Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt offers Paul Morton the position of Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-06-20
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Morton, Paul, 1857-1911
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt requests an urgent meeting with Paul Morton.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-06-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt will consider Captain Payson after Paul Morton’s comments. However, Roosevelt may need to appoint a lawyer from the Pacific slope.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-18
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
Arthur L. Adams has been suggested as a commissioner on the Isthmian Canal Commission and President Roosevelt asks if Paul Morton is familiar with Adams. He also requests recommendations for the “best business men and engineers.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-11
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt believes that Mr. Dooley has given the “needed supplement” to John James Ingalls’s Ode to Opportunity.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-06
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt was pleased with Mr. Heath’s interview and had a pleasant time with Mr. Lorimer.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt would like to discuss several matters with Paul Morton over lunch at Oyster Bay, New York.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt would like to lunch with the cattleman and bear hunter.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-11-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt has decided that the man in question should not be appointed.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-17
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt will be unable to attend the bear hunt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-07-16
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt sends his sympathy at the death of Paul Morton’s father, Julius Sterling Morton.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-28
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt will find out what Philip Stewart’s plans are and warns not to “give that man the impression I want to knife a grizzly.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-21
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt cannot attend an unnamed event this year but may be able to do so in the future if it does not interfere with his plans with Philip Battell Stewart.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-11
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt finds the poems charming and asks Paul Morton if they were written by “Mrs. or Miss Morton.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-12-29
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
President Roosevelt feels strongly that he cannot appoint someone against the express wishes of a united Republican Party. He cannot sanction making Richard C. Kerens the “boss” of Republican patronage in Missouri, which would unduly affect party leadership in the state. Roosevelt is still uncertain about Cyrus Leland’s appointment.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-25
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton
Vice President Roosevelt thanks Paul Morton for his letter. Roosevelt agrees with what Morton says and only wishes that the “boom” would stay in the background because he thinks it is premature. Senators in Vermont and Minnesota have expressed their support for Roosevelt and he plans to meet with Cassett. If Morton knows of any way to arrange a meeting please let him know.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-07
Telegram from William H. Reeder to Paul Morton
Captain William H. Reeder asks former Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton whether Consul Thomas C. Jones can be retained at Madeira. The naval officers “recognize his worth.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-03-30
Letter from J. W. Midgley to Paul Morton
J. W. Midgley discusses the future of the Isthmian Canal Commission now that Joseph W. Fifer has declared his intention to retire from the position of Commissioner. Midgley asks that Paul Morton suggest him to President Roosevelt as a possible replacement.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-06
Telegram from Charles Jackson Train to Paul Morton
Rear Admiral Train informs Secretary of the Navy Morton of a situation wherein he encountered several damaged Russian cruisers in Lingayen Gulf. Train escorted the cruisers to Manila, and says he will report more tomorrow.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-03
Telegram from Charles Jackson Train to Paul Morton
Rear Admiral Train reports that three Russian cruisers are in bad condition and have requested assistance. Permission has been granted for fifty of the Russian crew to be taken on shore.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-04