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Charles Scribner’s Sons encloses a report from G. P. Putnam’s Sons regarding their edition of The Rough Riders and a check from Putnam’s.
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1901-09-04
John M. Thompson, captain of Manhattan Command No. 5 of the Corps of New York Spanish War Veterans, invites Vice President Roosevelt to be the presenter at a ceremony bestowing two flags to the command.
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1901-09-04
William Allen White received a letter from E. Mont Reily who is distressed that Kansans are not responding to his Roosevelt clubs. White plans to “straighten him out” with a visit on his way to Washington, D.C. He requests a letter of introduction to Comptroller of the Currency Charles Gates Dawes.
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1901-09-04
James Carleton Young is sending the books for Vice President Roosevelt to inscribe.
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1901-09-04
Thomas Herndon Young, a veteran of the Rough Riders, requests Vice President Roosevelt’s help in securing a position.
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1901-09-04
Lyman Abbott is departing for vacation but presumes the Taft article will be published in The Outlook soon. Abbott read in the newspaper about the illness within the Roosevelt family and hopes it is not serious.
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1901-09-05
Ernest L. Bergstrom offers his assistance during Vice President Roosevelt’s visit to Georgia in November. He suggests a visit to the childhood home of Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and a deer hunt.
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1901-09-05
James Burton will be mailing a photograph of Vice President Roosevelt “christening an Indian child” that he took at the Pan-American Exposition.
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1901-09-05
George W. Clark has not met one man who does not favor Vice President Roosevelt’s nomination as the Republican presidential candidate in 1904. Clark claims that Democrats and Republicans will support Roosevelt in the West and Southwest.
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1901-09-05
William Loeb will meet Vice President Roosevelt at the United States Hotel Saratoga at noon on Saturday.
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1901-09-05
Louisa Cook, a medium, offers a “gift of prophecy of soul” regarding Vice President Roosevelt’s future. She warns that Roosevelt will pass through a “trying ordeal” before March 1902 and that he will become “ruler of the land through another’s downfall.”
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1901-09-05
Due to ill health, Governor Crane’s nephew has been spending time in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and his condition has improved. The nephew requested Vice President Roosevelt’s advice on a suitable location where he could hunt and fish. Crane would appreciate any suggestions Roosevelt can provide.
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1901-09-05
George Curry has resigned as governor of the Camarines and is now chief of police in Manila. He is proud that Governor Taft selected him for the position. The situation in the Philippines is “working along very nicely” and the Rough Riders on the islands are doing well. Curry reports that Lieutenant Sweet, the former secret service chief, was arrested for abusing prisoners but will likely get out of trouble. He also mentions that Captain Green, who is with him, wishes to be remembered by Roosevelt and “all of the old boys.”
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1901-09-05
William A. Hemphill, president of the Southern Industrial League, joins with Mayor Livingston Mims and the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in inviting Vice President Roosevelt to visit Atlanta, Georgia, in November.
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1901-09-05
W. E. Skinner regrets that Vice President Roosevelt cannot attend the International Live Stock Exposition.
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1901-09-05
Edward R. Johnstone encloses the text of Cyrus Northrop’s speech that was delivered at the Minneapolis Club on September 2. He also sends a photograph of Senator Knute Nelson and Thomas H. Shevlin in a characteristic pose.
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1901-09-05
Herschel V. Jones is leaving for a three week trip to the Pacific Northwest. He has something interesting to tell Vice President Roosevelt when he is in New York around the beginning of October.
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1901-09-05
Henry W. Koch requests a position in the federal government or in the personal employ of Vice President Roosevelt.
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1901-09-05
John Luchsinger views Vice President Roosevelt as the overwhelming favorite for the 1904 Republican presidential nomination and the logical successor of President McKinley.
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1901-09-05
John Scudder McLain sends copies of his newspaper from Monday and Tuesday so that Vice President Roosevelt can have a record of his visit to Minnesota.
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1901-09-05