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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
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
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
J. Peter Grace recommends Cabot Ward to Senator Platt for a position on the governor’s council in Puerto Rico.
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1905-12-06
John M. Farley recommends Cabot Ward for a government position in Puerto Rico.
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1905-10-31
Horace White asks Senator Platt for help in convincing President Roosevelt to transfer William Blumenthal and Lewis Einstein to new diplomatic posts.
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1905-01-17
William Blumenthal, currently the First Secretary in Lisbon, asks Senator Platt to consider transferring him to the position of Third Secretary in Paris should a vacancy become open at that embassy.
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1905-01-17
William Barnes asks Senator Platt to endorse the promotion of Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Hobbs to the rank of Brigadier General.
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1905-01-17
Frederick Innes Allen asks Senator Platt to tell President Roosevelt that he wishes to remain in the position of Commissioner of Patents.
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1905-01-16
Alfred R. Conkling will wait until there is a vacancy before applying for a diplomatic position in France or Belgium.
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1904-12-01
George Washington Aldridge asks Senator Platt to support William S. Wandby for Commissioner of Labor.
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1904-11-15
Samuel L. Parrish sends Senator Platt a copy of his letter of application to be President Roosevelt’s minister to Greece.
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1904-11-14
Samuel L. Parrish writes to Senator Platt about his application for a diplomatic post. Parrish would prefer Athens, as he has studied Greek art and has founded a museum in Southampton. He has sent a book he wrote on Greek art to Platt. Parrish recently spoke with Elihu Root about his application, and Root advised him to write to the president and to the senators.
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1904-11-12
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
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