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Ambassador Sternburg asks William Loeb if it is possible to arrange for the famous German physicist, Professor Otto Lummer, to meet President Roosevelt. Lummer is in the United States for a series of lectures. Sternburg also cautions Loeb about someone who may ask to meet with the President.
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1907-03-20
Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission Moseley sends William Loeb two opinions on the constitutionality of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.
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1907-03-19
Senator Mallory responds to an inquiry from William Loeb whether President Roosevelt ought to accept an invitation to honorary membership in the Concordia Club of Pensacola. He apologizes for not responding sooner and explains that he has been ill. Mallory does not know the aims of the Club, but he knows the people involved, and encourages Roosevelt to accept.
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1907-03-19
Frank C. Smith informs William Loeb the he has received the check for $1,980 for the account of the National Mining and Exploring Company’s stock. Smith would like a copy of the letter President Roosevelt received with the check.
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1907-03-12
Augustus Biesel, clerk at the American embassy in Paris, will deliver the photograph of President Roosevelt to Henri-Emile Lefort when the latter returns to Paris. Biesel recently spent time at the studio of the Marquise de Wentworth who is painting a portrait of Roosevelt which will soon be on exhibit.
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1907-03-12
Ambassador Charles S. Francis notes that Professor John Williams Burgess attended Ambassador Charlemagne Tower’s recent dinner at the Embassy in Berlin and will be traveling to Vienna. Due to Burgess’s criticism of President Roosevelt, Francis does not want to entertain him, and asks William Loeb’s opinion on the matter. Francis hopes that Roosevelt approved of unofficial efforts to pressure the Austrian Phoenix Insurance Company to reach an agreement with a committee representing the San Francisco earthquake claimants.
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1907-03-11
Douglas Robinson has received William Loeb’s message and check from the Mercer Mining & Manufacturing Company. He is relieved to hear that Archibald B. Roosevelt is getting better.
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1907-03-07
Fred W. Carpenter acknowledges receipt of a message from William Loeb asking for copies for telegrams and letters from Mr. Stevens, and sends copies of these to be shown to President Roosevelt.
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1907-03-06
James Andrew Drain has seen that his exchange of letters with President Roosevelt has been published in the New York papers. He has similar letters from Secretary of War William H. Taft and Secretary of State Elihu Root that he would like to publicize. Drain believes that this can best be done through the Associated Press but he does not have a relationship with Melville Elijah Stone, the Associated Press’s general manager. He requests a letter of introduction.
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1907-03-04
Outgoing Postmaster General Cortelyou encloses his resignation in a letter to William Loeb to “avoid the appearance, at least, of being turned out of the Post Office Department.”
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1907-03-03
James Sullivan Clarkson informs William Loeb that his nephew, recently returned from the West, has informed him that the entire country is behind President Roosevelt for a third term and that “if the Republicans do not nominate him, the Democrats will.” Clarkson assures Loeb that the people he talks to also convey the same message.
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1907-03-03
Douglas Robinson acknowledges the receipt of three different checks to be deposited for President Roosevelt.
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1907-03-02
Postmaster General Cortelyou requests that Secretary to the President Loeb call Cortelyou on the telephone so that he can say something before the enclosed letter of resignation is acted upon.
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1907-03-02
Erving Winslow believes that William Loeb should show Theodore Roosevelt an enclosure that gives advice. The letter also includes a list of vice-presidents of the Anti-Imperialist League.
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1907-03-01
Fred W. Carpenter sends William Loeb two enclosed cables as directed by Secretary of War Taft to show to President Theodore Roosevelt.
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1907-02-28
Ambassador Bryce informs William Loeb that he can, in fact, meet President Roosevelt for lunch on the day he requested.
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1907-02-28
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1907-02-27
Harrison, Duncan B., 1862-1934
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James Andrew Drain, president of the National Rifle Association of America, encloses a redrafted copy of his letter and President Roosevelt’s response. He hopes that the letters can be released to the press.
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1907-02-27
James Andrew Drain, president of the National Rifle Association of America, hopes to publicize the letter he received from President Roosevelt. He has received Roosevelt’s permission to make the letter public and he suggests that the widest publicity could be achieved if the letters were released from the White House. If that is not possible, he asks for a letter of introduction to Melville Elijah Stone, general manager of the Associated Press.
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1907-02-25
William Sturgis Bigelow sends his thanks to William Loeb for sending him a note and speech. President Roosevelt has hit the nail squarely on the head, he says, and it is a wonderful speech.
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1907-02-21