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President Roosevelt was glad to find that former president Grover Cleveland holds Thomas Goode Jones in such high regard, and is glad to have appointed him as a judge, even though he did this before hearing Cleveland’s opinion. He appreciated Cleveland attending the funeral of former president William McKinley with him.
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1901-10-09
Thomas Fortune Ryan thanks former President Cleveland for “the personal sacrifice” in agreeing to serve on the board of trustees of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.
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1905-06-12
President Roosevelt thanks President Cleveland for his letter, and informs him that he will not be asked to serve, presumably on a mediation commission for the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902.
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1902-10-16
President Roosevelt informs Grover Cleveland that his actions regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike have been influenced by Cleveland’s action during the Pullman Car Strike. Roosevelt currently plans to offer to create an investigatory commission if the miners will go back to work so that a solution can be agreed upon.
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1902-10-05
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1895-04-29
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1895-04-23
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
President Roosevelt regrets that former President Cleveland will not be able to present at the waterways conference, and is concerned by his letter.
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1908-03-17
President Roosevelt tells former President Cleveland about the upcoming Conference of Governors on the topic of conservation of natural resources, and invites him to take part.
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1908-03-04
President Roosevelt wishes Grover Cleveland a happy sixty-ninth birthday.
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1906-03-13
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1905-06-17
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Grover Cleveland’s letter regarding Charles P. McClelland was decisive, and President Roosevelt informed Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to appoint McClelland if a vacancy occurs.
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1903-06-26
President Roosevelt compares his actions defending the Monroe Doctrine and attempting to solve the Venezuelan crisis to the actions Grover Cleveland took towards Venezuela while President. Roosevelt hopes that Cleveland will be satisfied that Great Britain and Germany have recognized the Monroe Doctrine.
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1902-12-26
President Roosevelt wanted President Cleveland on the commission to investigate the Anthracite Coal Strike but to reach an agreement the wishes of the coal operators and miners had to be taken into account regarding the composition of the commission.
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1902-10-16
President Roosevelt will not be able to be at Princeton because his doctors have warned against travel due to his leg injury. Both sides in the Anthracite Coal Strike have rejected Roosevelt’s efforts at arbitration, but Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright is being sent to investigate conditions at the coal fields. Roosevelt asks that Grover Cleveland join Wright in the investigation.
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1902-10-10
President Roosevelt informs Grover Cleveland that his actions regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike have been influenced by Cleveland’s action during the Pullman Car Strike. Roosevelt currently plans to offer to create an investigatory commission if the miners will go back to work so that a solution can be agreed upon.
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1902-10-05
President Roosevelt will attend the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as president of Princeton University.
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1902-06-17
Thomas Goode Jones requests Grover Cleveland’s support for his application as United States district judge in Montgomery, Alabama.
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1901-10-02
Pinckney Marcius-Simons writes President Cleveland to thank him for purchasing one of his paintings; the artist comments on the nature of his art as uniquely American, and mentions that Theodore Roosevelt also purchased one of his paintings.
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1894-03-08