Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt requests Philander C. Knox’s suggestions for an attorney general appointment.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-03-23
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Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt would be pleased if Mr. Horton can be given a position.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-03-20
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt would like to help Sheriff Joseph Lumpkin Merrell because his career suffered after he defended an African American prisoner from a lynch mob.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-03-10
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt suggests appointing Mr. Hayes as Solicitor of Internal Revenue and Mr. Collier as solicitor in the Department of Commerce.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-03-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt would like further information regarding the enclosure from Judge Morrow.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-02-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt encloses an editorial from Whitelaw Reid regarding how the United States could be constrained by the decisions of the international tribunal.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt is concerned that Attorney General Knox is feeling ill and requests that he take care of himself. Roosevelt has announced Anderson’s appointment and Senator Fairbanks is annoyed at not being contacted by Knox.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-05
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt instructs Attorney General Knox to stay where he is and arrangements will be made with Hoar and Jenkins “to have the thing go over until after adjournment.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-10
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt regrets not being able to attend the tribute dinner to Justice Harlan.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-11-29
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
An unnamed Senator strongly objects to Attorney General Knox’s suggested appointee and President Roosevelt instructs Knox to discuss the appointment with the Senator.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt would like Attorney General Knox’s opinion on the appointment of Judge Lewis as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Roosevelt supports Judge Lewis.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-01
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt inquires about the Marshalship in Montana. Governor Hunt favors Lloyd.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt would like Attorney General Knox to meet with Representative Babcock, Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, which is short of funds. Roosevelt asks if contributions could be acquired from their supporters in Pittsburgh.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt would like to know why anti-trust action cannot be taken against the coal operators.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08-21
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
Governor Hunt of Puerto Rico has complained that one of his private letters was publicly quoted. President Roosevelt sent a variety of papers to Attorney General Knox for his use in examining a case regarding a Puerto Rican judge and there was carelessness during the transfer of the papers. Roosevelt requests that confidential letters no longer be given out to anyone.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt supports Judge Waller Thomas Burns’s nomination of Robert Lloyd Smith as office deputy at $2,500 per annum.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-07-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt would like a position for Mollison in Mississippi. Booker T. Washington vouches for him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-16
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt would like to give “a first-class white man from North Carolina” a position of at least $3000.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
President Roosevelt wants the exact facts on Judge Ramos and the attacks made against him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox
Senator Lodge believes that O’Brien is guilty of perjury and will send a transcript of the testimony to Attorney General Knox. If so, President Roosevelt wants O’Brien prosecuted in Washington, D.C.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-28