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Walter Franklin is writing to William Loeb to return President Roosevelt’s receipt for his lodge dues. Franklin also extends on behalf of the brethren of the Matinecock Lodge and individually the compliments of the season, a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-17
G. W. Woodruff hopes President Roosevelt’s secretary William Loeb will excuse the appearance of an enclosed item, which had been on a train with Gifford Pinchot, acting Secretary of the Interior.
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1906-12-17
Whitelaw Reid would like to pay his respects to President Theodore Roosevelt and deliver a letter to Roosevelt personally. Reid is open to other times if the President is not available at the proposed time.
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1906-12-14
Ambassador Francis informs William Loeb about the Wiener Männergesang-Verein and its plan to visit the United States next year. He asks if President Roosevelt would allow the choir to visit him at the White House and give a private concert.
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1906-12-14
Albert H. Howe is frustrated by Commander John Allen Dougherty’s delay in sailing to his position as naval attaché in Tokyo. Dougherty has been directed three times to leave, and his living quarters have been established and set up, yet he still has not physically made his way to Tokyo. This is causing distress and slowing down normal work procedures.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-11
Albert H. Howe sends William Loeb the memorandum regarding the case of Commander John Allen Dougherty. Howe does not want Dougherty harmed by the sharing of this information.
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1906-12-11
Oscar P. Austin, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, notifies William Loeb of a slight stenographer’s error in the letter from last night. If Loeb fixes the error, then the document will be in the “precise form” in which Austin is sending it to the Commission.
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1906-12-11
Ambassador White would like President Roosevelt to know that he was not aware of the alleged law providing for the compulsory combination of Sicilian sulfurs, although he had heard of another threatened combination. White will find out more on his return to Rome and will send relevant documents to the President.
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1906-12-10
Arthur F. Statter returns to William Loeb a letter from Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw to President Roosevelt. The letter comments on the report of the Currency Commission of the American Bankers’ Association.
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1906-12-10
Melville Elijah Stone apologizes to William Loeb that some newspapers printed a speech of President Roosevelt’s prematurely. He assures Loeb the matter has been handled.
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1905-07-04
Tokutaro Sakai writes to William Loeb, thanking President Roosevelt on behalf of Baron Kentaro Kaneko for the invitation to stay with the president at Oyster Bay. Kaneko will take the train from Long Island City to Oyster Bay on Friday, as suggested by Loeb.
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1905-07-03
Emperor Meiji has appointed Baron Komura, minister for foreign affairs, and Mr. Takshira as plenipotentiaries for Japan.
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1905-07-03
Emperor Nicholas II has appointed five special delegates to discuss questions and issues as they arise in the course of peace negotiations.
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1905-07-03
Ambassador Meyer describes to William Loeb revolutionary events such as strikes, disturbances, and a mutiny taking place in Lodz, Libau, and Odessa, Russia. Meyer cannot foretell what would happen if Japan does not agree to an armistice and conquers the Russian Army.
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1905-07-03
S. B. M. Young refutes a rumor he fears William Loeb may have heard that he is trying to remove General Hamilton Smith Hawkins from the leadership of the Soldiers’ Home, and states that he has “no desire to in any way inconvenience Gen. Hawkins.” Young does wish, however, for his grandson, Burton Y. Read, to be appointed as a cadet at the Military Academy in 1908. He wishes the Roosevelts and the Loebs a pleasant summer.
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1906-07-02
Ambassador Durand, Lord Lansdowne, and the British State Department ask that William Loeb pass on their sincerest condolences to the President at the sudden passing of Secretary of State John Hay.
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1905-07-02
Assistant Secretary of State Forster writes to William Loeb about a message he received from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer, who discusses President Roosevelt’s plans to announce the plenipotentiary nominations. Meyer mentions that he expects more information about the delegates from Foreign Minister Lamzdorf, and he goes on to share Lamzdorf’s opinion about the plans for an armistice.
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1905-07-02
Assistant Secretary of State Peirce informs William Loeb that he received his telegram and he will instruct William Lawrence Penfield to get the papers ready. Ambassador John Barrett of Panama wishes to take the oath as ambassador to Colombia unless Ambassador William Worthington Russell’s commission is signed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-01
Coutts & Co. acknowledges receipt of the letter from William Loeb. They report to have forwarded the sealed package that was enclosed with the letter to the intended recipient Senator Lodge in Paris.
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1905-07-01
Surveyor of Customs Clarkson writes to William Loeb about a hammock which is to be sent to President Roosevelt. The hammock is a diplomatic gift from United States Minister William B. Sorsby who found the hammock while serving as a diplomat in South America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-01