Letter from George Stuart Smith to Arthur Brisbane
George Stuart Smith responds to Arthur Brisbane’s “ferocious denunciation” of professional market letters.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-08-04
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Smith, George Stuart, -1920
Letter from George Stuart Smith to Theodore Roosevelt
George Stuart Smith sends Theodore Roosevelt the Wagner Market Letter for yesterday and today. Some have criticized his letters to Roosevelt as impolite and unconventional. Smith also sends his letter to Arthur Brisbane in response to his “vicious attack” on all market letters.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-08-04
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Letter from George Stuart Smith to Theodore Roosevelt
George Stuart Smith sends Theodore Roosevelt several newsletters of financial advice, and offers to explain how he makes his calculations to anyone Roosevelt would care to have inspect them.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-07-26
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Letter from George Stuart Smith to Theodore Roosevelt
George Stuart Smith affirms that his enthusiasm for market work is based not on his personal opinions but on those of his subscribers. He sends Theodore Roosevelt testimonials from some of his subscribers.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-07-29
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Letter from George Stuart Smith to Theodore Roosevelt
George Stuart Smith sends Theodore Roosevelt a pair of newsletters offering predictions about the stock market, and hopes he will keep these records to test their accuracy.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-07-22
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Letter from George Stuart Smith to Theodore Roosevelt
George Stuart Smith sends Theodore Roosevelt some further newsletters with financial predictions from Wagner’s Wall Street Warnings. Smith hopes that it may be possible to pass laws to protect people from bad financial advice.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-07-24
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Letter from George Stuart Smith to Theodore Roosevelt
George Stuart Smith asks for Theodore Roosevelt’s perspective on an enclosed copy of the Wagner Advisor Letter.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-05
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Letter from George Stuart Smith to Adolph S. Ochs and Louis Wiley
George Stuart Smith sends Adolph S. Ochs and Louis Wiley of the New York Times some articles which he believes establish his foreknowledge of some abnormal financial events, about which he previously wrote. Smith takes issue with the Times’ statement that it influenced events, and invites some representative of the paper to observe his work of predicting financial markets so that it can be better publicized.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-06
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Letter from George Stuart Smith to Theodore Roosevelt
George Stuart Smith argues that “manufacture of markets by mechanical manipulation” is one of the most important subjects to discuss at this time because of its affect on the financial security of millions of people. Smith has tried to predict the outcomes of this issue, and plans to send Theodore Roosevelt pieces of the Wagner Advisory Letter so that he can understand the situation as well. Smith, recognizing the multiple financial panics of 1907, disagrees with The New York Times that Roosevelt was responsible.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-05-22
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Memorandum from Wagner Advisory Bureau
The writer requests the enclosed summaries on market letters be read and challenges the press’s negative perception of market letters. Those who “discriminate and investigate” are rewarded.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-04-20