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Nicholas Murray Butler’s wife is ill. She took a turn for the worse and doctors think that the situation is serious. Butler says that there is hope because she did not get any worse over the night and her condition is a bit better. He does not ask for a reply from President Roosevelt.
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1902-12-12
Mr. Parkin will be visiting President Roosevelt as a representative of the Rhodes trustees to pay his respect and begin his inquiry into the best method of setting up the Rhodes Scholarships. Nicholas M. Butler sends a copy of a letter that he sent to Mr. Choate on the views he has on the scholarships.
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1902-12-01
The Strachey family will be visiting the United States and expects to hear from the White House. Nicholas Murray Butler congratulates President Roosevelt on the conclusion of the Anthracite Coal Strike and is pleased that his friend, Bishop Spalding, is a member of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
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1902-10-17
Nicholas Murray Butler can so far only recommend President Eliot of Harvard University for the Anthracite Coal Strike investigatory committee. He suggests that one member of the committee should be from the Midwest and should be wholly unconnected with either side of the conflict.
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1902-10-13
Nicholas Murray Butler recommends Henry S. Munroe for appointment to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
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1902-10-14
Nicholas Murray Butler can be in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening.
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1902-10-06
Nicholas Murray Butler will be available after he returns to New York on September 19. He believes that any position for Lemuel Ely Quigg would be a direct insult to President Roosevelt.
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1902-09-11
Nicholas Murray Butler thought that there were two vacancies on the Board of Indian Commissioners. He agrees with President Roosevelt regarding the tariff and suggests how to get the reciprocity treaties passed.
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1902-08-17
Nicholas Murray Butler offers his opinion on several political matters.
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1902-08-10
Nicholas Murray Butler thanks President Roosevelt for letting him see the letter from Henry Litchfield West.
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1902-08-13
Nicholas Murray Butler is pleased that President Roosevelt likes the suggestion of A. S. Draper, President of the University of Illinois, for a vacancy on the Board of Indian Commissioners.
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1902-08-14
Nicholas Murray Butler recommends Andrew Sloan Draper for membership on the Board of Indian Commissioners.
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1902-08-08
Nicholas Murray Butler will be in Oyster Bay, New York, on Wednesday, and is ready to play tennis.
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1902-07-21
Nicholas Murray Butler will arrive Wednesday at 12:20.
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1902-07-22
Nicholas Murray Butler and Dr. Alderman will be able to dine at Oyster Bay, New York.
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1902-07-25
Nicholas Murray Butler offers his opinion on the operation and organization of the recently created Rhodes Scholarship.
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1902-07-28
Nicholas Murray Butler has just returned from a trip out west and looks forward to visiting the Roosevelts.
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1902-07-16
Nicholas Murray Butler will be delighted to visit Oyster Bay, New York, on Wednesday.
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1902-07-18
Nicholas Murray Butler encloses a letter regarding a speech President Roosevelt gave in Boston. Butler agrees with every word.
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1902-07-01
Nicholas Murray Butler has been approached by Gebbie and Company to write a biographical sketch of President Roosevelt for an upcoming complete edition of Roosevelt’s works. Butler feels that he must decline due to a heavy workload and asks for Roosevelt’s permission to refer Gebbie and Company to Albert Shaw.
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1902-06-26