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Joseph Bucklin Bishop asks if Grover Cleveland’s withdrawal changes President Roosevelt’s opinion regarding his article about the coal strike. Bishop seeks Roosevelt’s consent to write an article and encloses four remarks.
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1903-12-01
Joseph Bucklin Bishop comments on information from President Roosevelt concerning a conference. Bishop also encloses a cartoon that will give Roosevelt “much amusement.”
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1903-12-03
Joseph Bucklin Bishop encloses a document he thinks will be of interest to President Roosevelt.
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1903-12-04
Joseph Bucklin Bishop sends enclosed items to President Roosevelt.
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1903-11-17
Joseph Bucklin Bishop sends an enclosed item to President Roosevelt, asking that he not take offense at his quoted statements. He suggests Roosevelt read the most recent issues of Harper’s Weekly and The Sun. Bishop asks Roosevelt to destroy a letter he sent to him regarding “F.V.G.”
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1903-11-18
Joseph Bucklin Bishop relays to President Roosevelt that he received information about Rafael Reyes from an article sent to him by Secretary of State John Hay.
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1903-11-23
Joseph Bucklin Bishop summarizes the politics involved in the New York State Senate election. Bishop discusses Mr. Merriman, who is a key-player in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit project, his support of Tammany Hall, and his association with William C. Whitney, Thomas Fortune Ryan, and August Belmont. Bishop conveys that Benjamin B. Odell holds a low public opinion in New York. Bishop congratulates President Roosevelt on his action in Panama.
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1903-11-09
Joseph Bucklin Bishop sends amusing items to President Roosevelt and forwards a copy of these items to John Hay.
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1903-11-10
Joseph Bucklin Bishop encloses “one more shot” President Roosevelt’s “more amusing critics.” Bishop attributes the person referred to as “the jew”‘s success as a product of Leslie M. Shaw’s continued support. Bishop suggests that Roosevelt advise Shaw to quit.
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1903-11-12
Joseph Bucklin Bishop advises President Roosevelt to accept an original cartoon drawing, for which Roosevelt expressed admiration, from the artist. Bishop calls Charles Green Bush, cartoonist for the New York World, “the most powerful cartoonist in the country.” Bishop also mentions a recent conversation with Nicholas Murray Butler.
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1903-11-13
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt regarding the recent mayoral election in New York City, in which George McClellan defeated Seth Low. Bishop says the election was “bought up by Whitney, Ryan, Belmont, and Harriman.” Bishop also discusses a recent conversation with General Hubbard concerning Leslie M. Shaw and relays that he will not accompany Hubbard to Washington, D.C.
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1903-11-04
Joseph Bucklin Bishop sends items of interest to President Roosevelt.
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1903-11-05
General Thomas Hubbard has ordered that “the Jew’s” notice to Bishop to be withdrawn. (Newspaper editor Moses Strauss had apparently given Bishop a notice of dismissal.) Bishop hopes that Strauss might be driven out and that this will save the paper. Bishop comments that he never knew what friends he had until this episode, when many reached out to offer him support. He believes he could start his own paper if he wished to do so. He sends warm wishes and gratitude to President and Mrs. Roosevelt for their encouragement and thoughtfulness.
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1903-10-21
Joseph Bucklin Bishop warns President Roosevelt that “the Jew” has withdrawn and that he will discuss the matter with General Thomas H. Hubbard. Bishop alerts Roosevelt that “the Jew” has the support of Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw and Iowa Governor Albert Baird Cummins, and that he may run for President in 1904. Bishop believes there is a “Jew syndicate” that wants to control the press.
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1903-10-24
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt in regards to a conversation he had with General Hubbard. Bishop discusses a key player whom he describes as “the jew.” Bishop believes that Hubbard was duped by “the jew” and blames Mr. Shaw, a cabinet member under Roosevelt’s administration, for supporting and bestowing power to this figure. Bishop sends kind regards to Mrs. Roosevelt and relays that his wife is doing well.
Joseph Bucklin Bishop has read James Sullivan Clarkson’s letter and takes issue with many of Clarkson’s political observations. Regarding the Harriman matter, Bishop does not believe that President Roosevelt needs to do anything beyond stating that the message was sent without his approval. There will not be a “sweeping Tammany victory” in New York City and Mayor Low’s reelection looks promising.
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1903-10-03
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt about the President’s Syracuse speech, improvements at Ellis Island due to Mr. Williams, and sends clippings regarding Judge Gray.
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1903-09-07
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt regarding articles relating to financial legislation, the election of Mayor Low, and Oregon senators. Bishop returns the letter from Edward King.
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1903-09-01
Joseph Bucklin Bishop encloses a cartoon to President Roosevelt, observing that it confirms his view that the Sun has done the president a valuable service. Bishop also discusses a recent meeting with Warren Harding, whom he says is ready to purchase an undisclosed article if the owners are willing to sell.
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1903-08-16
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt about a recent story in The Commercial Advertiser.
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1903-08-19