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President Roosevelt sends Wilmon Whilldin Blackmar the text of a letter he sent to the Navy Department nominating Wadleigh Capehart as a principal appointment to the Naval Academy for 1906.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-20
President Roosevelt tells Wilmon Whilldin Blackmar’s that he cannot promise to attend the meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic in Denver, Colorado, as he may visit Colorado earlier in the year and could not justify a second trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-06
President Roosevelt thanks General Blackmar for the letter and congratulates him on the honor which he “so richly deserved.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-05
President Roosevelt sends his regrets to General Blackmar that he will be unable to attend the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston, Massachusetts. Roosevelt has the greatest respect for those who fought for “the very life of the Nation” and agrees with former president William McKinley that their “patriotic spirit still animates the Republic.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-06
Civil Service Commission President Black responds to a letter from General Blackmar to President Theodore Roosevelt dated September 6, 1904, proposing that veterans of the Civil War and widows of such veterans should be reinstated to civil service posts at similar levels to those previously held. Black responds that under the current rules of the Civil Service Commission, such reinstatement should be made and there is no need for additional resolutions regarding reinstatement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-15