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Senator Beveridge called a meeting regarding the Foulke matter (probably President Roosevelt’s consideration of William Dudley Foulke for appointment to the Civil Service Commission). Beveridge encloses the responses of those whom he consulted.
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1901-10-14
Nicholas Murray Butler responds to President Roosevelt’s invitation to spend a night at the White House.
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1901-10-14
On behalf of Senator Hanna, Elmer Dover returns two letters.
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1901-10-14
William F. Draper encloses a letter he sent to President Roosevelt regarding an appointment for Henry St. George Tucker. If Senator Lodges approves of appointing Tucker, Draper hopes he can use his influence with Roosevelt.
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1901-10-14
John Gill requests Douglas Robinson’s help having his nephew, Thomas A. Symington, appointed to the United States Naval Academy.
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1901-10-14
A. P. Gillespie agrees that the Republican Party in Virginia needs to be changed and he wishes that John S. Wise would return to lead the party.
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1901-10-14
Census Director William Rush Merriam should not be trusted in state matters. He has a “small, malicious” following and is bankrupt. Le Grand Powers is a good statistician in the census bureau. Mr. Noyes is a “thoroughly bad man” and can be removed without repercussions. (The latter may be Arthur H. Noyes, district judge for Alaska, who was removed from office in February 1902.)
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1901-10-14
A committee from the Chamber of Commerce of Puerto Rico will be visiting the United States and would like to meet with President Roosevelt. Governor Hunt cautions that there are Spaniards on the committee but they represent important business interests and are outside of politics. José Celso Barbosa and Sanchez Morales are reliable and were helpful in passing several pieces of legislation.
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1901-10-14
Herschel V. Jones will be in Washington, D.C., starting on November 1. He has an important matter he would like to discuss with President Roosevelt.
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1901-10-14
Major Llewellyn has stated that he is not a candidate for federal office.
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1901-10-14
W. W. Kimball reviews the history and theory behind torpedo-boats. He compares past and present scenarios using statistics and a review of fleet freeing methods of organization. Kimball concludes by submitting his own memorandum on torpedo-boat organization and service.
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1901-10-14
William H. H. Llewellyn claims that Robert Bradley Hawley controls all federal appointments in Texas in exchange for delivering thirty-six votes at the Republican National Convention. He fears that this combination could be used against President Roosevelt and that unfit individuals, such as the collector at the Port of El Paso, are being maintained in their positions.
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1901-10-14
W. W. Kimball reviews his theories on the organization, training, and outfitting of torpedo-boats.
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1901-10-14
Richard A. McCurdy thanks President Roosevelt for meeting with his friend, A. J. Fraser, who was very impressed with Roosevelt’s “vigorous and interesting personality.” McCurdy suggests that Fraser could be a useful and unofficial source of information in the “world of London finance.”
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1901-10-14
St. Clair McKelway reviews the potential candidates, Francis Henry Wilson and George H. Roberts, for postmaster of Brooklyn, New York.
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1901-10-14
Frederick Muller is concerned about corruption in New Mexico Territory. He would like to discuss the appointment of the territorial governor with President Roosevelt.
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1901-10-14
Governor Odell would be pleased to meet with President Roosevelt at any time. He can travel to Washington, D.C., next week and would prefer that their meeting “be unknown.”
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1901-10-14
Preliminary content for the book Theodore Roosevelt: A Typical American; including the title page, table of contents, and an opening poem by Grace Duffie Boylan.
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1901
Advertisement for Theodore Roosevelt: A Typical American.
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1901
Mary W. Owens’s father, George Welshman Owens, was responsible for obtaining the appointment of James Dunwody Bulloch to the Navy in the late 1830s. Original and typewritten copy.
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1901-10-14