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The American company is gauging Chinese interest in the railroad. The Hong Kong government will lend Viceroy Zhidong Zhang money to pay the American company, and British capitalists are investing millions in the railroad. Full details to follow in a letter.
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1905-08-17
Deputy Commissioner Davenport asks Benjamin F. Barnes to personally place the enclosed letter into the hands of President Roosevelt.
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1904-12-23
Postmaster General Wynne does not object to Representative Walter Preston Brownlow’s proposal that Brownlow and J. C. R. McCall be designated the referees for political appointments in Tennessee. In fact, the department is compelled to depend largely on Brownlow’s recommendations.
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1904-12-21
Howard Metcalf writes to Benjamin F. Barnes acknowledging receipt of a letter from Governor Odell of New York. Metcalf summarizes Odell’s letter. The letter is about friction between officials at Ellis Island and the State Board of Alienists of New York.
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1904-12-21
Republican National Committee Chairman George B. Cortelyou encloses a telegram from William F. Cody.
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1904-12-21
R. Sheridan acknowledges receipt of the President’s order for evening dress.
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1904-12-20
Reverend Schick acknowledges receipt of President Roosevelt’s $10 charitable donation and assures it will be put to good use to help the poor on Christmas Day.
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1904-12-20
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou asks Benjamin F. Barnes to present an enclosed personal letter to President Roosevelt and then return it to Cortelyou.
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1904-12-20
In accord with President Roosevelt’s direction regarding referees for Tennessee, Postmaster General Wynne will forward Representative Walter Preston Brownlow’s request and has submitted a list of referees for the southern states to George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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1904-12-17
The photograph that William H. Moyer sent President Roosevelt is of the old house in Roswell. Moyer is sending pictures of the outside of the house and views of the room where Roosevelt’s parents were married. Since the day was dark and stormy good views, especially interior views, were impossible. Moyer will gladly return to Roswell on a bright day to take more pictures.
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1904-12-16
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to Benjamin F. Barnes in response to President Roosevelt’s request for a meeting at the new Willard. Loomis is waiting to get a final word from the navy.
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1904-12-16
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis gave President Roosevelt a copy of “Mereille,” a poem by Frederic Mistral along with a silver medal for Edith Roosevelt which Mistral sent to him.
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1904-12-15
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou asks Benjamin F. Barnes what action has been taken regarding a vacancy referenced in a letter from John Philip Clum of Nome, Alaska, which he encloses.
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1904-12-15
Eugene A. Philbin asks Benjamin F. Barnes to confirm the details of his upcoming meeting with President Roosevelt on November 16.
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1904-12-14
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou returns a letter from Tennessee Representative Walter Preston Brownlow along with William Loeb’s note of December 2, 1904. Cortelyou states that it has been customary to do what Brownlow requested, and without other guidance, continuing the practice might be appropriate. Cortelyou suggests checking with Postmaster General Henry C. Payne whether he knows of any objection to such a plan.
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1904-12-14
Silas McBee includes a letter from a young Southern lawyer for President Roosevelt. He hopes Roosevelt will appreciate the insight it gives into changes taking place in the American South.
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1904-12-13
Secretary of State Hay asks Benjamin F. Barnes to strike out any items that the President wishes from the draft and to add anything that the President wants.
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1904-12-13
Representatives of C. G. Gunther’s and Sons write to Benjamin F. Barnes that they were surprised to hear of their employees’ negligent behavior. They will send different workers to Oyster Bay, New York, to make repairs. Furthermore, they agree that the letter from their salesman was worded poorly and apologize for any annoyance.
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1904-12-13
James Sullivan Clarkson asks Benjamin F. Barnes to explain to the President that his sudden disappearance was due to illness. He intends to return tomorrow to the errand he was charged with.
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1904-12-13
Consul General at Ottawa, Ontario, John Gilman Foster describes to Benjamin F. Barnes the communications that have occurred regarding an African American man convicted of murder in Canada. A letter from the man’s father was forwarded to Gilman by the State Department. Gilman simply forwarded that letter to the Canadian minister of justice, without requesting clemency or any other intervention.
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1904-12-12