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After letters and enclosures from William Augustus Patton that seem to prove that Charles H. Lee was at fault in not riding in the caboose of the train that brought President Roosevelt’s horse to Washington, D.C., William Loeb asks Patton to send him the bill for transportation charges.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-13
William Loeb informs William Augustus Patton that his instructions to allow Charles H. Lee to ride in the caboose while accompanying President Roosevelt’s horse from Oyster Bay to Washington, D.C., were not followed. Lee had to purchase a ticket on another passenger train. Loeb asks for the ticket cost to be refunded.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-06
President Roosevelt would like to transport a horse from Oyster Bay to Washington. He asks William Augustus Patton if the man in charge of the horse could ride in the caboose of the train on the journey.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-27
William Loeb clarifies for William Augustus Patton the arrangements he would like to be made for the shipment of a horse from Oyster Bay to Washington, D.C. The man in charge of the horse should be allowed to ride in the caboose of the train, and the horse should be accepted without prepayment of freight, and a bill sent to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-02
William Loeb informs William Augustus Patton that the horse has not arrived and to determine its location.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-06
William Loeb asks William Augustus Patton of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to send a “proper official” to arrange the timely transport of President Roosevelt’s pony from Jersey City to Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-30
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-05
Patton, William Augustus, 1849-1927
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