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Robert Lincoln O’Brien has enclosed a newspaper clipping showing what he is doing to build up anticipation for the talk that Joseph Bucklin Bishop, executive secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission, will be giving in Boston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday.
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1905-12-14
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1913-10-15
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1913-03-11
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1917-09-08
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Theodore Roosevelt introduces Joseph Bucklin Bishop to George Palmer Putman, who is on his way home to Oregon with his newly wed wife. Putman is the son of John Bishop Putnam, an old friend of Roosevelt’s, and a nephew of George Haven Putnam. Roosevelt does not know Putnam personally but is willing to guarantee that Putnam is as straight as a string knowing his father and uncle. Putnam wishes to see what is happening on the Isthmus and wants to know the present status of the engineering, social, and political matters. Roosevelt appreciates any help he can give Putnam.
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1911-10-19
President Roosevelt is glad Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission, approves of his handling of the situation with Grover Cleveland. Privately, he feels that Cleveland and Henry Loomis Nelson both deviated from the truth, but no man has “peeped” on the matter.
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1908-09-10
President Roosevelt is pleased with Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s reply and enjoyed seeing him and his wife, Harriet Hartwell Bishop.
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1908-08-27
President Roosevelt sends Panama Canal Commissioner Bishop a letter of introduction for William Archer, the Scottish critic and writer.
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1908-04-25
President Roosevelt tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop that he will keep his letters confidential, but asks him to tell Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission George W. Goethals to prepare the governorship business, which Roosevelt will take care of in Secretary of War William H. Taft’s absence.
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1907-09-16
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his letter and believes Colonel George W. Goethals is glad that Bishop has come to the Isthmus. Roosevelt concurs with Bishop’s letter and states he will “back up the Colonel on all points.” The president also informs Bishop of some political business in New York State and asks Bishop to send “a not too long rough draft” about the Panama Canal that Roosevelt could include in his annual message.
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1907-09-11
President Roosevelt is glad George W. Goethals is working as chief engineer of the Panama Canal and is pleased Joseph Bucklin Bishop, secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission, is enjoying his position.
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1907-09-06
President Roosevelt received Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s letters. He directs Bishop to have George W. Goethals, Chairman and Chief Engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission, telegraph him, and he will arrange for their publication. Roosevelt understands Goethals’s frustration with the commission’s administration.
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1907-08-29
Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s letters to President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt “delighted our souls.” Roosevelt is highly pleased by Bishop’s report of conditions at the Isthmus of Panama. Regarding Bishop’s suggestion of a newsletter, Roosevelt proposes it include a summary of outside current events. He sends his regards to Colonel George W. Goethals and directs him to take leave whenever necessary.
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1907-08-22
Theodore Roosevelt explains to Joseph Bucklin Bishop that he did not betray what he said in confidence, but that he did not expect Senator Thomas Collier Platt to publish the explanation he gave him of the issue, and that Francis E. Leupp, “simply put two and two together.” He encourages Bishop’s plan to purchase the newspaper he is interested in, as although it would not influence New York much, it would have a national impact.
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1901-10-09
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for the editorials and is gratified by what the Post has been saying about him.
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1901-10-03
President Roosevelt has destroyed Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s letter. He believes that Bishop’s plan would assist the cause of good government. Having a morning paper under the direction of a man such as Bishop would strengthen Roosevelt’s position.
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1901-10-02