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Henry C. Payne reports to President Roosevelt on the status of the cases of William C. R. Hazard, John W. Pettit, and H. H. Rand are pending further review.
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1903-08-04
Henry C. Payne writes to President Roosevelt that he expects the Grand Jury to indict Harrison J. Barrett.
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1903-08-05
Postmaster General Payne informs President Roosevelt that the grand jury did not indict Harrison J. Barrett.
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1903-08-06
Postmaster General Payne comments to President Roosevelt about a letter from the Civil Service Commission that Roosevelt had previously sent him regarding the changes Payne had made in the operation of the Post Office. Payne is concerned that if Roosevelt adopts the memorandum as it stands, it may create the wrong impression that the Post Office is just arbitrarily enforcing a rule.
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1903-08-07
Postmaster General Payne informs President Roosevelt that he will be unable to deliver the Perry S. Heath investigation documents to Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad by the time Roosevelt wishes.
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1903-08-01
Postmaster General Payne informs President Roosevelt that he will be in Oyster Bay, New York, on Thursday.
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1903-07-27
Postmaster General Payne writes to President Roosevelt to inform him that he is returning by boat from Boston, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C., and requests to see Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York, if it is convenient.
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1903-07-24
Henry C. Payne writes to James Albertus Tawney about Congress and the postal service in rural areas.
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1903-07-13
Henry C. Payne writes to President Roosevelt to provide a summary about recent issues in the postal system.
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1903-07-14
Postmaster General Payne encloses a letter from Representative Tawney regarding rural free delivery. Payne believes that the Post Office Department will have a difficult task installing more rural free delivery to the satisfaction of Congress.
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1903-07-14
Postmaster General Payne writes to President Roosevelt to advise him to give an authoritative denial to the New York Sun about a mock celebration on July 3, 1903. If Roosevelt wants to contact Payne, he can be reached in care of James Sullivan Clarkson.
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1903-07-15
Henry C. Payne returns from vacation and finds the department elated that Oliver E. Pagan, the Assistant United States Attorney at Chicago, is in Washington helping prepare indictments for the grand jury.
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1903-07-09
Henry C. Payne is working towards the immediate replacement of postmaster Louis D. Gallison of Orange, New Jersey, because Gallison sold stamps outside of the New Jersey area. Payne asks President Roosevelt to telegraph him if Roosevelt disagrees with Payne’s decision.
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1903-07-02
Henry C. Payne received President Roosevelt’s letter from the 25th, which contained orders to help stop Post Office scandals from being reported to the press. Payne notified the assistants in the department that they should not report information that is “not authorized by direction of the President, or by the head of the Department.”
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1903-06-27
Postmaster General Payne encloses a clipping from the Washington Times that reveals private information from a letter President Roosevelt wrote to the Post Office department. Payne has scheduled an interview with the Third Assistant Postmaster General Edwin C. Madden, the person who is responsible for the article.
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1903-06-29
Henry C. Payne asks advice of President Roosevelt on the investigation of Mr. O. H. Smith, a finance clerk in the Washington post office.
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1903-06-29
Henry C. Payne encloses a letter to President Roosevelt about the investigation of the postmaster at Washington.
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1903-06-30
Henry C. Payne encloses a letter to President Roosevelt about Mr. New’s interest in working for Roosevelt’s administration.
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1903-06-30
Postmaster General Payne writes to President Roosevelt about an investigation into the New York Post Office. He discusses possible candidates to lead the investigation and alerts Roosevelt that he will share information about some recent newspaper articles.
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1903-06-13
Henry C. Payne thanks President Roosevelt for sending a copy of the letter that Roosevelt sent to former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith and for the kind words that Roosevelt said about Payne in the letter. Payne is shocked about newspaper articles written in the Chicago Tribune regarding Smith and President William McKinley.
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1903-06-22