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Theodore Roosevelt asks Joseph Bucklin Bishop to bring material to the Hotel Le Marquis at 12 East 31st Street in New York City. The meeting is set for 9 a.m. on Saturday, December 18, 1915.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-12-09
Theodore Roosevelt directs Joseph Bucklin Bishop to some of his previous statements regarding military policy. He is pleased that public opinion is starting to shift towards his views on the country’s “shameful dereliction of duty in national affairs.”
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1915-12-01
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s editorial in the World. Woodrow Wilson’s problem about preparedness and national defense, according to Roosevelt, is that he has no convictions but rather makes decisions that are self serving.
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1915-11-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop about the recent editorial in the Evening Post. Roosevelt thinks Oswald Villard, although educated, is an “utterly rotten and vile creature” and beneath other Harvard graduates in New York.
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1915-10-25
Theodore Roosevelt shows interest in a letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop and wishes he could have listened to an interview.
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1915-04-02
Theodore Roosevelt is very interested in Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s recent letter and agrees that President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary William Jennings Bryan have “created such a revulsion of feeling” that they will lose to whomever the Republicans nominate. Roosevelt feels that “any man who will stand for national defense and national honor is to be preferred to the present combination,” even Elihu Root, who Roosevelt still faults for his actions at the Republican Convention of 1912.
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1915-03-18
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with Colonel Goethals’ statement on the matter.
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1915-03-03
Theodore Roosevelt sends a note of thanks to Joseph Bucklin Bishop and is interested to hear Bishop’s account of a dinner. Roosevelt also mentions his negative opinion of Nicholas Murray Butler.
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1914-12-22
Theodore Roosevelt will be able to lunch with Joseph Bucklin Bishop at some point this winter. He appreciates Bishop’s support for his statements on the Philippines. The United States is not doing its duty in the Philippines and the islands are not being effectively defended. Roosevelt describes President Wilson as “shrewd and clever” but also a self-seeker and timid. Nothing of “permanent good” will be done under his leadership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-11-28
Theodore writes a letter of introduction for Mary Alice Ford Armstrong and Elizabeth Whitwell Tudor to Joseph Bucklin Bishop. Roosevelt asks Bishop to make sure the women see the “things that ought to be seen in Panama.”
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1912-11-26
President Roosevelt praises Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s wife, Harriet Hartwell Bishop, calling her “a trump if ever there was one.” Roosevelt is glad that president-elect William H. Taft is going to examine the Panama Canal with several engineers, as he feels like the best way to address concerns about it is through “prompt, aggressive action.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-04
President Roosevelt asks Joseph Bucklin Bishop if he and his wife, Harriet Hartwell Bishop, can come visit on Friday, July 31. He will have Luke E. Wright meet them at the train station.
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1908-07-01
President Roosevelt tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop that he does not need to worry because Jackson Smith is leaving the Isthmian Canal Commission. Regarding the “scandalous articles” Bishop enclosed, Roosevelt notes that those types of articles are bound to appear, but he does not “care a snap of [his] fingers for them.”
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1908-05-23
President Roosevelt tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop that he joins George W. Goethals and the rest of the Isthmian Canal Commission in their enthusiasm over Harry H. Rousseau’s marriage. He will not punish Rousseau for marrying Gladys Fargo Rousseau against her parents’ wishes and instead wishes to promote him.
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1908-04-17
President Roosevelt thanks Secretary to the Isthmian Canal Commission Bishop for updating him on the situation in Panama and agrees with the policy changes Bishop has suggested. Without knowing exactly to whom General Counsel Richard R. Rogers allegedly made disparaging comments about his administration, Roosevelt is unwilling to take action against him.
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1907-11-27
President Roosevelt tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop he will change his upcoming message to reflect the changes requested by Bishop and Colonel George W. Goethals. Roosevelt will ask for the Isthmian Canal Commission members to be appointed in the order Bishop suggests, and will ask for the design specifications Bishop mentions to be carried out by government workers. Roosevelt asks Bishop to give his regards to Goethals.
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1907-10-25
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop and is pleased about the libraries. Roosevelt is pleased that Bishop is going to Panama.
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1907-07-12
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his letter. Roosevelt found it interesting and delightful, especially Bishop’s analogy for Wall Street financiers.
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1907-06-15
President Roosevelt thinks Joseph Bucklin Bishop has accurately assessed the character of Austen G. Fox when he called him a “skate.” Roosevelt thinks the clipping Bishop sent is interesting.
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1907-06-20
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop and agrees with the Sun’s review of a speech that it must have been good. However, he values Bishop’s words most.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-28