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Civil Service Commission President Black forwards a letter from Wilmon Whilldin Blackmar, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a response to that letter written by Black. Black requests that President Roosevelt approve and mail the enclosed letter to Blackmar.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-15
John Charles Black, President of the Civil Service Commission, informs President Roosevelt that Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf has received instructions to create a certificate of transfer for Carl H. Shaifer to the Navy Department immediately following any receipt of request.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-12
John Charles Black thanks President Roosevelt for all of the kindness that Roosevelt has bestowed upon him. Black writes on the anniversary of his first battle wound in the Civil War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-07
Civil Service Commission President John Charles Black writes to President Roosevelt to forward a letter from the treasurer of “The Old Boys’ Fremont and Lincoln Republican Club.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-08
John Black writes to Thomas McKee concerning the fundraising letter he sent to “The Old Boys’ Fremont and Lincoln Republican Club,” which included the names of federal employees, and was circulated to federal employees. The fundraising letter is in violation of the Civil Service Act. Black requests that McKee send a withdrawal of the fund raising request to all federal employees.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-08
Civil Service Commission President Black compliments President Roosevelt’s letter and encloses a “scrap that may entertain you at an odd moment.”
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1904-09-15
Civil Service Commission President Black responds to a letter from General Blackmar to President Theodore Roosevelt dated September 6, 1904, proposing that veterans of the Civil War and widows of such veterans should be reinstated to civil service posts at similar levels to those previously held. Black responds that under the current rules of the Civil Service Commission, such reinstatement should be made and there is no need for additional resolutions regarding reinstatement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-15
John Charles Black, president of the Civil Service Commission, discusses whether or not Frank H. Cunningham, president of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, violated an executive order by writing rural carriers to encourage them to solicit their government representatives concerning legislation that would benefit them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-15
John C. Black accepts position as President if the U. S. Civil Service Commission. Black extends holiday wishes to President Roosevelt and comments on U. S. Senate and “the Panama business.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-24
John Charles Black agrees with the Pension Committee’s recommendation that the Medical Division needs to be reorganized, adding that the division is “not in harmony with the veteran and other applicants before the Bureau.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-20