Letter from Marcus Alonzo Hanna to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Hanna introduces Father Thorpe who would like to pay his respects to President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1903-10-05
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Senator Hanna introduces Father Thorpe who would like to pay his respects to President Roosevelt.
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1903-10-05
Senator Hanna asks President Roosevelt to personally look into securing a discharge from service for George A. Coleman who was to train on the USS Topeka. Hanna has submitted numerous requests to the Department but has been refused. Coleman is “undesirable for the service.”
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1903-09-18
Senator Hanna writes to President Roosevelt to inform him that he is getting ready for the campaign and is facing a determined effort by the Democrats to carry the legislature.
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1903-09-05
Hanna is feeling better but still not up to “standard,” and makes note of a report from Loomis as evidence that he knows little of the legislative situation.
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1903-09-08
Senator Hanna writes to President Roosevelt about the Republican campaign in Ohio. Hanna is against the extra session of Congress.
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1903-08-27
Telegram in cipher from Senator Hanna to President Roosevelt, regarding China and the Philippines.
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1903-08-18
Senator Hanna encloses a letter from Mr. Armstrong on an unnamed matter to President Roosevelt, and includes Senator Platt’s reply after his advice was requested.
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1903-08-19
Senator Hanna received President Roosevelt’s letter regarding the New Orleans matter. Hanna believes Walter L. Cohen, register of the Land Office, should be retained. He is interested in Mayer Cahen, coiner of the mint, as well, but has a special interest in Cohen.
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1903-08-19
Senator Hanna writes to President Roosevelt regarding an extra session of Congress concerning the currency bill. Hanna also mentions the Panama Canal.
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1903-08-20
Senator Hanna apologizes for the delay in replying to President Roosevelt’s letter. Hanna has been traveling and he wanted to meet with labor leaders before responding to the president. Hanna discusses the printers and pressmen’s organization as well as William Randolph Hearst’s aspirations to candidacy for president. Hanna then talks about the notion of socialism in conjunction with the Democratic Party.
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1903-08-04
Senator Hanna accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to lunch the following day.
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1903-06-25
Senator Hanna asks President Roosevelt if H. C. Lindsay will be appointed United States District Attorney for Nebraska sooner rather than later in order for him to qualify and take charge of the office in time for the reorganization of their state committee in August.
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1903-06-15
“Just received your telegram on my return home. I fear I am tied up in the matter by an obligation incurred sometime (sic) ago. Will look into it & let you know.”
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1903-06-20
Senator Hanna briefly discusses President Roosevelt’s nomination for the Republican ticket and promises more clarity regarding the matter when all the facts are known.
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1903-05-23
Senator Hanna writes to President Roosevelt to settle hard feelings over a previous interview in which Hanna publicly announced he would not endorse Roosevelt’s nomination for the presidency.
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1903-05-25
Senator Hanna informs President Roosevelt that he will not oppose the endorsement of Roosevelt’s administration and candidacy.
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1903-05-26
Senator Hanna looks forward to President Roosevelt’s visit and wishes to discuss topics such as the Panama Canal, Colombia, and the Great Lakes.
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1903-06-01
Senator Hanna will be in Washington, D.C., tomorrow and would like to meet with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hay.
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1903-06-25
Senator Hanna has received and appreciates President Roosevelt’s letter. His daughter, Ruth, has typhoid fever but it does not appear to be malignant.
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1903-03-28
Senator Hanna has a dinner engagement tomorrow evening and asks if he can call on President Roosevelt the following morning.
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1903-02-17