Note on meeting with H. C. Taylor
Admiral Taylor has requested a meeting with President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-15
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Letter from Grenville M. Dodge to Elihu Root
Grenville M. Dodge is upset at the upcoming court martial of three army officers; Major E. F. Glenn, Lieutenant Arthur L. Conger, and Surgeon Palmer Lyon. They are being charged with torturing an insurgent/traitor with the “water cure” in the Philippines. Dodge seems to believe that almost any action is allowed when the ultimate goal is to catch a traitor or protect American soldiers. He argues that had officers found Quantrill in their lines during the Civil War or had President Roosevelt found someone similar in their lines during the Spanish-American War, they would have killed them on the spot.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from William Dudley Foulke to Theodore Roosevelt
William Dudley Foulke objects to the appointment of Dulany as messenger because there are already messengers on the eligible list and Dulany has not been employed long enough to be classified as a messenger. Foulke points out that President Roosevelt would incur criticism for breaking established civil service policy when he claims to be supportive of civil service reform.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from Charles S. Gleed to Theodore Roosevelt
Charles S. Gleed sends an article from the Kansas City Journal about the mistake the Republicans made in not nominating President Chester Alan Arthur in 1884, thereby losing the election to Grover Cleveland. He notes that this article is being circulated widely throughout the West, presumably to encourage the Republican Party to nominate President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from Harper & Brothers to Theodore Roosevelt
Harper & Brothers will be sending President Roosevelt a copy of The Cause of True Love and Other Poems by Alfred Austin at the request of the author. The publishers are preparing a special binding for Roosevelt at Austin’s request.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
Murphy is seeking a particular position but Secretary of State Hay does not believe it will suit Murphy or afford him subsistence. Hay is also discussing international copyright law with Ambassador Joseph H. Choate on behalf of President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from Frederick William Holls to Theodore Roosevelt
A political battle is unfolding in Yonkers, New York, between various Republican Party factions over the position of postmaster. Frederick William Holls is against the current postmaster, Henry Osterheld, and supports Gustav Schlueter. Holls writes President Roosevelt to point out that the opinion held by Alford Warriner Cooley of Osterheld are erroneous. Holls argues that Osterheld is a party hack who has not handled his job as postmaster effectively over the past four years.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from Leonard S. R. Hopkins to Theodore Roosevelt
Leonard S. R. Hopkins, writing on behalf of the Bacterial Sewage Purification Company, proposes to install a sewage system at Sagamore Hill, President Roosevelt’s home in Oyster Bay, New York. Hopkins discusses the method used and some of the places that the company has already installed these sewage systems. Hopkins also mentions that he looked after Roosevelt’s tent on the march from New York to Peekskill while Roosevelt was governor of New York.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from John Ireland to Theodore Roosevelt
Archbishop Ireland writes on behalf of Confederate General James Longstreet who is depressed that the appropriations bill “carries no item for the maintenance of his bureau.” Although Ireland does not claim “to urge anything” upon President Roosevelt, he recommends that if something is done, it should be done before the bill is voted upon by the Senate.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from Gordon Johnston to Theodore Roosevelt
Lieutenant Johnston is enjoying being a military officer but is occasionally distressed as younger men are being promoted ahead of him. Johnston discusses his regiment with President Roosevelt and tells how he has had two horses die on him. He is quite obsequious in writing Roosevelt, showing concern that the President might like to hear some mundane news at times.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from Edward James Livernash to Theodore Roosevelt
Edward James Livernash writes President Roosevelt on behalf of the Chinese Exclusion Commission of California to ask the president’s support for a national exclusion policy against Chinese immigrants. Several Pacific states have exclusion laws on their books and Livernash wants a nation-wide exclusion law. He is concerned over a change to the bill by Senator Platt. Organized labor supports the bill, as does the Bureau of Immigration.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from Josephine Shaw Lowell to Jacob A. Riis
Lowell tells Riis that they should rejoice over President Roosevelt. Lowell is very pleased with a recent order announced by Roosevelt. She points out she did not believe Roosevelt would allow certain unnamed things to continue and believes that a recent order will help hundreds of thousands of “tempted men.” Lowell encourages Riis not to go to St. Thomas’s and to stay to govern New York.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from Richard Price Morgan to Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Price Morgan is seeking appointment to an international commission dealing with the water and boundary line between the United States and Canada in the Great Lakes area. He lists his qualifications and includes letters of recommendation from Senators Cullom and Frye, Congressmen Reeves and Boutell, President Draper of the University of Illinois, and Isham Randolph, Chicago’s chief engineer.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Memorandum for Henry Pinckey, Steward
President Roosevelt would like to serve Ruinart champagne at the White House for a state function.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from G. P. Putnam’s Sons to George B. Cortelyou
G. P. Putnam’s Sons apologizes to George B. Cortelyou for sending him two copies of Part II of “The Naval War of 1812” by Theodore Roosevelt. They have now mailed a copy of Part I.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from Charles S. Gleed to Theodore Roosevelt
Although it has seemed that the anti-Burton element in Kansas, led by Cyrus Leland, has been working to build support for Senator Hanna’s nomination as the Republican presidential candidate, Charles S. Gleed encloses an article with “emphatic denials” from several people.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from Lawrence F. Abbott to Theodore Roosevelt
Lawrence F. Abbott believes that American efforts in the Philippines are beneficial and that the reaction of most journalists to reported abuses by the United States military are “hysterical excitement.” Abbott refers to President Roosevelt’s orders for transparency regarding the Philippine question. Outlook magazine will soon be interviewing Governor Taft on the constructive work accomplished in the Philippines.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-17
Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt
Bishop wonders whether it is possible that “Leupp wrote this contemptible stuff.” He encloses an article he wrote the previous evening and observes that all the morning papers in New York are following the line he took in that article.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-17
Letter from Cornelius Newton Bliss to Theodore Roosevelt
Cornelius Newton Bliss forwards to President Roosevelt a copy of resolutions passed at a recent meeting of the Union League Club. The resolutions urge club members to promote passage of a bill in the United States Congress to take aggressive action against anarchy.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-17
Letter from Charles E. Clark to Theodore Roosevelt
Charles E. Clark, a navy captain, has been appointed Naval representative for an embassy and would like the appointment revoked due to his strained finances. Clark recommends Admiral Watson or Barker for the command, rather than himself, although he agrees to take it if necessary.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-17