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Secret Service Chief Wilkie tells William Loeb he is not inclined to believe the story in the enclosed letter from Illinois Governor Charles Samuel Deneen, but he will have it investigated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-21
Secret Service Chief John E. Wilkie informs William Loeb, President Roosevelt’s secretary, of his contact with Richard H. Taylor, an agent in the Secret Service currently stationed in Honolulu.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-19
John E. Wilkie relays the contents of a cable from Secret Service Agent Taylor in Honolulu. The cable details a meeting of the Hotel Keepers Association, which opposes the new immigration law. Japanese workers are agitated, but the meeting was a “comparatively insignificant affair.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-18
Secret Service Chief John Wilkie encloses the memorandum from the investigating agent about Mrs. Grover.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-02
John E. Wilkie, Chief of the Secret Service, responds to dissatisfaction regarding the agents stationed at President Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-17
John E. Wilkie suggests appointing an attorney to represent a United State Treasury Department employee in a court case against a photographer. Wilkie will remove the employee if President Roosevelt feels his continued employment reflects poorly on the government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-08
John E. Wilkie suggests hiring an attorney for a battery case against a United States Treasury Department employee. Wilkie states the victim, a photographer, has a history of “obnoxious” behavior.
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1906-07-06
John E. Wilkie assures William Loeb that the accusation of anarchists operating in the Portland, Oregon, chapter of the Polish National Alliance are false.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-30
John E. Wilkie states the extra words in the translated body of text are part of the cipher. They are necessary to make the cipher more difficult to read.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-15
John E. Wilkie, Chief of the United States Secret Service, sends William Loeb a special report from Agent William J. Flynn saying that The Constitution Club will no longer use Roosevelt’s name after they had dishonestly listed him as an honorary member for promotional purposes. Wilkie informs Loeb that Flynn will continue to press club secretary Charles I. Bolles until he returns the letter to Loeb. Wilkie encloses an article about the club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-15
John E. Wilkie encloses a miscellaneous communication from Oyster Bay, New York, as well as a report by a New York agent who investigated a threatening letter to the president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-23
John E. Wilkie writes to William Loeb to discuss President Roosevelt’s return to Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-22
John E. Wilkie has received William Loeb’s letter and will make the necessary arrangements. He discusses arrangements concerning horses and a buckboard.
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1904-07-21
Secret Service Director Wilkie writes to William Loeb regarding information received from Baron Sternburg related to movements of certain well-known anarchists. Had the proposed anarchist bill become law, the service would be able to prosecute a number of leaders in anarchist circles with the information already accumulated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-31
John E. Wilkie will have four men accompany the Presidential party during trip to Syracuse, New York, as requested. Roosevelt was first President to have Secret Service protection.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-27
Director Wilkie writes to Benjamin F. Barnes regarding plans for President Roosevelt’s trip to Syracuse and the attendance of representatives.
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1903-08-25
John E. Wilkie acknowledges receipt of William Loeb’s letter dated June 22, 1903. He is confident that if the judges did not wish to publish details on the peonage cases, they would not have given anything to the press. Wilkie will relay President Roosevelt’s instructions in order to prevent any publicity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-23
Director Wilkie appreciates George B. Cortelyou handling the matter related to the Buffalo, New York, hotel bill of George Foster and Albert Gallaher of the Secret Service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-07
Chief Wilkie knows little of Berry Benson besides the fact that he has a special system for bookkeeping. Wilkie will make a special investigation of Benson’s “character and associations” if requested.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-24