Lowell, Josephine Shaw, 1843-1905

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1900-02-23

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Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

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1900-02-18

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Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

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1900-02-15

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Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

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1900-02-11

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Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

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1900-01-14

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Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

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1900-12-17

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Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

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1900-12-17

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Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to William Loeb

Josephine Shaw Lowell returns a letter between Secretary of War William H. Taft and President Roosevelt to William Loeb. Lowell was grateful to see the letter, and is glad that Taft does not believe the account.

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1904-10-20

Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

Josephine Shaw Lowell thanks President Roosevelt for what he said about the Philippines. She argues that last winter proved neither Roosevelt nor Secretary of War Taft could “persuade Congress to give the necessary attention to Philippine affairs” and encourages the establishment of self-government by the Filipinos with the help of Americans.

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1904-07-30

Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

Josephine Shaw Lowell thanks President Roosevelt.

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1902-09-22

Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

Josephine Shaw Lowell plans to help Miss Taylor bring her case before the courts because her removal sets a dangerous precedent against freedom of speech.

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1902-07-12

Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Jacob A. Riis

Lowell tells Riis that they should rejoice over President Roosevelt. Lowell is very pleased with a recent order announced by Roosevelt. She points out she did not believe Roosevelt would allow certain unnamed things to continue and believes that a recent order will help hundreds of thousands of “tempted men.” Lowell encourages Riis not to go to St. Thomas’s and to stay to govern New York.

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1902-04-16

Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to George B. Cortelyou

Lowell asks that an enclosure be given to President Roosevelt without opening it as it is a personal matter.

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1902-03-15

Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

Josephine Shaw Lowell will be visiting Washington, D.C., next weekend and would like to meet with President Roosevelt.

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1902-03-01

Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

Josephine Shaw Lowell was pleased that a fort has been renamed for her late husband, General Charles Russell Lowell who was killed during the American Civil War. She asks President Roosevelt to extend her thanks to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for the note.

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1902-02-24

Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Lowell congratulates Mrs. Roosevelt upon news of Ted Roosevelt’s expected recovery from pneumonia. She also expresses appreciation for President Roosevelt and “all he is doing for us.”

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1902-02-13

Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Theodore Roosevelt

Josephine Shaw Lowell praises a recent speech by Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, but is distraught at the thought that he might leave his office to accept a government position in Washington, D.C. She urges him, if he is able to, to remain in New York and continue the work of improving the city’s government.

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