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Ripley Hitchcock, editor for Harper and Brothers, updates William Loeb on the sales and royalties for Good Hunting. Hitchcock also asks if President Roosevelt will be able to see him in Washington, D.C.
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1907-09-04
New York Surveyor of Customs Sullivan encloses a letter from William E. Mason and asks William Loeb to decide whether to give it to President Roosevelt. Sullivan explains that he has known Mason for many years. Although he has redeeming qualities, Mason is stubborn and unlikely to succeed against stronger politicians.
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1907-09-04
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee has telegraphed the embassy in Tokyo in response to the Sun’s report on the removal of laborers.
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1907-09-04
Lawrence F. Abbott and his brother Ernest Hamlin Abbott would be pleased to join President Roosevelt for lunch on September 10th. When he returns in the fall, Abbott’s father Lyman Abbott would surely like to visit Roosevelt at the White House.
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1907-09-04
Benjamin Ide Wheeler is sure Senators George C. Perkins and Frank P. Flint will agree on confirming a highly regarded man as postmaster in Berkeley. Wheeler thanks William Loeb for his assistance, and explains that the current situation has been organized to benefit Representative Joseph R. Knowland at the expense of the federal government. Unfortunately, Wheeler has recently realized that Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf was partially responsible.
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1907-09-03
Isaac H. Cocks sends William Loeb an enclosure and asks if there is some way Loeb or President Roosevelt can assist in the situation with Hyde.
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1907-09-03
William H. Taft has asked the Kentucky lawyer William Marshall Bullitt to write to William Loeb regarding the situation with Internal Revenue Collector Edward T. Franks. Taft has visited Colorado and outlines the situation there for Loeb: Archibald McNichol Stevenson has attempted to manipulate both Chairman of the Republican City Organization John F. Vivian and Taft’s campaign manager Arthur I. Vorys, and he has advocated for the removal of Internal Revenue Collector Frank W. Howbert. Taft has had positive meetings with both Vivian and Governor Henry Augustus Buchtel. They will support whoever President Roosevelt supports.
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1907-08-31
William S. Cowles tells William Loeb that his brother, Walter Cleveland Cowles, seems to be angry about a letter he sent, and asks Loeb to please return the letter.
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1907-12-02
James Sullivan Clarkson, Surveyor of Customs for the Port of New York, sends Acting Secretary of Commerce and Labor Herbert Knox Smith’s letters about children’s rights to life preservers to William Loeb. He also sends a report of the violations of the navigation laws in the Port of New York. To prevent future occurrences, Clarkson believes all violators need to be “properly disciplined” and not treated with leniency, as has hitherto been the case.
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1907-08-30
Isaac H. Cocks asks William Loeb about the endorsement of a petition for a rural delivery route in Massapequa, New York.
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1907-08-29
Acting Secretary of State Adee confirms with William Loeb the Department of State’s telegram to President Roosevelt dated August 25 regarding revising the peace message to the Central American presidents.
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1907-08-29
Rough Rider and Civil Service Commissioner John Avery McIlhenny informs William Loeb he will arrive at Oyster Bay on Saturday and stay through Sunday if it is convenient to President Roosevelt.
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1907-08-28
Civil Service Commissioner John A. McIlhenny asks William Loeb if it is convenient for him to spend Saturday and Sunday with President Roosevelt to discuss the hunt Roosevelt wants to go on.
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1907-08-28
Representative Burton faces “overwhelming pressure” to run for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and wants William Loeb and President Roosevelt’s opinion on the matter. He lists the arguments favoring the decision.
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1907-08-28
Acting Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb to inform President Roosevelt that President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz wants Roosevelt’s message to the Central American presidents sent immediately.
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1907-08-28
Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent answers William Loeb’s request that a report regarding Japanese movement into and out of the United States be prepared for President Roosevelt.
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1907-08-27
Head of the Consular Bureau Wilbur J. Carr received William Loeb’s letter containing Horatio C. Pollock’s application for marshal and clerk at the American Consulate General at Canton, China. Carr informs Loeb that Pollock withdrew his application. There will be an inquiry into the matter.
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1907-08-28
William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin, rector of the Bruton Parish Church, requests William Loeb convey his thanks to President Roosevelt for his kind financial donation for the new lectern. Goodwin inquires if Roosevelt can present the lectern on October 5, 1907, alongside Bishop of London Arthur F. Winnington Ingram.
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1907-08-27
New York Republican State Committee Chairman Woodruff counters William Loeb’s suggestion that John A. Merritt visit President Roosevelt in mid-October, stating that it will be too late for Merritt and James Wolcott Wadsworth to influence political matters this fall in order to strengthen their position in the spring when the National Convention delegates are elected. Their success would ensure the elected delegates support Roosevelt. Woodruff believes Roosevelt and Loeb should meet Merritt and especially Wadsworth, as he is an independent man of means who can aid the cause.
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1907-08-26
Arthur I. Vorys thanks William Loeb for his “prompt reply to my request” relative to the Alaska situation. He will communicate with Delegate Thomas Cale and John G. Heid.
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1907-08-26