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A copy of a letter sent by New York City Police Commissioner Roosevelt to New York Governor Frank Swett Black. Roosevelt talks of enclosing the results of the test given to police recruits and the wrong answers given to history questions. He feels the civil service exams are not infallible but do serve as a good measure of a candidate’s aptitude.
1897-01-08
President Roosevelt informs Governor Black that Charles S. Francis is going to be nominated as Ambassador to Austria-Hungary on Monday morning. He does not want it to be made public until them. He asks if Black wants to notify Francis himself.
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1906-03-16
President Roosevelt says that receiving Frank Swett Black’s letter was “like an oasis in the desert.” He had worried that Black would feel that he was not being as considerate as he should be with him.
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1906-01-31
President Roosevelt tells Frank Swett Black that he has been having trouble making appointments in Kentucky. The Kentucky Congressmen, the State Committee Chairman, and the National Committeemen all agree that Samuel J. Roberts is one of the best Republican supporters in the state.
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1906-01-26
President Roosevelt was speaking yesterday with Secretary of State Elihu Root along the same lines as Frank Swett Black wrote in his recent letter. He believes that “there is a perfect epidemic for investigating everything” and accepting accusations as proof. Roosevelt says he will try to prevent any kind of investigation that tends to unsettle business or which might cause a panic.
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1906-01-09
President Roosevelt tells Frank Swett Black he took pride in appointing Charles William Anderson to be the internal revenue collector for the lower half of Manhattan.
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1905-03-18
President Roosevelt informs Governor Black he has already filled the diplomatic posts. However, he may be able to assign John M. Francis to Vienna in a few years.
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1905-01-21
President Roosevelt jokes to former New York Governor Frank Swett Black that “evidently that Clinton County man will have to buy his own clothes this year!” Roosevelt comments that Black seems to have been the only one who anticipated the extent to which Roosevelt would have success in the recent presidential election. He would like for Black to visit soon.
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1904-11-09
President Roosevelt thanks former New York Governor Frank Swett Black for the letter, and tells him that he appreciates how much Black has done in the campaign. Roosevelt believes that Black has especially done a great service to the whole country by his involvement in “the Kentucky business.”
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1904-11-07
President Roosevelt thanks Frank Swett Black for his letter and invites him to lunch at Oyster Bay upon his return to New York.
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1904-06-30
President Roosevelt informs Frank Swett Black that Henry Cabot Lodge was immensely impressed by Black’s nominating speech.
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1904-06-28
President Roosevelt thanks Frank Swett Black for his masterful speech.
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1904-06-23
President Roosevelt invites Frank Swett Black to dinner at the White House so they can discuss the upcoming presidential campaign. Roosevelt sends two volumes of his collected speeches.
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1904-05-02
President Roosevelt asks Governor Black if he would give his nominating speech for the election at the Republican National Convention.
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1904-04-27
President Roosevelt is pleased that Frank Swett Black is “taking up the case of poor Caleb Powers.” Roosevelt believes the Republican National Committee can help with funds and that it is their responsibility to help prevent “the judicial murder of an innocent man for political reasons.”
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1904-04-14
President Roosevelt cannot appoint Edward Charles O’Brien but has recommended O’Brien to the commission.
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1904-02-28
President Roosevelt invites Frank Swett Black to visit.
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1904-02-01
President Roosevelt invites Frank Swett Black and his wife to dinner.
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1904-01-09
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1898-04-13
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1897-12-01
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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