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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-11-06
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Hitchcock, Frank H. (Frank Harris), 1867-1935
English
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1908-02-15
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Hitchcock, Frank H. (Frank Harris), 1867-1935
English
President Roosevelt encloses a statement from a “Democrat of high standing” and asks Republican National Committee Chairman Hitchcock if it is possible to do something in Tennessee. While they likely will not need the electoral vote, Roosevelt would like to make everything “doubly and trebly sure.”
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1908-10-09
President Roosevelt understands that Republican National Committee Chairman Hitchcock has been affected by low funds. Republican National Committee Treasurer George Rumsey Sheldon will likely appreciate Roosevelt’s response to William Jennings Bryan’s proposal to publish campaign contributions, as he used an idea which Sheldon had previously given him. When Hitchcock and Sheldon come to visit, Roosevelt will have them over for lunch or dinner. Roosevelt suggests collecting small popular subscriptions to assist the ticket.
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1908-09-28
President Roosevelt writes to Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee regarding T. Coleman Du Pont, head of the National Republican Committee Bureau of Campaign Speakers. Roosevelt believes Du Pont’s resignation would have had a better effect if it had happened when initially suggested. He instructs Hitchcock to guard against the opposition’s use of the situation in their campaign and explains the differences in the seemingly similar cases of Du Pont and Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell. There has been distressing feedback from New York State, especially concerning the renomination of Governor Charles Evans Hughes and the dissatisfaction of the labor crowd, and Roosevelt outlines persons who should be brought in to assist with securing New York.
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1908-09-26
President Roosevelt asks if Republican National Committee Chairman Hitchcock has received his letter and the letter from William H. Taft. If the resignation of T. Coleman Du Pont from his positions as Director of the Republican Party’s Speaker Bureau and member of the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee will not be announced that same day, Roosevelt requests an immediate meeting with Hitchcock.
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1908-09-25
President Roosevelt writes to Chairman of the Republican National Committee Frank H. Hitchcock demanding that Chairman of the Speakers Committee T. Coleman Du Pont resign due to his connection with a trust that is currently under investigation. Roosevelt understands that Du Pont is willing to step down, and says that if that is the case, then it must happen immediately in order to partially undo the damage that was already done by his appointment
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1908-09-23
President Roosevelt sends a letter from Charles H. Young, President of the Republican Club of the City of New York, to Chairman of the Republican National Committee Frank H. Hitchcock. Roosevelt encourages Hitchcock to arrange a meeting to address the creation of an advisory committee.
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1908-09-17
President Roosevelt sends Chairman of the Republican National Committee Frank H. Hitchcock an important letter from Daniel J. Keefe. It seems settled that Governor Charles Evans Hughes of New York will be renominated, alleviating fears about the East, but they must organize quickly around “the right type of man” for the West at Chicago.
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1908-09-11
President Roosevelt instructs Frank H. Hitchcock to do as New York Supreme Court Justice Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater advises. He additionally notes that while the Vermont elections run on national issues, those of Maine do not, and therefore do not reflect national opinions.
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1908-09-05
The leaders of New York have ridiculous misapprehensions about Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee. President Roosevelt dismisses their story that Hitchcock is in league with The Sun. Roosevelt knows Hitchcock’s qualities will endear him to the leaders, and he directs Hitchcock to develop a better relationship with them.
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1908-08-27
President Roosevelt directs Frank H. Hitchcock, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, to meet Daniel L. Cease to review the question of William H. Taft’s labor decisions. Roosevelt regards Cease as a valuable contact.
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1908-08-25
President Roosevelt requests that Frank H. Hitchcock consult with Shepherd and Langfeld about an issue. In a postscript, Roosevelt includes the text of a recent report from Jacob A. Riis.
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1908-08-21
President Roosevelt sends an important letter to Frank H. Hitchcock.
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1908-08-11
President Roosevelt asks Frank H. Hitchcock to look into a matter personally. In a postscript, Roosevelt encloses a letter and asks Hitchcock to write to M. J. Costello.
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1908-08-08
William Loeb received Assistant Postmaster Hitchcock’s letter and will add the suggested individuals to the list of invitees for the reception on January 31.
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1907-01-10
President Roosevelt writes to Republican National Committee Chairman Hitchcock about a letter indicating that West Virginia delegates will try to nominate Roosevelt for president instead of Secretary of War Taft. Roosevelt says that if this is true he wants Hitchcock to show them this letter which states that Roosevelt does not want the nomination. This is a typed copy of the original.
1908-06-01
President Roosevelt tells Frank H. Hitchcock that the enclosed letter puts the matter perfectly. He asks why Royal Eubank Cabell cannot preside as suggested, and why Wyndham Robertson Meredith should not introduce William H. Taft.
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1908-10-14
President Roosevelt informs Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee, that W. J. Massie and Clark Grier will be visiting him soon. The two men represent the “Taft clubs of Georgia,” and Roosevelt encourages Hitchcock to support and build up Republican organizations there.
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1908-12-03
President Roosevelt congratulates Republican National Committee Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock on the results he has achieved.
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1908-11-03