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Augustus Ralph Keller has received President Roosevelt’s criticism of the etchings and other proofs will be submitted.
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1902-08-20
Senator Hanna encloses a letter from Representative Van Voorhis recommending the appointment of Mr. Cox as District Commissioner of Ohio.
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1902-08-20
Senator Lodge discusses not taking Mr. Bloomfield on his trip though he knows how much the settlement work Bloomfield does appeals to President Roosevelt. Lodge likes that Bloomfield’s people support Roosevelt for the 1904 election, as if he loses his Senate seat, he is counting on a Cabinet post. Lodge also reports to Roosevelt the advice he has given to Judge Holmes as he waits to be confirmed for the Supreme Court.
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1902-08-20
Bishop McFaul would like Eugene A. Philbin to assure President Roosevelt of the good will of the American Federation of Catholic Societies. McFaul favors a public school system in the Philippines but wanted it to be adapted to the Catholic majority with religion as part of the curriculum. He also believes that the friar question would have resolved itself without government intervention.
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1902-08-20
Theodore Roosevelt plans to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination shortly after his speech at the Ohio Convention. He agrees that the upcoming campaign will need a strong organization and gave Governor Hadley’s letter to Mr. Ward, who will be representing the campaign in the Northeast.
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1912-02-13
G.P. Putnam’s Sons is negotiating with Dr. Kullnick for permission to publish a German edition of President Roosevelt’s works.
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1902-08-20
Secretary of State Hay is willing to help raise funds in New York but suggests several other prominent Republicans who he believes would be more effective. Hay understands that there are factional quarrels in several states but he believes that President Roosevelt’s popularity will overcome any opposition.
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1902-08-21
Arthur Hamilton Lee and his wife have arrived in the United States and will be staying for the next three weeks in Winter Harbor, Maine. Lee hopes to be able to speak with President Roosevelt at some point during his stay.
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1902-08-21
Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses a dispatch from the Consul General at Cape Town William R. Bigham, with a letter to President Roosevelt from Marie Koopmans-de Wet.
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1902-08-22
Benjamin Ide Wheeler reviews ancient accounts and modern interpretations of the Battle of Salamis. He believes that Herodotus’s account is the most reliable and consistent. The handwritten note on the first page reads “To President Roosevelt, who reads ancient and makes modern history. With cordial greetings, Benj. I. Wheeler.”
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1902
Governor Crane agrees to take up an unnamed matter and has already scheduled a meeting with Representative Lovering.
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1902-08-23
Attorney General Knox sends Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright’s report on the Anthracite Coal Strike. Knox advises against making the report public as this could be construed as implying President Roosevelt’s approval of Wright’s recommendations.
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1902-08-23
Theodore Roosevelt forwards letters from Charles E. Wortham and Representative C. Bascom Slemp, asking Joseph M. Dixon to do what he sees fit and then return Slemp’s letter to Wortham.
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1912-06-07
Governor Odell acknowledges receipt of President Roosevelt’s letter and is seeking to make an appointment with J. W. Babcock.
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1902-08-23
Frederic Harrison praises President Roosevelt for his “bold and patriotic line of action.” He concludes by extending good wishes for “a triumph in 1904.”
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1902-08-24
Acting Secretary of War Sanger encloses a letter he sent to Benjamin Ide Wheeler.
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1902-08-25
Brander Matthews encloses several articles from French periodicals for President Roosevelt.
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1902-08-25
White House telegrapher Benjamin F. Montgomery forwards a telegram from Acting Secretary of War William Cary Sanger to President Roosevelt, regarding a request from General Nelson Appleton Miles for permission to travel to the Philippines. Roosevelt had first denied such permission, but later, on consultation with Henry Clark Corbin, granted it. Sanger subsequently became aware that Secretary of War Elihu Root had let it be known that he opposes granting permission. Miles has been notified that a final decision will be held until further notice. Sanger awaits the direction of Root and Roosevelt.
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1902-08-25
On behalf of the evangelist Robert L. Jones, H. E. V. Porter requests permission to use President Roosevelt’s address on the Bible issued by American Bible Society in Jones’s newspaper.
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1902-08-25
Ambassador Choate clears up confusion regarding Great Britain’s participation in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The British will be taking part in the educational and fine arts exhibitions but will not be sending a Royal Commission.
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1902-08-26