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George B. Cortelyou returns a report to President Roosevelt, and he has advised Dawes to discuss a matter with Roosevelt about which Roosevelt inquired.
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1905-08-19
Postmaster General Cortelyou believes matters are improving in the Post Office Department. He has several investigations underway which he looks forward to discussing with President Roosevelt. He plans to leave for a six-week vacation soon, and he and his wife will plan to visit the Roosevelts at Oyster Bay.
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1905-07-31
George B. Cortelyou encloses a measure from Judge Lynde Harrison in which he is interested and for the progress of which he has worked. He asks President Roosevelt to return the documents after reviewing them.
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1905-07-24
The U.S. Postmaster General thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the inauguration medal designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
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1905-07-15
George B. Cortelyou sends an enclosure concerning “a women who annoyed Mrs. Roosevelt by her correspondence.”
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1905-07-17
Postmaster General Cortelyou announces the appointment of Stevenson A. Williams as a Member of the Republican National Committee for Maryland to replace a vacancy caused by the resignation of Louis E. McComas. Also, Cortelyou will be retiring from the committee.
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1905-07-11
Postmaster General Cortelyou writes to William Loeb about a letter from Charles Hedges, a former Post Office employee who was removed during the investigation of a Post Office scandal in 1903. Cortelyou notes that the charges against Hedges were justified. In a review of the investigation findings, Cortelyou describes how Hedges falsified pay documents, and used the influence of his office to induce postmasters and other postal employees to buy stocks in mining schemes in which he had interests.
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1905-05-12
“Speak to the President about General Dudley’s son, who is in Alaska. If his record is good, do not disturb him.”
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1905-05-08
Postmaster General Cortelyou advises an unknown person that Senator Joseph Benson Foraker’s nominee for Collector of Internal Revenue at Chillicothe, Ohio, David Moore, is under investigation. Cortelyou recommends that President Roosevelt hold the case until the investigation is completed.
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1905-05-09
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou asks President Roosevelt not to appoint Oscar J. Ricketts to the office of Public Printer before Cortelyou speaks to Roosevelt. Cortelyou thinks appointing Ricketts would be a great mistake, no matter who recommends it.
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1905-03-01
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou asks William Loeb to investigate the subject of an enclosed letter and put the correspondence on his private files.
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1904-10-24
George B. Cortelyou sends President Roosevelt “hearty congratulations and best wishes” on his birthday.
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1904-10-27
George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the National Republican Committee, asks William Loeb to “do anything that is considered proper” with regards to the matter referred to in some enclosed correspondence. Cortelyou asks that Loeb return the letters for his private files.
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1904-10-17
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou asks William Loeb to investigate the enclosed document.
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1904-10-11
George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the National Republican Committee, asks William Loeb to find out whether Henry Gassaway Davis is still drawing a salary for being a member of a commission regarding a proposed railroad through Panama into South America.
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1904-10-12
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou encourages President Roosevelt to speak to the Union League of Philadelphia, at the invitation of Edward Townsend Stotesbury.
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1904-10-14
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou has received President Roosevelt’s letter and does not think Roosevelt needs to do anything about it at this point. Cortelyou has asked Harry S. New to report if he hears anything of the matter of Postmaster James N. Tyner in Indiana.
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1904-10-03
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou responds to Horatio C. King regarding recent campaign editorials published in the New York Times. He dismisses the editorials’ claims as “cheap twaddle” and reiterates his commitment to running a campaign “on the basis of clean policies and clean politics.”
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1904-10-03
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou writes to President Roosevelt about the progress of the Republican campaign. Cortelyou outlines his strategy to allow the Democratic Party to articulate their platform and then attack it in advance of the election. Roosevelt should maintain his current activity and Cortelyou will let him know if speeches or writing are needed from him. Despite some criticism, he believes the Republican headquarters is being run well overall.
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1904-10-02
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou informs William Loeb that he just received a telegram from Charles M. Hays, editor of the Chicago Daily News, saying he knows who first published the Michael Donnelly letter with President Roosevelt’s name. Cortelyou told Hays to inform Roosevelt directly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-29