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Theodore Roosevelt received the telegram signed by George Curry, George Armijo, and Muller requesting support. However, he cannot do anything more to have Arizona and New Mexico admitted as separate states.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-18
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes George Curry to finalize the arrangements for Roosevelt’s trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-20
Theodore Roosevelt updates George Curry on his travel plans for his upcoming trip to the southwest. He does not want too many visitors with him on the train between El Paso and Albuquerque because travel is the only opportunity he has to rest. Roosevelt would prefer an informal dinner at a hotel in Albuquerque, followed by remarks at a public meeting somewhere. Following the meeting, he will go to a hotel for the reception Curry wants.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-07
Theodore Roosevelt informs George Curry he will stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on his way to Arizona and is available to speak. He hopes Curry and any regiment members will come to see him.
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1911-01-19
Theodore Roosevelt does not believe that Bronson M. Cutting made the statement he is quoted as saying. Roosevelt does not recall ever writing to Cutting about Holm Olaf Bursum and has written Cutting to find out the facts.
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1916-04-03
President Roosevelt thanks Governor Curry for his letter.
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1909-03-03
President Roosevelt thinks very highly of Governor Curry, and was flattered at the newspaper clipping he sent him. Roosevelt is doing his best in the statehood fight for the territory of New Mexico, but the odds are against them.
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1909-02-10
President Roosevelt congratulates Governor Curry on what he has accomplished. Roosevelt is trying to get Congress to grant New Mexico statehood and will see what he can do help Judge Edward A. Mann.
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1909-01-22
President Roosevelt introduces New Mexico Territory Governor Curry to the artist Charles Dana Gibson.
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1908-11-11
President Roosevelt assures New Mexico Territory Governor Curry that he will do everything he can to secure separate statehood for New Mexico and Arizona.
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1908-11-11
President Roosevelt thanks Governor Curry for the letter. He is pleased with how the election turned out and congratulates Curry on the result in New Mexico.
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1908-11-06
President Roosevelt introduces his friend Eliot Farley to Governor Curry and informs him that Farley may want to visit a ranch.
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1907-11-07
President Roosevelt informs New Mexico Territorial Governor Curry that he has met with congressional leaders about statehood, but they are at an impasse concerning statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. Congress would like to wait until after the 1910 census and proceed from there based on the population data. Roosevelt has also written to Arizona Territorial Governor Joseph H. Kibbey, and does not see much point in addressing the matter in his upcoming message.
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1907-10-24
President Roosevelt tells George Curry that when he takes office as governor of New Mexico Territory, he will find the situation “much confused.” Although former Governor Hagerman did some good things for the territory, some of the things he did were “reprehensible,” thanks to bad advisers. Roosevelt requests that Curry conduct himself with a sense of duty, just as he did during his service as a captain in the Rough Riders.
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1907-05-02
President Roosevelt has announced Captain Curry’s nomination as governor of New Mexico Territory. In light of the actions of previous territorial governor Herbert J. Hagerman, Roosevelt asks that Curry’s administration be clean and honest.
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1907-04-20
President Roosevelt congratulates George Curry, American governor of the province of Samar in the Philippines.
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1906-03-26
President Roosevelt would like to give Governor Curry any appointment he wanted that came up in New Mexico, but believes it would be harder to do so in Louisiana. He asks Curry to write to his friends in New Mexico to find out an office that he can accept when a vacancy occurs.
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1906-03-07
President Roosevelt tells Governor Curry that he will take up the matter of Henry P. Kingsbury with the War Department. He is sad that Kingsbury is leaving the Philippines, but will be glad to have him “on this side of the water again.”
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1906-01-17
President Roosevelt is glad that George Curry has returned and asks if he will find time to travel to Washington.
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1903-11-16
Vice Governor Wright would like Captain Curry to be chief of police in the Philippines.
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1903-02-07