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Douglas Robinson does not know how to advise Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt on whether to sell or keep his stock in the National Mining and Exploring Company. Robinson did not accept Mr. Post’s offer for Roosevelt’s stock in the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railway, as his bid was too low.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-12-24
Frederic Remington received Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt’s book The Winning of the West for Christmas and compliments Roosevelt on his ability to write history books. Remington was looking to use some primary sources for inspiration for his art, but Roosevelt’s book did the trick.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-12-25
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1898-01-01
Lounsbury, Thomas R., 1838-1915
This resolution states that marble busts of Vice Presidents may be placed in the Senate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-01-06
Rear Admiral Evans comments on his recent duck hunt and is glad that Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed the ducks. Roosevelt’s letter “was perfect,” and Evans is certain the Navy will appreciate Roosevelt’s clear presentation of the pay question.
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1898-01-07
Rear Admiral Higginson writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt praising him for his report which emphasizes investing in training Navy personnel. Higginson favors the current bill and hopes it does not die in Congress. However, the selection clause in the bill is as divisive among Navy personnel as the silver currency issue is in Congress. He hopes this bill will make for a more unified, organized Navy for the future.
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1898-01-10
Jeremiah D. Sullivan thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his help in promoting Sullivan to sergeant.
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1898-01-15
Bank draft from the Union Trust Company, for $412.58 to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, signed by Robinson Douglas.
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1898-01-19
James Alfred Roosevelt informs Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt that he needs to put his letter to Mr. Tyng in the form of an affidavit and to add the assertion that he has no personal taxable property in the city.
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1898-01-24
Senator Platt writes to New York Superintendent of Immigration Fitchie on reports of “extreme partisan conduct” on the part of Ellis Island Commissioner Edward F. McSweeney. Fitchie suggests that McSweeney be removed and replaced with a “good Republican.”
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1898-02-17
Rowan Ward provides an invoice for several books Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt ordered, including Three Years’ Hunting and Trapping in America and the Great North-west by J. Turner-Turner, Travels in the Interior of South Africa, Comprising Fifteen Years’ Hunting and Trading by James Chapman, Sport on the Pamirs and Turkistan Steppes by Charles Sperling Cumberland, and A Naturalist in the Transvaal by William Lucas Distant.
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1898-02-18
Representative Cockran believes that Thomas B. Connery would be an excellent selection for paymaster in the Navy and urges Secretary Roosevelt to hire him.
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1898-03-07
John Ellis Roosevelt requests the notice of personal tax assessment against Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt and a letter to show to the tax officers clarifying that Roosevelt and his family have largely resided in Washington, D.C., not New York, since Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Secretary.
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1898-03-08
Rowan Ward provides an invoice for several books Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt ordered, including The Far Interior: A Narrative of Travel and Adventure from the Cape of Good Hope Across the Zambesi to the Lake Regions of Central Africa by Walter Montagu Kerr, Camping in the Canadian Rockies: An Account of Camp Life in the Wilder Parts of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Together with a Description of the Region about Banff, Lake Louise and Glacier, and a Sketch of the Early Explorations by Walter Dwight Wilcox, and Sport in the Highlands of Kashmir: Being a Narrative of an Eight Months’ Trip in Baltistan and Ladak, and a Lady’s Experiences in the Latter Country: Together with Hints for the Guidance of Sportsmen by Henry Zouch Darrah.
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1898-03-25
Rear Admiral Evans has not bothered the Department of the Navy knowing what Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt has in mind for him. He reports that conditions are not good and warns Roosevelt to prevent Spain from sending ships to Cuba and to send American vessels as quickly as possible. Evans does not think highly of a certain admiral or chief of staff. He instructs Roosevelt to keep the letter confidential.
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1898-03-11
T. B. Connery thanks Assistant Secretary Roosevelt for his letter and understands his reasons for not taking action on behalf of his son, who is seeking the appointment of paymaster in the Navy. However, Connery persists in explaining that William Bourke Cockran, who wrote a letter of recommendation for Connery’s son, had insisted that his letter would be seen by President William McKinley if Cockran sent the letter to Roosevelt. Thus, Connery asks if it would be acceptable for Roosevelt to forward Cockran’s letter to McKinley if he could do so “without comment,” so as not to appear to be seeking any favors.
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1898-03-14
John Ellis Roosevelt informs Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt that the tax officers require an affidavit and encloses an affidavit for him to look over. Roosevelt was sorry to learn that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has been so sick and trusts that she is better now.
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1898-03-17
Henry White informs Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt that his team has been able to purchase a ship, the Amazonas, from the Brazilian Government. He also discusses personnel changes directed by Roosevelt’s department, and hopes that he can return home for a visit if war does not break out. He additionally wishes Mrs. Roosevelt a speedy recovery from an illness.
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1898-03-18
Max F. Ihmsen is troubled to read that Assistant Secretary Roosevelt doubts the veracity of the interview he gave to The New York Journal. Ihmsen has never been accused of lying about an interview. He encloses an extract of the article in question. Ihmsen then encloses the response of the journal to Roosevelt’s condemnation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-03-19