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Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

A debate is underway about providing electric lights for Cove Neck Road, the location of President Roosevelt’s home, Sagamore Hill. Emlen Roosevelt is against the project. He believes the president of the light company wants lights for his house and that the running of electricity up Cove Neck, with the cost charged to property owners along the road, will save him part of the expense. The dogwood is in blossom at Oyster Bay. He enjoyed a recent visit from Anna Roosevelt Cowles and her family.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-14

Telegram from William II to Theodore Roosevelt

In honor of the cordial welcome given to his brother, Prince Heinrich, by the citizens of the United States, and the long history of friendship between the two nations, Emperor William II wishes to present a bronze statue of King Frederick II to be placed at a site in Washington, D.C.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-14

Letter from William Dudley Foulke to Theodore Roosevelt

William Dudley Foulke is writing to ask President Roosevelt for instruction on how to respond to an item in the New York Times. Foulke argues that if the enclosure is like the full report, there can be a humorous and instructive lesson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-15

Letter from Wilbur L. Davidson to Theodore Roosevelt

Wilbur L. Davidson is writing to thank President Roosevelt for laying the cornerstone for the McKinley Memorial Ohio College of Government. He believes that Roosevelt’s appearance and the press coverage will permit the easy raising of funds needed for the project. American University will stand for Methodism, Protestantism, and Americanism.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-15

Letter from William C. Johnson to Theodore Roosevelt

William C. Johnson, who attended the church where President Roosevelt took his first communion as a child, asks if the President would donate funds towards an addition on the church he now attends in Paterson, New Jersey. Johnson urges such a donation, based on the fact that Roosevelt still attends the Dutch Reformed Church in Washington and that Johnson is the Sunday School Superintendent at the First Reformed Church in New Jersey.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-15

Letter from Paul Jones to Theodore Roosevelt

Paul Jones writes President Roosevelt to say he will dine with him any night he chooses in the next week.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-15

Letter from William Cary Sanger to George B. Cortelyou

Assistant Secretary of War Sanger thanks George B. Cortelyou for notifying him that the horses he was interested in are at the White House. However, he has decided not to buy the horse so the President can send back the horse he does not want.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-15

Letter from John Lowndes McLaurin to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator McLaurin writes to ask President Roosevelt to not consider him for any federal appointments as any position given him would seem like a reward for his switching to the Republican party. He has also been considered for federal appointments before and failed to receive them so he does not wish to fail again. He points out that he has several friends that have recommended him for the position on the Court of Claims and that his speech distancing himself from the Democratic Party occurred before his attempt at the office. McLaurin understands that his time in the Senate is short.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-15

Johnstone foresaw it

Paul Alexander Johnstone, a “celebrated seer,” predicted in 1899 that Eugene F. Ware would receive high office. The prediction came true with Ware’s appointment as Commissioner of Pensions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04

Memorandum regarding the launching of Kaiser Wilhelm’s yacht

Rhinegold Champagne was not used at the christening of the Meteor, Kaiser Wilhelm’s yacht; President Roosevelt wants to make sure it is used from now on when the next battleships are christened, “if proper.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-15

Message from Emperor William and the President’s reply

The German Emperor’s message and the President’s reply are not to be made available to the press until the President so directs. In a second hand, a note asks, “In view of the publication of the correspondence…Shall Secy. of State send over a special message?”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-15

Summary of letter from Francis Lynde Stetson

Francis Lynde Stetson has nothing to add to his previous statement that A. H. Green is not a suitable candidate for appointment to the international commission to report on the diversion of waters between the United States and Canada.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-04

Newspaper article on Indiana politics

Newspaper article on recent political events in Indiana, including opposition to Mayor Bookwalter and candidates for the upcoming election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

Letter from Richard Watson Gilder to Theodore Roosevelt

Richard Watson Gilder’s brother has been appointed Dispatch Agent in London and Gilder would like to express his gratitude if President Roosevelt was involved in securing the appointment.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-16

Letter from William Henry Hilts to Fred W. Atkinson

List of items required for the opening of a high school in the Province of Romblon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-16

Letter from William Henry Hilts to Frank H. Bowen

William Henry Hilts encloses a copy of a requisition for supplies he submitted. His current supplies are extremely inadequate.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-16

Letter from Endicott Peabody to Theodore Roosevelt

Endicott Peabody’s sister, Martha, has three children with scarlet fever but none of Peabody’s children or any of the boys at Groton School are ill.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-16

By telephone from Mr. Barry

Paul Dana, by way of Mr. Barry, wants President Roosevelt to know that he will be over next week and part of the week after.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-16

Memorandum from George B. Cortelyou

There is some confusion over the offer of a statue of Frederick the Great from Kaiser Wilhelm II and President Roosevelt’s response to the offer.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-16

Letter from Victor Rosewater to George B. Cortelyou

Victor Rosewater encloses communication from John Grant.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-16