Dana, Richard Henry, 1851-1931

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1918-01-07

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Dana, Richard Henry, 1851-1931

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English

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

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Creation Date

1916-04-05

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Dana, Richard Henry, 1851-1931

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English

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

Theodore Roosevelt wishes that he not be quoted to President Taft. Roosevelt believes “much more harm comes from retaining incompetent men, than from turning men out for the wrong reasons.”

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Creation Date

1911-12-05

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

Theodore Roosevelt is sorry and hopes to see Richard Henry Dana another time.

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Creation Date

1911-12-01

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

President Roosevelt is glad that Richard Henry Dana was pleased about what was done with the fourth class postmasters.

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1908-12-03

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

President Roosevelt tells Richard Henry Dana that the telegram that he sent to Harvard President Charles William Eliot was supposed to be private, and that it was accidentally published by someone in Eliot’s office. Whoever did this publishing, Roosevelt says, is guilty of a worse crime than either Sidney W. Fish or Charles C. Morgan.

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Creation Date

1908-06-26

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

President Roosevelt feels that the suggestion that Richard Henry Dana put forth in a letter will not meet the fundamental difficulty, but he will keep it under consideration.

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Creation Date

1908-03-10

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

President Roosevelt tells Richard Henry Dana that, regarding the census bureau, he intends to use his veto powers or perform some other political maneuver. He also mentions conferring with William Dudley Foulke.

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Creation Date

1909-01-12

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

President Roosevelt provides Richard Henry Dana with his thoughts and details on the case surrounding Archie Dovell Sanders, a New York civil servant who refuses to stop his political activity while in office.

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Creation Date

1907-11-02

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt discusses battleship design elements and naval gunnery options with Richard Henry Dana and makes comparisons to British ships.

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Creation Date

1897-05-08

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

President Roosevelt has asked Civil Service Commissioner Alford Warriner Cooley to write a letter on the civil service for publication. Roosevelt sends Cooley’s letter to Richard Henry Dana.

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Creation Date

1904-09-30

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

President Roosevelt thanks Richard Henry Dana and is glad that an answer was sent to Mr. Nelson.

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Creation Date

1903-03-23

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

President Roosevelt thanks Richard Henry Dana for the letter.

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Creation Date

1901-11-01

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt encloses letters of introduction to commanding officers on three battleships that are currently in Boston: the USS Massachusetts, the USS, New York, and the USS Texas. Roosevelt informs Richard Henry Dana that there are no reports by the United States Navy Department about double turrets.

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Creation Date

1897-05-28

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Richard Henry Dana he hopes to get the double turrets on the USS Kentucky and the USS Kearsarge removed. Roosevelt believes the builders at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company agrees with him.

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Creation Date

1897-05-21

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

If Theodore Roosevelt had known about Richard Henry Dana writing to The Outlook, Roosevelt would have done his best to have Dana’s writing published. Roosevelt believes the Eleventh Amendment was “merely a construction of the Constitution.”

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1912-03-01

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

Theodore Roosevelt wishes that he not be quoted to President Taft. Roosevelt believes “much more harm comes from retaining incompetent men, than from turning men out for the wrong reasons.”

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Creation Date

1911-12-05

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

Theodore Roosevelt is sorry to have missed seeing Richard Henry Dana, and hopes to see him on another occasion.

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Creation Date

1911-12-01

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

Theodore Roosevelt acknowledges a letter from Richard Henry Dana and sends his love to Mrs. Dana.

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Creation Date

1910-07-25

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Henry Dana

President Roosevelt wishes he could have seen the reaction of the audience when Richard Henry Dana spoke at the Reform Club. He calls the Boston Herald a “disingenuous paper.”

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Creation Date

1904-10-26

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