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President Roosevelt agrees with American Bar Association President Dickinson that LeRoy Percy’s speech needs to be published and will work to ensure that it is.
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1907-05-22
President Roosevelt regrets that he is unable to accept the invitation of a number of Tennessee agencies to visit their state at the time of the Tennessee State Fair.
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1906-07-12
President Roosevelt is sorry to hear that J. M. Dickinson cannot go to Norway but assures him that such an offer was not done as a favor but as a recognition of Dickinson’s ability and a tribute to him for the work he did as part of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal. He is pleased that Dickinson approves of the way he has been handling the question of African Americans in the South. While he knows there is no perfect solution, he hopes to “make it as little acute as possible, and cautiously endeavor to make things a little better in such way as will not mean making them ultimately worse!”
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1906-05-02
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1905-07-20
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
President Roosevelt is touched by the invitation from the Iroquois Club. He had not intended to accept any invitations during his return trip from Colorado, but he tells J. M. Dickinson that he would be glad to meet the club for an informal dinner if he is able.
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1905-03-31
President Roosevelt would like to attend the Iroquois Club dinner, but asks if J. M. Dickinson can find out who the speakers will be and let him know privately so that he can make an informed decision.
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1905-04-02
President Roosevelt thanks Judge Dickinson for the interesting articles. He shares his experience voting at the Peabody trust meeting.
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1905-01-28
President Roosevelt feels undeserving of J. M. Dickinson’s praise, and feels he would be a “a poor patriot, a poor American, if I acted otherwise.” He appreciates the practical advice given by Dickinson, Secretary of War William H. Taft, and other such men who “serve as a constant stimulus […] to be true to my convictions.”
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1905-01-16
President Roosevelt thanks J. M. Dickinson for the interview. He thinks that they might as well accuse him of political corruption in the Alaska Boundary Commission.
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1903-12-30
President Roosevelt thanks J. M. Dickinson for the information and will send the letter to Justice White.
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1903-12-07
President Roosevelt will read Mississippi and the Mississippians with great pleasure.
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1903-08-24
John W. Casey asks Secretary of War Dickinson for Theodore Roosevelt’s exact height.
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1909-05-10
John W. Foster believes that Norway has been an independent country and can therefore send a diplomatic representative to the United States.
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1905-07-24
G. M. Darrow reports that the quail crop in Eudora, Mississippi, is unusually favorable. He encourages J. M. Dickinson to visit him. He comments on the support of the people of Eudora for Theodore Roosevelt.
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1905-07-12
G. M. Darrow heard a speech by J. M. Dickinson and gives his opinion on it. Darrow also expresses support for Theodore Roosevelt and discusses issues relating to the education and treatment of African Americans. Darrow is an employer of African Americans in Mississippi and Alabama and supports their rights.
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1904-01-01