case and see that justice is done for the young man.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
President Roosevelt requested to meet with Amos Parker Wilder, editor of the Madison State Journal. Wilder will be at the Shoreham Hotel tomorrow and has been advised to call on George B. Cortelyou.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Senator Hale encloses clippings from Maine newspapers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Wilbur Fisk Wakeman acknowledges receipt of President Roosevelt’s communication removing him from the Office of Appraiser. He warns of corruption in the customs service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Eugene A. Philbin will be in Washington, D.C., next week and would like to meet with President Roosevelt. Philbin heard an absurd rumor that Roosevelt had asked the Vatican to make Archbishop Ireland a cardinal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-16
E. Mont Reily and the Roosevelt Club of Kansas City, Missouri, was pleased to hear that Senator Foraker would support the nomination of President Roosevelt for the 1904 election. The club is interested in hosting Foraker for a speech.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-16
Irvine Smith is distantly related to President Roosevelt and would like Roosevelt to visit Georgia. Smith can tell Roosevelt about the family members he knew and they can tour historic buildings related to the Roosevelt family. He also offers to serve “an old Georgia dinner.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-16
Seth Low still believes that he can influence Senator Burton to withdraw the current candidate and endorse another. On this basis Low hopes for more time from President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-16
Invitation to the wedding of Ella S. Augustus and Edward L. W. Scott. The wedding will be held on August 29, 1901, in Fleetwood Park, Maryland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-29
Civil and military governors have been asked for lists of towns in each province. The replies have been partially tabulated and appear largely untrustworthy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-17
Winthrop Chanler suggests that President Roosevelt “direct” Andrew Carnegie to purchase a building for donation to the Smithsonian or the Boone and Crockett Club. He mentions having seen William Sturgis Bigelow and Dan Wister.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-17
The appointment of Wilder Stevens Metcalf as pension agent shows that Senator Burton’s influence and Senatorial privilege will be respected by President Roosevelt. With this issue decided, Kansas Republicans should ignore factionalism and unite as “good Republicans.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12