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Letter from Douglas Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Everyone is anxious about President McKinley’s health which appears to be in decline. Douglas Robinson and Roosevelt’s friends have absolute confidence in him but there is concern in financial circles. The markets are already responding to the general nervousness. If anything should happen to McKinley, Robinson recommends that Roosevelt make known his “conservative opinions and policy” and, at least initially, maintain McKinley’s Cabinet.

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1901-09-13

Telegram from C. F. Moberly Bell to Theodore Roosevelt

C. F. Moberly Bell requests the latest news and fears he will miss the lunch with Vice President Roosevelt.

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1901-09-13

Letter from James Gillespie Blaine to Theodore Roosevelt

James Gillespie Blaine thanks Vice President Roosevelt for his kindness in promptly telegraphing his mother. President McKinley’s health appears to be in decline and should it be necessary, Blaine believes that Roosevelt will “prove equal to the enormous responsibilities.”

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1901-09-13

Letter from Charles William Eliot to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter of introduction for Louis L. Hooper, an 1889 graduate of Harvard. Hooper runs a school in Washington, D.C., and is interested in having one of Vice President Roosevelt’s sons attend.

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1901-09-13

Letter from Harrington Fitzgerald to Theodore Roosevelt

There are fears that President McKinley will not pull through and Harrington Fitzgerald offers his services.

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1901-09-13

Telegram from Curtis Guild to Theodore Roosevelt

Curtis Guild offers his help and suggests he could handle the reporters.

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1901-09-13

Letter from Bartlett Shipp Johnston to Theodore Roosevelt

President McKinley’s health is faltering after the attempted assassination and Bartlett Shipp Johnston is confident that Vice President Roosevelt will continue to display wisdom and tact. He believes Roosevelt will make a worthy president and encourages him to “stamp out anarchy.”

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1901-09-13

Telegram from Allen Nicholson to Theodore Roosevelt

Allen Nicholson requests a message from the new president for the people of South Carolina.

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1901-09-13

Note regarding Richard Sheldon for Theodore Roosevelt

Richard Sheldon is unable to accept Vice President Roosevelt’s invitation to lunch.

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1901-09-13

Letter from Rachel Sherman Thorndike to Theodore Roosevelt

Rachel Sherman Thorndike sends words of “sympathy and friendship” after the death of President McKinley.

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1901-09-13

Letter from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt

William Allen White wants to see Vice President Roosevelt and requests advice on how to approach Senator Platt.

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1901-09-13

Letter from Owen Wister to Theodore Roosevelt

Owen Wister expresses his sympathy for Vice President Roosevelt as President McKinley’s health declines. Roosevelt has Wister’s continued confidence and faith.

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1901-09-13

Letter from Leonard Wood to Theodore Roosevelt

General Wood was surprised to hear of President McKinley’s declining health as everything previously indicated a rapid recovery. A “deep current of sympathy” can be found throughout Cuba.

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1901-09-13

Copy of telegram from John Rutter Brooke to Henry Clark Corbin

Secretary of War Elihu Root orders that an officer be sent to confer with First Lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York, to arrange to accompany her to Washington, D.C. A special train is available for her travel.

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1901-09-14

Telegram from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge expresses his sympathy after the death of William McKinley.

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1901-09-14

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt’s friends are thinking of him as he succeeds to the presidency.

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1901-09-14

Telegram from Laura d’Oremieulx Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Laura d’Oremieulx Roosevelt sends her love and sympathy as Theodore Roosevelt becomes president.

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1901-09-14

Telegram from Lyman Abbott to Theodore Roosevelt

Lyman Abbott expresses his sympathy at the death of President McKinley.

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1901-09-14

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

John Allison expresses his confidence in President Roosevelt upon his succession to the presidency after the death of William McKinley.

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1901-09-14

Telegram to Theodore Roosevelt

An anonymous citizen recommends that President Roosevelt suspend habeas corpus and arrest all anarchists.

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1901-09-14