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President Roosevelt urged Seth Low to see Senator Platt, which Low expected to do in New York, and invites Platt to a December dinner.
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1901-11-19
Archbishop Corrigan mistakenly wrote President Roosevelt rather than Senator Platt.
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1901-11-15
President Roosevelt will fix the date for a dinner with Senator Platt, Seth Low, and Governor Odell at Platt’s convenience. He also hopes that Platt noticed no mention was made by the White House of the “Bidwell-Stranahan business.”
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1901-11-16
President Roosevelt informs Senator Platt that Thomas W. Cridler has accepted the position as a representative of the St. Louis Exposition. Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of State John Hay and former President McKinley that Cridler is not “well fitted” to be Assistant Secretary of State. He also assures Platt that Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Peirce was suggested for the position by others before Senator Henry Cabot Lodge became involved.
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1901-10-29
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1898-01-08
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1898-01-06
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1897-07-02
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1897-06-18
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Robert C. Morris writes to Thomas Collier Platt to tell him he does not want to be appointed to a federal judge position. Morris states he was unable to accept the position three years ago due to professional obligations and he does not want people to continue thinking he desires the position.
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1906-06-04
Frank H. Platt writes to his father, Thomas Collier Platt, that he has known William H. Ellis for many years, and knows him to be a “straightforward man,” but has no special interest in him. When Ellis asked Platt for help, he was inclined to do so, and has never heard anything against Ellis. Platt admits that President Roosevelt may know something he does not, though.
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1906-05-25
President of The New York Trust Company, Otto T. Bannard, writes a character recommendation letter about Harvard graduate Cabot Ward to Senator Thomas Collier Platt. Ward is a respected attorney in New York City.
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1905-12-07
John D. Crimmins writes to Senator Platt to recommend Cabot Ward for a position in Puerto Rico. Ward “possesses eminent qualifications.”
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1905-12-07
William Bayard Cutting asks Senator Thomas Collier Platt if his son-in-law, Cabot Ward, can meet with Platt and possibly work for him.
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1905-12-07
John M. Farley recommends Cabot Ward for a government position in Puerto Rico.
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1905-10-31
The headmaster of St. Mark’s School asks Senator Platt to help secure a summer position in the Forestry Department for Barrington Moore.
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1904-06-04
Laura M. Moore requests to present her son, Barrington Moore, to Senator Platt. Barrington would like to serve over the summer with the Forest Service or Department of Agriculture.
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1904-05-03
Frank H. Platt advises that the hearing be adjourned until U.S. District Judge George W. Ray recovers from his illness.
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1904-03-30
Colonel Dunn has looked over the Arizona proposition and though it is desirable, he will not “run in the face of the enemy” and will stay where he is at. He commits to do everything he can for the Republican Party, Senator Platt, and President Roosevelt. On a postscript at the bottom of the page, Platt informs Roosevelt that he has just received this letter from Dunn and “that settles it.”
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1904-03-14
Henry S. Drinker recommends Clemens Herschel for appointment to the international commission that is investigating the water boundary between the United States and Canada.
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1902-06-06
Edward Henry Harriman encloses a letter from R. P. Schwerin, vice president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. and the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co. Harriman would like Schwerin’s requests to be met, and he asks if Senator Platt can help this one along.
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1904-01-19