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Philippe Bunau-Varilla urges President Roosevelt to meet again with Panama Canal Commission Chairman Theodore P. Shonts before his departure, in order to secure influence with the engineers of the canal to implement the ideas Roosevelt and Bunau-Varilla have discussed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-24
A memorandum for William Loeb states that Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch telephoned to inform President Roosevelt that his son Archibald Irvine Devoe Bulloch had passed away on September 12, 1907.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-12
This memorandum states that President Roosevelt desires to send the next volume of his speeches to John St. Loe Strachey in England. The volume will be marked where Roosevelt mentions socialism.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-11
Rudolph Forster is reminded that President Roosevelt is to write former President Grover Cleveland for his birthday, March 18.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-16
Francis E. Leupp has phoned to say President Roosevelt spoke to Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield. He reports that W. Scott Smith told him that he would like to be made Superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas. Leupp would like to know Roosevelt’s wishes in the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-07
Six names are suggested for the new judgeship in the Southern District of Ohio. Two of the men named have withdrawn as candidates.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-04
Senator Dillingham of Vermont knows of no one who opposes the confirmation of Oscar R. Hundley except Senator Edmund Pettus of Alabama, whom Dillingham believes holds a personal grudge against Hundley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-24
The nomination of Oscar Hundley to the United States District Court of the Northern District of Alabama is now in the hands of a sub-committee. There is some opposition to the confirmation of Hundley because of his advocacy for an amendment to the Constitution “providing that moneys collected by white taxpayers should be used in the education of white children only, and that moneys collected from the colored people should be used for the colored schools.” This would have resulted in “colored children” being thrown out of school, as “the amount of taxes collected from colored people is very small.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-24
Senator Albert J. Beveridge requests the number of African Americans President Roosevelt has appointed during his presidency, as well as a short account of the three or four “bitter fights that have been made against him on account of some of these appointments.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-20
“Papers returned to Mr. Forster as requested.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-26
A letter from Henry S. Brown to William Loeb was forwarded to the Acting Secretary of War with instructions to further send it to Secretary of War William H. Taft. The letter discussed lawyer and lobbyist William Nelson Cromwell, and included an endorsement of President Roosevelt instructing Taft to minimize Cromwell’s connections with Panama. Cromwell’s lobbying efforts were instrumental to getting the Panama Canal constructed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-01
This note indicates that Ambrose Agius, Apostolic Delegate of the Philippines, is to see Secretary of War William H. Taft when he arrives and has asked when would work for him to see President Roosevelt before his departure.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-12
Harold Baer says that his uncle George F. Baer, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, is one of the largest contributors to the campaign fund of Alton B. Parker. Due to George Baer’s reputation, this can be printed to good effect.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-03
The White House has received a telephone message that Japanese Ambassador Kogoro Takahira is expected to recover from his illness, but will likely be unable to perform his duties for some time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-31
Seating chart for a lunch held on December 4, 1901.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-04
Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent informs Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that he has brought charges against Chinese Inspector Ralph Izard and is seeking his dismissal from service for the Bureau of Immigration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-12
S. Claude Burr claims that he can find copies of newspapers with President Roosevelt’s reply during the Morès duel incident. He would like to publish Frederick Herrig’s account of the same.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-20
Senators Charles Henry Dietrich and Joseph Hopkins Millard would like to speak with President Roosevelt before any promises are made to Representative David H. Mercer.
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1903-02-23
Charles S. Wood calls attention to the neglected condition of a cemetery in Liberty County, Georgia, where President Roosevelt’s grandfathers are buried.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-12
Alfred Nolan Martin requests President Roosevelt’s aid to bring Wilkinson Call to justice for an alleged criminal assault.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-08