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Thanks to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, President Roosevelt realized he never acknowledged Consul General to Mexico Parsons and Frances Theodora Parsons’s congratulations. The president received so many it was hard to keep track of them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-03
President Roosevelt offers James Russell Parsons the position as minister to Ecuador or consul general at Mexico City, Mexico. He describes the salary and benefits of the positions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-09
President Roosevelt would be pleased to assist James Russell Parsons and offers to write letters on his behalf.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-27
President Roosevelt will be meeting with Mr. Butler and will not discuss educational matters unless they are brought up. Roosevelt wants to continue to be friends with Butler and James Russell Parsons even though they are at odds regarding education.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-27
President Roosevelt encloses a confidential document from Mr. Butler.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-15
President Roosevelt invites James Russell Parsons and Frances Parsons to Oyster Bay to spend the night.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-05
Vice President Roosevelt requests James Russell Parsons’s opinion on a case. The man seems to be a good person and Roosevelt is confident Parsons will be just.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-07
President Roosevelt invites James Russell Parsons and Frances Theodora Parsons to Oyster Bay, New York.
1903-09-05
President Roosevelt introduces Virginia Brown, who is interested in a vacant clerkship at the library.
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President Roosevelt asks if James Russell Parsons would be interested in the position of Minister to Ecuador or Consul General at Mexico City.
1904-03-09
President Roosevelt offers to help James Russell Parsons find an educational position in Albany, New York, or at a nearby college.
1904-02-27
Mr. Butler will be staying with President Roosevelt, and Roosevelt will not show him James Russell Parsons’s letter or discuss educational matters. Butler and Parsons are both Roosevelt’s friends and he wants to preserve both friendships. Since Roosevelt sided with Parsons on educational work, Butler has hardly discussed the topic.
1904-01-27
President Roosevelt encloses a confidential document from Mr. Butler and requests comments from James Russell Parsons.
1904-01-15
President Roosevelt will speak to Robert C. Pruyn along the lines suggested by James Russell Parsons.
1904-01-14
William Loeb confirms that the Roosevelts are expecting the Parsons family on September 24 at Sagamore Hill.
1903-09-09
President Roosevelt is working to find a position for Mr. Newcomb.
1903-06-08
President Roosevelt will discuss the matter with Governor Benjamin B. Odell. He has advised Odell to consult with Whitelaw Reid and St. Clair McKelway.
1903-02-18
President Roosevelt cannot help James Russell Parsons with an unnamed matter.
1903-02-12
President Roosevelt discussed the matter with Whitelaw Reid, who has strongly advised the Governor.
1903-01-21
President Roosevelt offers his condolences to James Russell Parsons and Frances Theodora Parsons.
1902-11-23