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Arthur von Briesen returns the letter and enclosures that William Loeb sent. He also informs Loeb that he received a letter from Major General G. L. Gillespie, and encloses a copy of his reply.
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1904-10-19
Arthur von Briesen explains his position to President Roosevelt that he believes the truth of the story of a sword given to George Washington by Frederick the Great. Von Briesen’s opinion is in opposition to a recent New York Sun article which stated the sword giving event did not occur.
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1904-10-12
Arthur von Briesen has organized a National Roosevelt League for the State of New York and is looking for a high level person to serve as Treasurer that can lead its development into a financially self-sustaining entity. Von Briesen’s choice for Treasurer is Isacc N. Seligman.
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1904-05-21
Arthur von Briesen responds to Major General G. L. Gillespie’s request for further information on Briesen’s statement that he had gotten his facts regarding a sword supposedly gifted by King Frederick II of Prussia to George Washington from Mr. Ward. He has since come to believe that the story may be rather different, based on a book by Friedrich Kapp which says that the sword came from the sword-maker Theophilus Alte of Solingen. This is further reinforced by a letter from Washington to John Quincy Adams.
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1904-10-19
Arthur von Briesen informs President Roosevelt that he is currently working on a reply to the charge that Roosevelt is an enemy of Germans, and will send him a copy of it once it is completed. He also tells Roosevelt about his recent historical investigations into a sword that was said to have been given by Frederick II, King of Prussia, to George Washington
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1904-10-12
Arthur von Briesen is preparing invitations for a meeting on April 30 and forwards President Roosevelt a copy for his review. Von Briesen expresses disappointment that he is not going to Europe to settle the Ellis Island matter. Von Briesen informs the President that he has signed up five New York bankers as members of his Roosevelt League.
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1904-04-11
Arthur von Briesen’s plans to buy the German-American newspaper Staats Zeitung have been obstructed and purchase may not be possible.
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1904-03-15
Arthur von Briesen wishes to buy the German-American newspaper Staats Zeitung and would like to discuss questions concerning ownership, management, and editorship.
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1904-03-11
Arthur von Briesen requests facts concerning President Roosevelt’s time in Germany as a child to use in a campaign book he is preparing.
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1904-02-27
Arthur von Briesen suggests that both the German and the U.S. government recognize the 75th birthday of U.S. politician and German immigrant Carl Schurz.
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1904-02-13
Arthur von Briesen outlines the steps he has taken to prepare for Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential campaign: steps toward the purchase of a German newspaper, Staats Zeitung; the establishment of a committee to select persons of German descent from the northeast to meet at a conference with those of German descent from western states; and the establishment of a committee to begin work on the actual presidential campaign.
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1904-02-04
Arthur von Briesen requests President Roosevelt’s opinion regarding Representative Bartholdt. Von Briesen has been asked to a dinner party honoring Bartholdt and he is unsure if he should attend.
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1903-12-26
Arthur von Briesen sends Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen’s book “The Tribulations of a Princess” to President Roosevelt and extends holiday wishes.
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1903-12-21
Arthur von Briesen writes to President Roosevelt to express his distress over Eugene A. Philbin, member of the Ellis Island Commission, disclosing confidential findings of the Commission to an Evening Post reporter, who published the abstract in the paper. Briesen comments on why the Commission’s report did not more strongly commend the administration of the Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, William Williams.
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1903-12-04
Arthur von Briesen writes to President Roosevelt regarding the Ellis Island investigation. Briesen relays that the Ellis Island Committee recently discussed the process of selection and exclusion of immigrants into the United States.
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1903-12-01
Arthur Von Briesen writes to President Roosevelt regarding the Ellis Island investigation. Briesen relays that the Ellis Island Committee recently discussed the process of selection and exclusion of immigrants into the United States.
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1903-11-04
Arthur von Briesen responds to President Roosevelt’s request for a report regarding the Ellis Island investigation. Briesen extends belated birthday wishes to Roosevelt.
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1903-10-30
Arthur von Briesen, chairperson of the committee to investigate conditions at Ellis Island, attaches an editorial clipping from the German newspaper Staats-Zeitung.
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1903-10-22
Arthur von Briesen updates President Roosevelt regarding the Ellis Island investigation. Briesen encloses a photo of himself.
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1903-10-19
Arthur von Briesen cannot lunch with President Roosevelt tomorrow as he must be present for the Ellis Island hearings. He will be in Washington, D.C., on October 11. Briesen took special note of Roosevelt’s suggestion that charges should not receive publicity unless they have been thoroughly investigated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-05