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Following the illness and death of Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Henry F. Bowers warns Postmaster General Henry C. Payne to leave Washington, D.C., for his home in Wisconsin “at once” if he gets sick. Bowers says that Payne is now the only barrier stopping the Jesuits from taking control of the Republican party.
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1904-02-17
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1903-06-25
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1903-08-06
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1903-04-27
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Representative Metcalf recommends E. S. Pilsbury for the advisory committee. President Roosevelt suggests that Representative Cousins second his nomination at the Republican National Convention. He asks if an African American should speak, such as Judson Whitlocke Lyons or William Demos Crum.
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1904-05-10
President Roosevelt received Postmaster General Payne’s telegram and is happy to hear he is doing well.
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1901-04-15
President Roosevelt would like Postmaster General Payne to report on a letter from Reverend Robert Francis Coyle recommending the re-appointment of William H. Friend as postmaster at Oakland, California.
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1902-05-12
President Roosevelt inquires about successors to Harmon Liveright Remmel and Henry M. Cooper (mistakenly named Sloan in the letter) for the positions of Internal Revenue Collector and Marshal in Arkansas. Roosevelt suggests Postmaster General Payne discuss the appointments with Powell Clayton.
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1902-04-22
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1902-12-08
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1904-06-06
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1904-05-14
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William Loeb asks Postmaster General Payne to verify the figures on the enclosed memorandum and return it to President Roosevelt.
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1903-10-24
At the request of President Roosevelt, Presidential Secretary Benjamin F. Barnes encloses a letter from William Allen White and requests a confidential report on the matter discussed.
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1903-07-14
William Loeb encloses a communication regarding a case that President Roosevelt would like called to his attention before any action is taken.
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1903-07-01
At the direction of President Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou encloses communications from Representative Campbell Slemp and S. Brown Allen for Postmaster General Henry C. Payne’s confidential reading and suggestions. [S. Brown Allen is transposed as S. Allen Brown in this letter.]
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1902-12-24