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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-09
Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt
Richards, William A. (William Alford), 1849-1912
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-06
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Richards, William A. (William Alford), 1849-1912
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-27
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Richards, William A. (William Alford), 1849-1912
English
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock updates William A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office, on an order from July 26, 1906, and subsequent related orders. On any lands where substantial coal is found, all orders for “entry, filing, and selection under the coal and other land laws” are to be modified to “provide for the withdrawal of ‘such lands from coal entry merely.'” Richards is to advise all affected land districts, especially those in Juneau, Alaska.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-17
With regret, President Roosevelt accepts Commissioner Richards resignation. Roosevelt thanks Richards for his ten years of service and wishes him well for the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-04
President Roosevelt has heard that land titles along the Milk River and in northern Montana in general have been delayed for some time. Roosevelt directs William A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office, to resolve the situation at the soonest possible moment, saying that “if there is fraud, then the Department should have discovered the fraud during the past three years. If there is not fraud, the titles should pass now.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-28
President Roosevelt informs Commissioner Richards of the General Land Office that he withdraws his objections to the confirmation of Cassius M. Cade in light of their conversations and the statement of the Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock that he does not have any further information disqualifying Cade. He wishes to confirm, however, that Richards knows of nothing else that may disqualify Cade.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-28
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-07
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Richards, William A. (William Alford), 1849-1912
English
President Roosevelt gives Commissioner of the General Land Office Richards three cheers. He would like to show Richards’s letter to Kansas Representative W. A. Reeder, but believes it would be better to “let the incident pass into oblivion.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-20
President Roosevelt sends Commissioner Richards a newspaper article which criticizes the opening of the Rosebud Reservation. In one year, the General Land Office should compile a full report on what land has been taken and how it is being used.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-11
President Roosevelt is frustrated with the bureaucracy that has been slowing down the distribution of funds to the Sierra Forest Reserve for supplies. He insists that Commissioner Richards make sure the money arrives “by the middle of May, not by the middle of November, when all chance of using it will have gone.” He also asks Richards to “stir up Newhall on the cattle question,” and make the cattle owners conform to regulations whether they like them or not. Finally, Roosevelt explains that he will not appoint “any supervisors who are not A1 men,” and asks if local rangers can be given more power to make decisions without having to always ask officials for permission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-21
President Roosevelt is pleased with the reports from Special Inspector J. W. Witten and hopes that they can be printed in full.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-26
President Roosevelt found the letter to Pracht to be “first-class” and suggests that if Pracht answers insolently Richard Williams should remove him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-10
President Roosevelt would like Mr. Dennett to receive a promotion when the opportunity arises.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-03
President Roosevelt instructs Commissioner Richards to set up a meeting with the two sides of the “Minnesota land office fight” and the interested Congressmen. After the meeting, Roosevelt would like to hear Richards’s opinion on where the land office should be located.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-26
President Roosevelt requests that Commissioner Richards look into the “school land laws” of Sante Fe, New Mexico Territory and submit a report.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-24
President Roosevelt is seeking to extend forest reserves in western Oregon but is concerned that doing so will greatly profit railroad and transportation companies. Roosevelt instructs Commissioner Richards to investigate the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-21
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock instructs Commissioner of the Land Office Richards to provide a full statement of the actions taken in connection with the issuance of the Circular dated January 29, 1904. The statement should include the names of all Special Agents stationed in Wyoming at the time of the Circular, a list of the individuals who received the Circular, and a list of all notices sent to offending parties of the Act of February 25, 1885. Hitchcock also requests a full statement about whether or not the parties he has named have been reported to Richards as offenders against the Act.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-10
Alexander B. Kennedy is requesting a reply to his telegram at once.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-18
Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office Fimple informs Commissioner Richards that both the Register, Walter L. Cohen, and the Receiver, Alexander B. Kennedy, from the federal land office of Louisiana have requested leave to be delegates for the Republican National Convention, and it will be necessary to close the office if both men are given leave. Fimple also explains that there are contradictory state organizations in Louisiana holding state conventions and selecting delegates. One, the Lilly-Whites, has refused to allow a “colored representative” in their delegation, while the other selected two white men and two “colored men.” It is Fimple’s understanding that President Roosevelt was displeased with the convention that refused to admit minority representatives to its delegation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-17