Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Addison G. Foster
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-13
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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Foster, Addison G. (Addison Gardner), 1837-1917
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Addison G. Foster
President Roosevelt cannot appoint Hal J. Cole due to reports of his incompetence and fraud as an Indian agent.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-26
Letter from Hal J. Cole to Addison G. Foster
Hal J. Cole acknowledges receipt of a telegram from Senator Foster of Washington but cannot accept the position of supervisor of the forest reserve due to the harm done to his reputation by the false charges of impropriety levied by Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock and opposing candidate William H. Ludden and the admission of guilt such an acceptance would imply. Cole thanks Foster and fellow Washington Senator Levi Ankeny for their support but prefers to give up office rather than continue with a party that would harm him and in which the president and secretary are aware of his innocence but decline to act accordingly.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-19