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C. Grant La Farge passed on President Roosevelt’s instruction for the Isthmian Canal Commission to William Barclay Parsons. La Farge encloses a letter from Parsons that indicates that the Commissioners believed Joseph Bucklin Bishop was the most qualified of the three candidates for secretary.
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1904-03-18
C. Grant La Farge discusses a conversation with Joseph Bucklin Bishop about the prospect of his appointment as secretary to the Panama Canal Commission. La Farge wishes the commission would find a way to make the appointment while making it clear that President Roosevelt had not interfered.
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1904-03-15
C. Grant La Farge hopes to spend some time with President Roosevelt while visiting Washington, D.C.
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1904-03-09
C. Grant La Farge will visit President Roosevelt the week after next. He hopes the Department of Agriculture issue can be kept open until he talks with Roosevelt.
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1903-08-21
C. Grant La Farge informs President Roosevelt of a concern that grave injustice is being done in the case of Lord & Hewlett’s connection with the building for the Department of Agriculture.
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1903-08-19
C. Grant La Farge believes John Edward Addicks to be a “scoundrel” and does not want President Roosevelt to support him or William Michael Byrne.
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1903-02-07
Bad news requires C. Grant La Farge to return home.
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1902
C. Grant La Farge is saddened by the death of his daughter and would like to visit the Roosevelts.
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1902-07-29
C. Grant La Farge will visit President Roosevelt tomorrow.
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1902-07-15
C. Grant La Farge’s brother-in-law, Benoni Lockwood, traveled from London on the same ship with Prince Heinrich of Prussia. The prince told Lockwood that he is “anxious to hear some real negro singing” during his visit to the United States. La Farge directs President Roosevelt’s attention to an upcoming program from the Armstrong Association at Carnegie Hall which he believes the prince will enjoy.
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1902-02-28
C. Grant La Farge and George Lewis Heins hope to be invited for the competition to design the new executive office. They were previously disappointed not to be invited to the Department of Agriculture competition. La Farge has long wanted to design a building in Washington, D.C., and to have one selected during the Roosevelt administration would “increase the triumph.”
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1901-12-09
President Roosevelt has been in C. Grant La Farge’s thoughts. La Farge is confident that Roosevelt is capable of handling the burden of the responsibilities of the presidency. He is thankful that the country had someone like Roosevelt in the vice presidency in order to take control in this time of crisis.
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1901-09-18