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President Roosevelt defends his actions regarding Colombia and negotiations regarding the Panama Canal. Roosevelt’s position is that the Panama project should not be a party project. His concerns are that Democratic senators could defeat the treaty if they deem such action to be to their political advantage.
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1903-12-19
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1918-01-26
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Harvey, George Brinton McClellan, 1864-1928
2025-08-21
Theodore Roosevelt liked George Harvey’s article. When Roosevelt returns in a month, he would like to meet with Harvey to seriously discuss some issues. Roosevelt assures Harvey that he only wants to see the American people succeed, and that he would have supported President Wilson if Wilson had given him cause to do so.
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1915-08-31
President Roosevelt regrets to inform George Brinton McClellan Harvey that he cannot attend the dinner celebrating Mark Twain’s seventieth birthday, but praises Twain’s work.
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1905-11-28
President Roosevelt cannot attend the dinner, but thanks George Brinton McClellan Harvey for the invitation. Roosevelt believes that it is injurious for the Japanese to behave as if they got the worst of the peace negotiations.
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1905-09-06
President Roosevelt tells George Brinton McClellan Harvey that his message “stands out particularly from all the others,” and asks him to bring Martin and Clarence H. Mackay with him to visit.
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1905-09-01
President Roosevelt suggests to Harper’s Weekly editor George Brinton McClellan Harvey that Charles A. Gardiner write an article on his views of executive powers for the North American Review.
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1905-02-06
President Roosevelt is grateful for George Brinton McClellan Harvey’s letter and wishes to speak with him soon.
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1904-11-10
President Roosevelt defends a statement he made about Jefferson Davis eighteen or twenty years ago, in which he compared Davis with General Benedict Arnold. Roosevelt believes Davis a traitor because he intrigued for secession, and therefore the destruction of the republic, in support of slavery. Unlike Arnold, Davis received office for his treachery. Roosevelt also sends Colonel George Harvey a copy of Rough Riders to clear any confusion about Roosevelt’s participation on a specific day during the Spanish-American War.
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1904-09-19
President Roosevelt was pleased to sign the photographs for Katherine Duer Mackay’s fair, but wonders if they are too imperialistic in nature.
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1904-08-30
President Roosevelt was pleased with the editorials regarding the General Wood and General Miles cases. He appreciates Colonel Harvey’s generosity in the matter.
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1904-02-04
President Roosevelt thanks Colonel George Brinton McClellan Harvey for the letter and editorials.
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1904-01-28
President Roosevelt defends the promotion of General Leonard Wood and the administration’s refusal to commend General Nelson Appleton Miles upon his retirement.
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1904-01-22