Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-21

Creator(s)

Sylvester, Richard, 1858-

Recipient

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-22

Creator(s)

Cochran, William E., 1854-1927

Recipient

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-22

Creator(s)

Sylvester, Richard, 1858-

Recipient

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

Washington, D.C., Chief of Police Sylvester forwards a letter to George B. Cortelyou for his information, and asks him to send it to Secret Service Chief John E. Wilkie after he is done with it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-05

Elmer Dover reports to George B. Cortelyou that, after reading the investigation he ordered done into Fred A. Randall, who sent letters to the White House, he is satisfied that his first impression that Randall is “a crank of the first water” is correct.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-15

Chief Post Office Inspector Cochran confirms receipt of George B. Cortelyou’s letter outlining President Roosevelt’s travel plans, and has already conferred with New York Chief of Police Richard Sylvester and Secret Service Chief John E. Wilkie. He will leave for New York the following night to give personal instructions to Post Office Inspectors there, but offers to meet with Cortelyou in person prior to this if it would be useful.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-16

Washington, D. C., Chief of Police Sylvester confirms receipt of George B. Cortelyou’s letter enclosing President Roosevelt’s travel plans for his trip to New Haven, Connecticut. He will communicate with the authorities in the various towns the president will travel through, and has also given a letter to Chief Post Office Inspector William E. Cochran, introducing him to the various police departments along the route.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-16

Secret Service Chief Wilkie informs George B. Cortelyou that he has received the letter and will give his personal attention to the preparations for President Roosevelt’s upcoming trip. He intends to send three men with Roosevelt’s traveling party, and have them be joined by two additional men at their destination.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-16

Richard Sylvester, District of Columbia Chief of Police, forwards a message to George B. Cortelyou for his information. Sylvester does not know the writer, but says “the suggestions are entirely on new lines.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-18

Secret Service Chief John E. Wilkie informs George B. Cortelyou that they have investigated James Seldon Cowdon at his request. Cowdon is a clerk in the Treasury Department and has characteristics of “a harmless crank.” Cowdon is interested in political economy and flying machines, and talks about both “with fluency and a total disregard of facts.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-13

Cornelius V. Collins, the superintendent of the New York State Prison Department, sends George B. Cortelyou the letters and papers received by William McKinley’s assassin Leon F. Czolgosz while he was in prison.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-14

Cornelius V. Collins sends George B. Cortelyou a picture of the brother-in-law of Leon Czolgosz, who assassinated President William McKinley. A Mr. Sutton from the post office had requested it, but Collins does not know how to find him to send him the picture.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-22

A. L. Drummond introduces George B. Cortelyou to Atherton Brownell, who has information about anarchy. Drummond advised Brownell to go to Washington, D.C., to tell his story.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-22

Chief Post Office Inspector William E. Cochran acknowledges receipt of George B. Cortelyou’s letter regarding President Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Philadelphia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-25

Richard Sylvester acknowledges George B. Cortelyou’s letter advising him of President Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Philadelphia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-25

Secret Service chief John E. Wilkie acknowledges receipt of George B. Cortelyou’s letter regarding President Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Philadelphia and will take the usual precautionary measures.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-25

Atherton Brownell encloses a letter for George B. Cortelyou about foreigners, mostly from Russia, who want to undermine organized society. Brownell can provide names of several people to watch, and will provide the Secret Service with information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-27

Richard Sylvester sends an enclosure to George B. Cortelyou and will find out about the involved parties if Cortelyou does not have any information. Sylvester believes that the writer is eccentric.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-27

Jacob A. Riis warns George B. Cortelyou not to let President Roosevelt see Flora Golsch, who sympathizes with the William McKinley’s assassin.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-01

Acting Secret Service chief William H. Moran submits a copy of a special report about Atherton Brownell to George B. Cortelyou.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-03