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William Wells relays details of his recent hunt with Henry D. Shelden in Wyoming, where the pair caught a variety of game. Wells promises Henry S. Drinker that he will write him regarding stage lines as soon as Shelden’s visit is over.
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1897-10-17
William Wells tells Henry S. Drinker about his successful first season running a hunting business and ranch in Wyoming. He writes that he believes the area will not always be the “game paradise it is now,” as more settlers are moving in. Wells invites Drinker and several others to come out to hunt with him, but says that if they want to get a sheep they should be prepared to shoot from a distance. If they come, Wells would meet them by the railroad and head into the good hunting country, which he describes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-04
Holmes E. Offley is being reinstated in the Pension Office for the purpose of transfer to the Navy Department.
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1897-11-13
Henry S. Drinker writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt to enclose two letters from their mutual friends, Robert Jenkins Nevin, Pastor of the American Episcopal church in Rome, and William Wells, who recently moved to a new location in Wyoming. Drinker hopes to spend next summer with Wells.
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1897-11-15
Robert Jenkins Nevin reports to Henry S. Drinker on his recent hunting trip in South Africa with famous hunter Cornelius J. Van Rooyen. Nevin narrates the process of killing a giraffe and hearing a lion fight.
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1897-11-15
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.
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1897-12-24
This resolution states that marble busts of Vice Presidents may be placed in the Senate.
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1898-01-06
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
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
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
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
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.
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1898-03-19
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt refutes an interview printed in The New York Journal, stating that it was an invention from beginning to end. Roosevelt reports that he refused the interview, despite the persistence of the reporter, because he has never “given a certificate of character to the Journal” and that nothing “would be of less consequence” than the reporter changing his opinion of Roosevelt.
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1898-03-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt writes a statement indicating that he is no longer a resident of New York and has not been a resident since he was appointed Assistant Secretary.
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1898-03-21
Colonel Bingham explains to General Corbin that after noticing that the Navy has a flag for the president and the Army does not, he had some flag designs made. He forwards the design chosen by consensus and describes it for Corbin.
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1898-03-22
George Haven Putnam responds to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt’s inquiry regarding the total number of copies sold of three books Roosevelt has written.
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1898-03-25
Benjamin F. Tracy writes to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt with a dispatch that he sent President William McKinley. In it, Tracy suggests that even though the nation is not at war with Spain yet, it is still wise to move the fleet into an advantageous position. He writes that the duration of the war is dependent on whether the US can strike the first blow.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-02