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Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou asks Benjamin F. Barnes to present an enclosed personal letter to President Roosevelt and then return it to Cortelyou.
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1904-12-20
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou encloses a telegram from William Bingham Clarke, from Kansas City, regarding endorsements for candidates for a Missouri judicial appointment.
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1904-12-19
George B. Cortelyou presents President Roosevelt with a bound edition of important campaign documents.
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1904-12-16
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou asks Benjamin F. Barnes what action has been taken regarding a vacancy referenced in a letter from John Philip Clum of Nome, Alaska, which he encloses.
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1904-12-15
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou returns a letter from Tennessee Representative Walter Preston Brownlow along with William Loeb’s note of December 2, 1904. Cortelyou states that it has been customary to do what Brownlow requested, and without other guidance, continuing the practice might be appropriate. Cortelyou suggests checking with Postmaster General Henry C. Payne whether he knows of any objection to such a plan.
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1904-12-14
Republican Committee Chairman Cortelyou sends President Roosevelt a letter from Colonel S. G. McLendon to read. Cortelyou describes McLendon as a friend of Senator Hanna and President McKinley.
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1904-12-14
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou encloses a letter from Captain John Roy Lynch and notes that there was previous correspondence on the same subject.
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1904-12-13
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou thanks Benjamin F. Barnes for sending an unidentified letter and returns it for President Roosevelt’s private files.
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1904-12-10
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou has announced that General John M. Wilson will be chairman of the Inaugural Committee.
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1904-11-30
George B. Cortelyou forwards General Horatio C. King’s recommendation for an appointment in Vermont.
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1904-11-30
George B. Cortelyou asks Benjamin F. Barnes and William Loeb to review an enclosed letter from David L. Einstein to Cornelius Bliss, requesting advancement for Einstein’s son Lewis in the diplomatic service.
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1904-11-28
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou has discussed with President Roosevelt the visit of Colonel Lowry and his friends to Washington, D.C. Cortelyou directs Lowry to contact William Loeb to arrange a time to meet Roosevelt.
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1904-11-28
George B. Cortelyou forwards a letter from Frank L. Streeter regarding the position of postmaster in Concord, New Hampshire.
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1904-11-25
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou forwards a letter from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer for President Roosevelt’s attention.
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1904-11-22
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou asks for a meeting with President Roosevelt to discuss a letter from William F. Stone.
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1904-11-19
George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, congratulates President Roosevelt on the “overwhelming vote of confidence” that Roosevelt received in the recent election.
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1904-11-08
George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, thanks President Roosevelt for the trust he put in him in conducting the recent political campaign. Cortelyou was wounded by the slander and abuse that his position brought him, but was touched by the faith that Roosevelt placed in him and is gratified by the victory that Roosevelt won at the polls.
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1904-11-08
George B. Cortelyou explains to Charles J. Abbott that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt does not involve herself in government matters. Abbott’s letter has been brought to the attention of Commissioner of Pensions Henry Clay Evans.
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1901-12-05
George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, rebukes professor Emilio L. Scharf for a recent circular letter and documents he has been sending out, as Scharf used the names of Cortelyou and President Roosevelt after being instructed not to. There is no time to change the documents that Scharf has sent out, but Cortelyou writes “so that there may be no possible misunderstanding of our attitude.”
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1904-11-04
George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, tells President Roosevelt that following a discussion of the matter with Elihu Root, he believes it would be fine for Roosevelt to issue the statement he outlined in his recent letter after making the suggested changes. Senator Philander C. Knox, on the other hand, advises against making the statement, so Cortelyou will discuss the matter further with Root. Root will give a speech attacking Democratic presidential candidate Alton B. Parker regarding his recent speeches. Reports from across the United States seem to be in Roosevelt’s favor.
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1904-11-03