Letter from Winthrop Chanler to Theodore Roosevelt
Chanler writes a friendly letter to Roosevelt catching him up on his life.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-25
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Letter from Grover Cleveland to Theodore Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland recommends appointing Charles P. McClelland to the Board of General Appraisers. Original and typewritten copy.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-25
Letter from Marcus Alonzo Hanna to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Hanna accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to lunch the following day.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-25
Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Knute Nelson
Ethan Allen Hitchcock responds to Knute Nelson’s previous note regarding the endorsement of J. F. Jacobson for the position of Superintendent of Logging, Cutting, and Scaling for the project on the Chippewa Reservation under the Morris Bill.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-25
Letter from M. Florence Locke to Theodore Roosevelt
M. Florence Locke writes a friendly letter to President Roosevelt and includes a button hole bouquet from her vine of English jasmine. She believes the offering will remind him of a similar plant that was at her home in Madison, New Jersey, where he visited as a young boy. In addition, she sends two photographs which she requests the president to sign and return to her.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-25
Cleveland will win if named
Interview with William Bourke Cockran that covers his opinion on the Irish Land Bill, Grover Cleveland’s potential presidential nomination and election, and the treatment Cockran received while recovering from an illness in Egypt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-01
Mail carriers united for “our friend”
Conventions of letter carriers across the country are passing resolutions endorsing Representative Hearst as the Democratic presidential candidate.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-02
Letter from John M. Schick to Theodore Roosevelt
Reverend Schick was hoping to stop over and say goodbye before President Roosevelt leaves Washington, D.C., and wishes Roosevelt a restful vacation.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-25
Letter from James Speyer to Theodore Roosevelt
James Speyer thanks President Roosevelt for the invitation to have lunch with him and for speaking so frankly about issues affecting Wall Street. He feels that the action Roosevelt took in the Northern Securities Case was the correct one. In response to a previous question from Roosevelt, Speyer also offers a recommendation for Mr. Keller as someone who understands traffic and is honest and conservative but is not considered one of the “greatest railroad managers in the country.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-25
Telegram from William II, German Emperor, to Theodore Roosevelt
Emperor William II was pleased to be greeted at Kiel by a “fine American squadron.” He met with Admiral Cotton and inspected the USS Kearsarge.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-25
Letter from Robert John Wynne to Henry C. Payne
Assistant Postmaster General Wynne returns the papers and summarizes the case of Donatus O’Brien. O’Brien claimed that his removal from the service was unjust but the investigatory commission quickly dismissed his case.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-25
Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Lemuel Ely Quigg
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou regretfully denies Representative Quigg’s proposition that the State Department purchase his manuscript of “American Made Goods,” with the right reserved to Quigg to make further use of the manuscript on his own behalf.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-26
Letter from Duncan Curry to Theodore Roosevelt
Newspaper reporter Duncan Curry writes to Roosevelt to respectfully express his feelings of uneasiness regarding how Major General Henry Corbin communicated a personal invitation from the President to Sir Thomas Lipton.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-26
Letter from Thomas Collier Platt to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Platt tells President Roosevelt he has no doubt that Denis O’Brien will be nominated for Judge to the Court of Appeals in autumn.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-26
New principal of government
Newspaper article drawing attention to a recent theory that an executive, such as the president, can decide what laws to carry out. The theory is being discussed in regards to the Northern Securities case as the administration’s current policy could have a negative economic impact.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06
Telegram from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Root confirms a meeting with President Roosevelt for the following day, either in Jersey City or at West Twenty Third Street.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-26
Letter from Charles F. Scott to Theodore Roosevelt
Representative Scott has been privately informed that Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware would like to resign from his position at the Pension Bureau. Scott would like to know if President Roosevelt would consider Richard Whiting Blue for the position.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-26
Letter from John Appleton Stewart to William Loeb
John Appleton Stewart would like to arrange a meeting between President Roosevelt and John J. D. Trenor. Trenor is well connected with the Italian American community and Stewart believes that this could be politically useful.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-26
Letter from the Attorney General
It is recommended that special assistants be appointed to assist in the post office cases.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-22
Letter from H. G. Botsford to Theodore Roosevelt
H. G. Botsford writes to President Roosevelt regarding a family genealogy that he is completing. He requests a photograph of Roosevelt and an autograph from his father.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-27