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Text of a proposed amendment to H. R. 12684. The bill makes appropriations for the Indian Department and the amendment allows Delaware Indians who have settled and improved land in the Cherokee Nation to first select from these lands for their allotments. This copy includes minor handwritten edits, seemingly in President Roosevelt’s hand.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-08
Senator Quay suggests, now that the Indian bill is “practically through,” that President Roosevelt meet with a member of the Delaware tribe regarding his leases, about which Quay speak with Roosevelt recently. Quay argues that the matter of the leases is between this man and his tribesmen and that “the Secretary of the Interior ought not to interfere as long as the terms are just.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-04
Senator Quay forgot to speak to President Roosevelt about Charles J. Bonaparte’s report from the Board of Indian Commissioners. Quay says that if the Dawes Commission is dissolved except for Tams Bixby, who is given the commission’s powers, the arrangement will please both Quay and the people. Quay has a plan for “relieving” the Delawares.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-07
Text of a proposed amendment to H. R. 12684. The bill makes appropriations for the Indian Department and the amendment allows Delaware Indians that have settled and improved land in the Cherokee Nation to first select from these lands for their allotments. Record includes an earlier draft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-08
Senator Quay hopes President Roosevelt has reconsidered Boies Penrose as a possible appointee to the Panama Canal Commission. If Penrose is not to be appointed, Quay argues that someone else from Pennsylvania ought to be. He hopes Roosevelt will wait to speak to him before acting on an appointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-17
Senator Quay is arranging to have a series of books sent to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-08
Matthew Stanley Quay relays that he recently met with A. J. Cassatt and writes of Native Americans in Wyoming, describing them as friendly allies.
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1903-11-02
Matthew Stanley Quay alerts President Roosevelt that Quay has sent a promised Alaskan caribou head to the White House. Quay discusses the bleak business outlook, particularly as seen in the railroad companies, which are laying aside cars for want of business. Quay will be in Washington soon, and he plans to “have a scrap” with Ethan Allen Hitchcock, United States Secretary of the Interior, and to talk to A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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1903-10-25
Senator Quay will meet with the President upon his return from the South.
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1903-10-18
Senator Quay writes to thank President Roosevelt for Quay’s side of the story sent in a letter. Quay would like an opportunity to meet with Roosevelt when Quay returns from Maine.
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1903-09-01
Matthew Stanley Quay writes President Roosevelt to stop interference with the Flathead Indians regarding taxes per head of pony before a visit by the Indian Committee of the Senate, else face entanglement with Catholic missions.
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1903-06-28
Senator Quay encloses a document for Secretary Hitchcock’s consideration.
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1903-04-22
J.G. Darlington is the President of the Union League, Philadelphia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-22
Senator Quay will not be in Washington, D.C., until the twenty-sixth. If President Roosevelt approves, he will ask Mr. Jones to meet him.
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1902-11-18
Senator Quay acknowledges receiving George B. Cortelyou’s telegram. He asks Cortelyou to say that they are very much obliged.
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1902-10-31
Senator Quay told John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks to break the deadlock in Delaware and that he would stand by him.
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1902-11-06
Senator Quay encloses a letter from Senator Burton and has no doubt of Burton’s loyalty and friendship.
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1902-10-28
Senator Quay writes on behalf of John Stephens Durham, a former minister to Haiti, who is seeking a foreign appointment from President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-27
In light of the coal strike, Senator Quay considered urging President Roosevelt to limit naval maneuvers in the West Indies to reduce the amount of coal used by the Navy. He believes this still may be a good political move and submits it to the judgment of the President. He also comments that there are some close contests in the Pennsylvania elections.
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1902-10-26
President Roosevelt’s letter just reached Senator Quay, who congratulates Roosevelt on the “best week’s work of your life,” referring to Roosevelt’s intervention in the Anthracite Coal Strike. Quay will discuss the Andrews matter when he next sees the President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-22