Gray, George, 1840-1925

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-10-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Gray, George, 1840-1925

President Roosevelt praises Judge George Gray’s work on the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission and agrees with his opinion on the composition of the arbitration conciliation committees.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-31

George B. Cortelyou informs George Gray that President Roosevelt has called a meeting of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission for October 24 and hopes that Gray can attend.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-21

Theodore Roosevelt is happy to help Annie Gray Hawkins, the widow of Hamilton Smith Hawkins. Since he is “persona non grata” with Congress, Roosevelt suggests that whoever is in charge of the bill direct him on how he can best help.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-29

President Roosevelt regrets to inform Judge Gray and the committee of the Bayard Memorial Association that he will be unable to attend the unveiling of the statue of Thomas F. Bayard. Roosevelt expresses his great respect for Bayard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-15

President Roosevelt believes that Judge Gray holds a position which obliges Roosevelt to try to get him on the Court of Arbitration at the Hague.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-04

President Roosevelt thanks United States Circuit Judge Gray for his letter endorsing Edgar E. Clark for a position on the Interstate Commerce Commission. While Roosevelt has not made up his mind, he is inclined to agree with Gray that Clark is the right man to appoint.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-06

President Roosevelt is not able to promise anything, as he receives so many applicants, but tells Judge Gray that he will put Meigs down provisionally, and will hope that when he compares Meigs’s application with others he will be able to move him up to a principal or alternate applicant.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-30

President Roosevelt asks if Judge Gray has considered Charles D. Walcott for Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Comments and Context

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt has instructed that Judge Gray’s wishes regarding General Hamilton Smith Hawkins be observed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-07

President Roosevelt thanks Judge Gray for saying exactly what he wanted.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-13

President Roosevelt would like Judge Gray to attend an upcoming meeting at the White House. The meeting will include people from Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, to address how to get football to be played “on a thoroughly clean basis.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-06

President Roosevelt hears good things about Chief Clerk William Sidney Rossiter. He thanks Judge Gray for his letter about Roosevelt’s involvement in negotiating peace between Russia and Japan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-09

President Roosevelt has a high opinion of Charles Patrick Neill and asks Judge Gray his thoughts about Edgar E. Clark. Roosevelt promises to take up the Meigs matter at once.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-09

President Roosevelt congratulates George Gray and the International Arbitration Conference and expresses his hopes for success and peace among the nations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-03

President Roosevelt is pleased to hear from Judge Gray and asks Gray about several dates for a lunch with Roosevelt and Attorney General Knox. Roosevelt sends warm regards to Margaret Janiver Black Gray.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-30

President Roosevelt will make the appointment that George Gray suggests.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-05

President Roosevelt will consider John McMahon if a vacancy occurs and had thought of giving a position to a Texan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-25

President Roosevelt was touched by Judge Gray’s reference to him during Gray’s speech on the coal strike and states that public service is worth doing because of the regard of good men.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-09

President Roosevelt commends Judge Gray for his work on the Anthracite Coal Commission and agrees with Gray regarding the composition of the arbitration conciliation committees.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-31